Category: Conlang Year
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Day 9: January 9, 2024
Goal: Summarize your speakers and their world Note: This is the start of the official documentation of your language! Tip: Introduce the basics, focusing on what you find most important. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share You have brainstormed, created, listed, and designed features of your speakers and the world surrounding them. Today’s focus is taking all those…
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Day 8: January 8, 2024
Goal: Describe (or design) native fauna Note: Focus on the wildlife that is native in your speakers’ immediate environment. Tip: As with the flora, you can “prioritize” fauna by focusing on the ones your speakers interact with most. Work focus: Create/Make/List Now that you have selected the types of vegetation that fill your conworld setting,…
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Week 2: A Preview
Day 8, January 8 Goal: Describe (or design) native fauna Note: Focus on the wildlife that is native in your speakers’ immediate environment. Tip: As with the flora, you can “prioritize” fauna by focusing on the ones your speakers interact with most. Work focus: Create/Make/List Day 9, January 9 Goal: Summarize your speakers and their…
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Day 7: January 7, 2024
Goal: Describe (or design) native flora Note: Focus on the vegetation that natively grows in your speakers’ conworld. Tip: You can “prioritize” flora by considering what plant life your speakers interact with most. Work focus: Create/Make/List You’ve described basic features of your conworld, including its terrain, climate, and common weather patterns. Now you will shift…
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Day 6: January 6, 2024
Goal: Describe your conworld’s climate and weather patterns Note: Climate refers to predominant conditions while weather includes specific phenomena associated with the climate. Tip: Remember to consider any common seasonal shifts in weather patterns. Work focus: Create/Make/List The basic setting you chose for your conworld will help you identify the climate of the area, and…
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Day 5: January 5, 2024
Goal: Describe (or design) your conworld terrain Note: Identify the terrain features that are in your speakers’ immediate environment. Tip: A roughly sketched-out map can go a long way in helping you identify these features. Work focus: Create/Make/List You selected a conworld for your speakers a couple days ago, but now you need to fill…
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Day 4: January 4, 2024
Goal: Describe (or design) your speakers Note: Focus on your speakers’ physical bodies—what they look like, how they move about, etc. Tip: Having a clear image in your mind (or having an actual picture) will help you moving forward. Work focus: Create/Make/List Yesterday you identified who your speakers will be. Today the goal is to…
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Day 3: January 3, 2024
Goal: Determine your speakers and conworld Note: You will have five days to describe these in more detail. Focus on the big picture for today. Tip: Start a “vision board” or collection of images that can inspire you as you fill out details. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Now that you have set intentions for creating a…
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Day 2: January 2, 2024
Goal: Set an intention for sharing your language Note: Focus on your intended audience (e.g. family, friends, a linguistics professor, young adult readers across the country) and medium (e.g. written text, video recordings, lyrics in songs) for sharing your work with others. Tip: If this is a personal project, your intended audience may be limited…
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Day 1: January 1, 2024
Goal: Set an intention for your language Note: Focus on your reasons for wanting to create this language. This will be your guiding force throughout the year. Tip: Write your goal in a place where you can see it and refer to it often as you work on your language. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure All too…