Conlangery Podcast
Conlangery Podcast
The podcast about constructed languages
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Jun 3, 2013 • 17min
Conlangery SHORTS #09: Phrasebook: Hello and Goodbye
George starts off on a sort of informal “series” of shorts on phrasebook phrases with some talk about greetings and farewells.
May 20, 2013 • 2min
Announcement: Going on Hiatus
We’ll be back mid-to-late June.
Apr 29, 2013 • 12min
Conlangery SHORTS #08: A Pahran grammaticalization idea
George shares an idea he is pursuing in the historical development of Pahran. LCC5
Apr 22, 2013 • 50min
Conlangery #89: Polysynthesis
Today, we take a little time to talk about the topic of polysynthesis Top of Show Greeting: Gothic (translated by Roman Rausch) Links and Resources: Nootkan/Southern Wakashan grammar (featured on episode 41) ZBB thread on polysynthesis Nice Inuit article Iñupiatun Eskimo dictionary Ancient Egyptian (Amazon link) Feedback: Hello, I’ve posted in the comments as Panglott a... Read more »
Apr 15, 2013 • 7min
Conlangery SHORTS #07: When do you insert your infix?
George uses an example from Tagalog to highlight one of the decisions conlangers might need to make if they use infixing.
Apr 8, 2013 • 1h 2min
Conlangery #88: Ancient Greek (natlang)
This week, we are going to focus on a language you’ve probably heard us talk about quite a bit in passing: Ancient Greek. Learn how it is the oddball of European languages. Top of Show Greeting: Pali (natlang) Special Mention: Linguistics MOOC Links and Resources: Tables and tables of morphological forms Some downloadable books Grammar... Read more »
Mar 25, 2013 • 46min
Conlangery #87: Quantifiers and Determiners
This week, we do a little talking about determiners, a topic that has come up before in many episodes but that we hadn’t really treated on its own. Also, we get to reading some iTunes reviews we’ve been forgetting about. Top of Show Greeting: Brazilian Portuguese (Vítor) Links and Resources: WALS: Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers... Read more »
Mar 18, 2013 • 2min
Announcement on Schedule Change
Conlangery is going to become a fortnightly podcast.
Mar 13, 2013 • 49min
Conlangery #86: Himmaswa
Apologies for posting this so late. Technical difficulties. In this episode we explore the curious Himmaswa and its Chinese-inspired writing system. Top of Show Greeting: Swiss German (Zurich dialect) Links for Himmaswa: KneeQuickie ZBB Fkeuswa Feedback: Hi dudes… I’m still loving the podcast 🙂 I’ve got a question for you guys this time. I... Read more »
Mar 4, 2013 • 41min
Conlangery #85: Multilingual Conworlds
This week, we have a relatively short discussion on the creation and fictional portrayal of multilingual conworlds. It’s a linguistics-light topic, but we thought it might be useful. Links: Dragoman Feedback: Email: Azul*, guys: So, I’ve just got done with the Tone episode (#81), and at the end someone mentioned “bogolangs,” which put me in... Read more »
