oarditi, 4 months ago to SF

Finally got around to reading Suzette Haden Elgin’s brilliant ‘novel of ideas’, ‘Native Tongue’. It was well worth the wait!

#sf #sciencefiction #linguistics #translation #conlanging #feminism #feministsf #suzettehadenelgin #nativetongue #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

phundrak, 4 months ago to mead

It was frustrating for me to talk about different kinds of #mead using their English name when speaking in French, so I decided to progressively translate them.
The first on my list was cyser. I went back to its Latin root sīcera and evolved it back to Modern French.

French speakers, say hello to the word cicère!

Next on my list are metheglin, bochet, and pyment.

(is that a form of #conlanging?)

By the way, I don’t think these names need a translation:

• melomel/mélomel
• braggot
• rhodomel

#meadmaking #conlanging

raj, 6 months ago to conlangs

There is already some work on refining Hinglish

I found https://youtube.com/@hexadecimalhinglishvithzav933/videos/ ; he is also available on tumblr and reddit. Although its not exactly what I wanted but I appreciate it, I will soon be refining it proper multiple scripts for the language, all hindi and urdu sounds, possibly many english unique sounds too.
#conlanging #conlangs

@india

oarditi, 7 months ago to books

This quotation, written in the context of a discussion of language in worldbuilding, helps me to understand why I find it necessary to construct languages myself.
#ursulakleguin @bookstodon #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #sf #fantasy #fantasyfiction #worldbuilding #languageconstruction #conlang #conlangs #conlanging #alwayscominghome

[m/conlangs] [Not mine] Magazine for constructed(artificial) languages

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