TnT: Conlangs
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I think quite a few of us write science fiction and/or fantasy around here. I'm sure even more of us read those genres. Every now and then, I see authors constructing languages for a particular race or species in their books. Many many many years ago, I even started building a language of my own. For no particular reason, and not very well, but hey, I tried it! Have you? Perhaps more importantly, how do you feel about someone (yourself included) using an invented language in a book?
Conlangs: What's your opinion?
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1stmate for winning the previous contest! All writers are reminded that contest 26 [premise: one morning, the sun doesn't rise] is open for entries until Monday at 10 pm GMT (5 pm EST).I think quite a few of us write science fiction and/or fantasy around here. I'm sure even more of us read those genres. Every now and then, I see authors constructing languages for a particular race or species in their books. Many many many years ago, I even started building a language of my own. For no particular reason, and not very well, but hey, I tried it! Have you? Perhaps more importantly, how do you feel about someone (yourself included) using an invented language in a book?
Conlangs: What's your opinion?
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Date: 2011-03-12 06:39 pm (UTC)That's being rather restrictive and Euro-centric. :?
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Date: 2011-03-12 06:44 pm (UTC)I used 'alphabet' as a catch-all term, not as an attempt to restrict. Also, it is secondary as not all languages have a written component. It's just, if the primary challenge is mostly written/etc, I try to make the secondary something artistic/etc.
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Date: 2011-03-12 06:54 pm (UTC)idk, maybe to people who haven't studied linguistics/languages 'alphabet' can include abjads and syllabaries and the others? but to me it just reads like 'let's make Fantasy German #8523'.
Maybe Latin wasn't the thing that most ruined my capability to communicate, after all. Hmm.
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Date: 2011-03-12 07:00 pm (UTC)Thanks for the heads-up, by the way.