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For questions about developing the vocabulary of a conlang
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How do I change the word order of this complex sentence?
Presto Didgo Abbaca da Barabba Ortem Changeo!
“I feel like he would like to try it after then.”
I as if he would like to try it after then feel.
This example changes the main verb only, leaving the …
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How many different interjections like 'aha,' 'oh' would you make up for a conlang?
This is as much a question of invented culture as it is invented language. Strictly speaking, one can devise as few or as many such interjections as one likes. Likewise, the breadth and depth of meani …
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What is the minimum number of words needed for a conlang?
It's really impossible to pick a specific number, like "you need at least 3,427 words to make yourself understandable", without making such claim look ridiculous. The easy rejoinder --- "well, my inve …
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How many words should I create in a conlang?
The answer to both of these questions lies somewhere between "it depends" and "let's speculate a little".
The act of inventing a naturalistic language does not necessarily mean that you must also cre …
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How to keep track of a language?
One of the easiest ways is a simple document in your favorite word processor:
hawarççomtar, [hawarçç- +omtar] n.C. dancer
hawarrôs, [*wel-] n.N. the will, desire; attachment
hawartomar, [wartam < *we …
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Adding entire musical concepts to expand vocabulary
The Yllurian Spell Singing Language incorporates as part of its magical effect the use of ordinary lexicon & grammar with musical pitch & rhythm.
As a ritual language, for any given spell to be ef …
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How can I make my conlang's borrowings naturalistic?
An addition to Sparksbet's excellent answer I'd add one tool to your armamentarium:
DENATURALISATION of BORROWINGS
Sometimes foreign words borrowed a long time ago from L1 become naturalised in L2 o …
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Good Real World Languages to Base Proto-Lang Vocabulary
Well, you could use any language that has a lexicon...
If someone working out your source language by following the sound change bread crumb trail is problematic or undesirable, what is preventing yo …
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