Tag: conlang

Goal: Entry for Lexember 28th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Another idea for using your language after Conlang Year ends is to create language-learning materials, like a 501 Verbs of Your Conlang or a mock Duolingo course for your conlang. This suggestion isn’t to say that you will find an audience of language learners eager to learn…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 27th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Another way to continue using your language after Conlang Year ends is to translate texts you enjoy, whether they are excerpts from books/articles you enjoy, monologues from movies/shows, random sentences you find delightful, or bits of conversation. If you enjoy writing in your language but don’t want…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 26th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share As we wrap up this year of work, you might consider other creative pursuits for using your language. You could use your language as the basis for characters in a fictional book/story, write more original pieces to translate, make in-world art to accompany your language, create recipes…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 25th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share As you consider where to go from here when Conlang Year ends, another option for expanding your conlang is to create a dialect or two of your language. You can apply different sets of sound changes, mark particular words or phrases as dialectal, and create uses of…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 24th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share If you want to create more languages after Conlang Year ends but don’t want to start from scratch, you could use your current language work and start a family of languages. Start with proto-forms for this language and evolve them in different ways to create sister languages.…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 23rd Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Some conlangers focus on one language and really build it up over years. If that is appealing to you, then once Conlang Year ends, your journey with this language is just beginning. Now that you have its foundation, you can continue growing it and using it in…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 22nd Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Conlang Year is wrapping up, which means you have a working conlang and may be wondering where to go from here. Creating new words doesn’t need to end with Lexember or Conlang Year, so you can always return to this language and continue expanding its vocabulary. In…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 21st Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share We are wrapping up the first three weeks of Lexember—you are so close to the end of the month (and the year)! Reassess where you are in terms of how you feel about the work and your progress toward the end of the event. If you need…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 20th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Find ways to share your work. Lexember is a great way to share your conlang, and it’s okay if that’s the only way you feel comfortable sharing. If you can share more, though, then all the better! There are many online conlang challenges that run on sites…

Goal: Entry for Lexember 19th Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share If you haven’t already, find a conlang community to join. It will most likely be online (but lucky you if there is a local community that holds in-person meetings or events!). It is often more satisfying and enjoyable to continue your conlang journey when you have a…