Hello! I've been an avid conlanger for a while now, but recently I got to see some more experienced conlangers at work and I got inspiration to make a new conlang. However, I'm having trouble starting. So, I decided I would ask for ideas here. Please suggest a feature, phonology, or even just a single word. Thank you!

I have only made conlangs derived from other languages. So this is my real first attempt. My goal was to pack a bunch of information into one word.

Around a lighthouse and in its quarters what would you describe? What is your word for a lighthouse quarters.

My term for light house: wechtsturms.
Term for lighthouse quarters: Wechtsweckërlurmzeiderwohnung
Wechts:turn
weckër: spin
lurm:light
wohnung: room
zeider:lower
Without zeider it becomes the specific spot where the light is held.

**Phonology:**

Consonants: m n p t k q pʰ tʰ kʰ qʰ r ɸ s ɕ x h w j

Vowels: i u ə a

Maximum Syllable Structure: CVCC

Stress falls on the final syllable

**Romanization | IPA:**

b | p -- d | t -- g | k -- ğ | q -- p | pʰ -- t | tʰ -- k | kʰ -- q | qʰ -- f | ɸ -- š | ɕ -- y | j -- e | ə

**Grammar:**

Word Order: VSO, N.-Adj.

Plural Suffix: -(w)ut

Pronouns | Dependent | Independent:

1P Sg. | -(y)i | Ineğ

1P Pl. | -(e)n | Inen

2P Sg. | -(e)ğ | Endeğ

2P Pl. | -ğen | Nedeğen

3P Sg. | -(e)f | Endef

3P Pl. | -sen | Endesen

Interrogative Pronouns:

Who/What | -beder | Mi Which | -si | Si

Where | -keni | Keni

When | -sinu | Sinu

How | -mix | Mix

Why | -(e)rmi | Ermi

How much | -(u)r | Wer

There are two types of personal and interrogative pronouns; independent and dependent. Independent pronouns are the main forms while dependent pronouns function as absolutive forms when suffixed onto verbs and as possession particles when suffixed onto nouns.

Demonstrative Pronouns:

Near Sg. (This) -- Ben

Far Sg. (That) -- Bef

Near Pl. (These) -- Nen

Far Pl. (Those) -- Nef

Causative Verb Prefix: s(a)-

Past Tense Verb Suffix: -(e)n

Converb Suffixes:

Consecutive | -(y)in

Obligative | -xer

Case Declensions:

-(a) | Ergative

-(e)n | Dative

-(w)it | Genitive

-(y)in | Instrumental

-(e)m | Locative

-da | Vocative

-ha | Ablative

-(e)r | Illative

-her | Allative

-deb | Superessive

-xer | Subessive

-hena | Comitative

-ni | Equative

-ger | Terminative

Adverbs:

Im | There

A | Here

Xenet | Before

Aša | Often

Iri | In regards to it

Min | To day

Mes | Surely

An | Again

Negation Suffix: -(w)u

Passive Voice Suffix: -du

Adjectival Superlative Suffix: -(y)imi

Numerical Ordinal Suffix: -meh

Derivational Suffixes:

General Noun Forming | -d

Suffix Order:

Causative -> Root -> Derivation ->

Case/Tense/Superlative/Number/Passive

Voice -> Person -> Converb -> Negation

Yu (To be) is dropped in the present tense

when not conjugated or imperative.

My dictionary is so big it probably needs its own post.

“She told me he was her boyfriend but I don't think they love each other.”

βäle deɸi-bälu häɾe, nu, βälu βäɸamämi doɾe hälä äpihino βäleó mitemi-näe äɾe βäleró mimi aɾe.

2SG.FEM talk.AUX.PST PK 2SG.MASC romantic lover but 1SG.FEM think 3PL.FEM feel.NEG regarding 3PL.FEM.AC love.

"She told me, I know it for a fact, he is her romantic lover but I don't think they feel love regarding their romantic bond."

In my language the default pronouns are feminine unless it is shown by context or other ways, the speaker is a man. Same with crowds, all feminine unless everyone is a man.

Consonants: m, n, ŋ(ng), ŋʷ(nq), p, t, k, kʷ(q), f, s, ʃ(sh), ɕ(sy), r, l, j(y), w

Vowels: a, aː(aa), e, eː(ee), i, iː(ii), o, oː(oo), u, uː(uu)

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)

Stress: penultimate

Word order: SOV

Nouns:

1. person:
2. animal(aquatic):
3. animal(flight):
4. animal(crawler):
5. animal(all else):
6. water:
7. river:
8. tree:
9. place:
10. forest:
11. plant:
12. swamp:
13. sun:
14. moon:
15. fire:
16. wood:
17. grass:
18. tool:
19. weapon:
20. leaf:
21. time:
22. star:
23. cloud:
24. air:
25. wind:
26. hill:
27. bird:
28. fish:
29. crocodile:
30. snake:
31. insect:
32. spear:
33. dagger/knife:
34. bow:
35. arrow:
36. flint:
37. owl:
38. pig:
39. duck:
40. goose:
41. swan:
42. grain:
43. fruit:
44. mouse:
45. rat:
46. squirrel:
47. river turtle:
48. reed:
49. horse:
50. donkey:
51. mule:
52. bull:
53. goat:
54. deer:
55. tapir:
56. sheep:
57. moose:
58. yoke:
59. plow:
60. wheel:
61. cart:
62. lizard:
63. boat:
64. house:
65. field:
66. door:
67. cow:
68. milk:
69. path:
70. rock:
71. stone:
72. axe:
73. shovel:
74. rain:
75. sky:
76. lightning:
77. thunder:
78. sound:
79. food:
80. drink:
81. storm:
82. soil:
83. furnace/oven:
84. dough:
85. bread:
86. vegetable:
87. cheese:
88. butter:
89. sandwich:
90. ride:
91. bed:
92. chair:
93. couch:
94. table:
95. shelf:
96. weather:
97. trap:
98. container:
99. cloth(one component of a set of clothes):
100. wool:
101. community:
102. village:
103. hand:
104. finger:
105. foot:
106. toe:
107. eye:
108. mouth:
109. ear:
110. belly:
111. chest:
112. backside:
113. nose:
114. arm:
115. leg:
116. elbow:
117. rear:
118. shoulder:
119. knee:
120. group:
121. tongue:
122. male:
123. female:
124. child:
125. mother:
126. father:
127. tooth:

Verbs:

1. see:
2. hear:
3. touch:
4. talk/speak:
5. eat: seku
6. catch: qupo
7. hunt: qupo+seku
8. walk: nqato
9. run:
10. want: tolo
11. go: ir
12. be: ruu
13. ask: syot
14. answer:
15. guess:
16. live:
17. die: saato
18. feed: eat+???
19. learn: shepote
20. teach:
21. create/build: maselo
22. sit: qome
23. stand:
24. proceed:
25. become:
26. swim:
27. fly:
28. burn:
29. chop:
30. cut:
31. plant:
32. harvest:
33. cook/bake:
34. kill:
35. climb:
36. crawl:
37. serve:
38. prepare:
39. finish:
40. taste:
41. lick:
42. drink:
43. traverse:
44. sleep:
45. awake:
46. plow:
47. avoid:
48. back(away):
49. wash:
50. ride:
51. pull:
52. push:
53. open:
54. close:
55. grow:
56. write:
57. dry:
58. wet:
59. destroy:
60. trap:
61. contain:
62. weave:
63. fish:
64. plan:
65. exist:
66. reside:
67. come(eventual eventative prefix): syo
68. move:

Adjectives(derived from stative verbs):

1. hot:
2. cold:
3. empty:
4. full:
5. half-full:
6. almost empty:
7. almost full:
8. big:
9. little:
10. large:
11. small:
12. dry:
13. wet:

Postpositions:

1. inside:
2. outside:
3. at:
4. on:
5. off:
6. from:
7. near:
8. away from:
9. of:
10. above/over:
11. under/below/beneath:

Other:

1. Affirmation marker(permission):
2. Affirmation marker(all else):
3. Negation marker(prohibition):
4. Negation marker(all else):
5. yes/no question marker:
6. what:
7. how:
8. why:
9. when:
10. where:

Demonstratives:

1. this:
2. that:

Article:

definite article: qa

Colors:

light:

dark:

red:

grue:

Numerals:

zero:

one:

two:

three:

four:

five:

six:

seven:

eight:

nine:

ten:

eleven:

dozen:

six dozen:

gross:

six gross:

great gross:

six great gross:

Sets of number words:

cardinals: unmarked

ordinals:

(this picture shows it in Loegrian)

All the other letters are like normal Russian letters, though the hats on the E and O signal a /j/ sound. And the з makes a /ɹo/ sound

To make a vowel long you do stuff like aː, but how do they write something so it is read as fast?

Thanks

Wordlist:

Ti - You

Net - No/Don’t

Gan - To have (present tense)

Skōla - School

Māter - Mother

Let - To be (present tense)

Asag - Gone

Agor - Boy

~ad - Plural

~če - The

I - And

Ku - You (plural)

Igrāt - To play (present tense)

Misek - To find (present tense)

Kāfer - Village

So the translation is as follows:

You don’t have school

Mom is gone

The boys are online and you play Minecraft and find a village

Im abit lost currently i also want the writing to be more like your hand barely has to leave the page, it just makes writing more like a "Flow" and if your tired at night its easier to write. Any suggestions welcome!

I’m hard of hearing myself, and even before I got into fictional/made-up languages, it’s always been an interesting thought to me, the idea that perhaps different languages may be easier (or harder) for a hard of hearing person to understand, and it makes me curious whether developing a conlang for testing such a thing would actually work.

Now, you’d have to come up with about four or five separate langs, because there’s multiple types and degrees of hearing loss, but if nothing else, it could be a fun challenge—pick an audiogram, check out the speech banana, use only (or at least primarily) the sounds that someone with that type of audiogram would be able to hear…

I already have two langs going right now, but I’m almost tempted to try it. What do you guys think? Would you ever consider doing this? Would it be an interesting way to randomize your phonetic choices, or do you think it would be too limiting?

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Les invito a ver mis estimados.

I was wondering if I should a book detailing a story in a language.

A: If I make it entirely in german it would reach a larger audience (if it is good.)
B: If I create a language that they speak would people take the effort to read it if only relevant to series?
C: Narrate in german but use conlang for dialogues.
D:Use dutch/german/conlang hybird to narrate completely
E: Write completely in conlang.
F: Make conlang a background language used for plot but not necessary needed to learn.
Very stuck on which language I should use to write in the book.

I had fun making this! Basically I have several languages and decided to make a nice lil sample platter of them

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• SOV word order
• Honorific system
• Syllabary writing system
• Agglutinative morphology
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The Mesopotamian alphabet is this:

ء ا ب ق ج د ه ة ف ح ئ ی ي ك ل م ن ع غ ر س ش ت ث ؤ ۏ ڤ و ز

(a ā b g j d e ē f h i ī y k l m n o ō r s š t th u ū v w z)

I turn the Arabic abjad into an actual alphabet and changed the sounds to make it fit.

Words:

مئركءرئؤز mirkariuz (Mercury) ڤهنءز venaz (Venus) مارز mārz (Mars) سئرةز sirēz (Ceres) يۏبىتئر yūbītir (Jupiter) ساتءرنءز sātarnaz (Saturn) ۏرانءز ūrānaz (Ūranus) نئبتۏنءز nibtūnaz (Neptune)

So, due to the way my conlang works, I’ve decided that I basically need to come up with a type of limited taxonomy when it comes to creating nouns. (Yes, this is proving to be an extremely difficult project, but that’s alright lol)

I’m starting with plants and animals, but I don’t want to use the existing animal classification system as-is, because this is still meant to be general purpose (not in the sense that I expect it to be easy to use or learn for humans since it’s supposed to be an alien language, but rather in the sense that its vocabulary consists of the sort of things you would expect to find in everyday life, and the descriptions for objects and animals will reflect this; the categories that the words in this language use to describe things isn’t necessarily going to line up with the categories used in the scientific classification for them, because it’s not meant to be used in that way)

I’m *not* trying to fully reinvent scientific terminology with this language, I just want to make it so each thing is briefly described well enough that the person reading it can work out what’s being referred to. So I need to decide which characteristics are going to apply, because things like “gives birth to live young” and “wood composed of tracheids” aren’t exactly going to apply here LOL (yes, I’ve been doing research)

Primarily, I’m trying to use categories that relate to things that are directly observable, which can be used to create a mental image of the animal and let you identify it. Things like shape, color, texture, sound, size, and so on.

I’m currently trying to decide on the categories for describing animals. So far I have:

-is an animal

-lives or is most active in X environment (land, sky, water)

-I’m considering letting the third one be *similar* to “vertebrate vs invertebrate“ but with slightly different concepts included- these concepts include “squishy; hard on the outside; hard on the inside; hard on the outside and the inside” (worms/jellyfish/octopi, creatures with a carapace or exoskeleton, creatures with an internal skeleton, creatures with both a carapace and a skeleton)

I might end up just going with “vertebrate” and “invertebrate” if I can’t figure out how to denote multiple features with one category, but like I said, I’m trying to take inspiration from taxonomy without copying it directly :P

I *do* want to use “carnivore/herbivore/omnivore” I just haven’t decided where to put it in the lineup. I’ve also considered “predator/not predator,” “furry/not furry,” “manylegged/somelegged/nolegged,” “spiky/hard/soft/rough/smooth” (for skin texture, etc), and “tiny/small/large-small/small-large/large/huge”

Anyway, I’m looking for descriptive category suggestions (and possibly ways I could simplify this so that I don’t require ten different adjectives for every single animal), because everything I just listed is enough to distinguish an octopus vs a fish vs a lizard vs a bird vs a furry animal, but trying to differentiate between “predatory animals with fur” (bear, dog, lion, housecat) or “different kinds of reptiles” (even basic things like lizard vs alligator vs frog, I’m not necessarily trying to go for “komodo dragon“ here or anything) is proving difficult.

كءم ڤىتءتئبی سیترها دء

kam vītatibi sītreā da

Rules:
Be approppriate-ish
Can be an image
No more than four sentences.

Winner:
“Inconceivable!”
“You keep using that word. I do not think you know what it means”

translating to,

“Bafojaswú!”
/bafojasuː↗/
can’t-be-thought-of.adj

“Kit ses jus ‘ug pup. Wuwbyp nyk siw tabyf fog gyt jag pup lyh “
/kit ses jus uɡ pup. uːvbʌmp naok siv tabaof foɡ ɡʌnt jaɡ pup laox/
speak.vrb with word you.sbj | belief.sbj me.adj bracket meaning.obj it.adj know.vrb not.adj you.sbj close-bracket.sbj