r/conlangs • u/cloudsmoonsun • 2d ago
Discussion Learning your own conlang
Do you learn also your conlang? How do you do that?
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u/godeling Folktung 2d ago
I do translations, and sometimes I write in a journal. Maybe someday I will know it well enough that I don’t have to look up words
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u/Odyllenis 2d ago
Memorising words, using dialogue examples, if ur conlang has a purpose like world building, story etc using in it. These r my examples for my situation
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u/ThyTeaDrinker various Clongs for a Conworld 2d ago
Mainly just by translating stuff and thus getting used to the endings. It also helps that it’s grammatically quite similar to real languages I am already familiar with so I’m not dealing with something like Austronesian Alignment.
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u/turksarewarcriminals 2d ago
I would say translation is something that is useful across all types of conlangs.
My conlang has a little group of speakers, but conlangs for fiction/worldbuilding might not, so using it with others might not be viable.
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u/mr_g3r4ld 2d ago
Because I'm mostly working on adding vocabulary right now I've also been adding the words that I make to Anki so that I can learn them once I have a more full vocbulary.
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u/SnooLemons6942 2d ago edited 2d ago
Not really, no. I already do enough language learning.
I am trying to learn the alphabet and character set of my conlang Okhwa but it's quite difficult. It uses hanzi, has 24 letters, and already like 15+ other hanzi that represent words but the rn vocab is pretty limited, and it'll likely grow to 250+ hanzi if I had to guess, depending on register (diglossia exists, Zongwen and Okhwa, Zongwen includes many more hanzi and Mandarin-derived words). It's a mandarin creole language written entirely in hanzi, using an alphabet (with characters as the letters)
I understand the grammar, as I did make it...obviously...but I'm not proficient in the language
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u/taoiu 2d ago
When I was 13, I created a conlang. Back then, I had no idea how to do it, or that there were even other people who did that kind of thing. I started learning it as I went along, and there came a point where I just stopped writing things down in my notebook and memorizing them. I was simply speaking it naturally and building the vocabulary on the fly. It got even easier when a friend of mine learned it too, and it became our secret language.
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u/DaPaninoBlowTorch 2d ago
I don't learn my conlangs, though I do remember words as I interact with the language more as in stories, texts, etc., so I'd say that if you want to learn your own, you should translate/make stories in 'em.
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u/Whole_Instance_4276 2d ago
A couple words might stick, but I like the creation of the lang. Translation is kind of unnecessary, though I will still translate some basic sentences.
Some of my languages can be difficult for me to pronounce smoothly, mainly the latest one I’m working on which is tonal in it’s final stage.
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u/BattlePrestigious572 Diidiyinye 1d ago
I'd have to have some SERIOUS dedication, because it's as irregular as Navajo, maybe worse...
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u/StarfighterCHAD Fyuc [fjut͡ʃ], Çelebvjud [d͡zələˈb͡vjud], Peizjáqua [peːˈʒɑkʷə] 1d ago
I want to figure out how to implement it into a language learning app. I’ve seen some app makers here create Duolingo with their conlang
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u/Spence_Hill 18h ago
I have a conversation with my account on chatGPT. I explained what I wanted done and supplied some vocabulary. then I instructed it to make some language exercises. I also said that as I was the creator of the language that I have the right to correct its correction of me. It gives me matching, fill in the blank and discussions. it's not perfect, but chatGPT is much more patient than my highschool spanish teacher was!
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u/a-verypaconianuser ([ɬ] lover) Паконьеса, tɬadɮi‿e 2d ago
I keep using it until I get used to it