Re: The first conlang (was: [Conlangs-Conf] Press release)

FWIW, I modified it to read:

While conlanging has been a famously closeted hobby for centuries now,
it is beginning to emerge into the mainstream. There are several
hundred conlangers who talk together online on various mailing lists
and bulletin boards, hundreds or thousands more who don't know that
they're not the only ones in the world who do this, and many thousands
of languages that have been created since the first one known of today
was made in 1150 AD.


... which I think is accurate enough.

Note that this is intended not so much for you guys as for general
public release, and they're not so interested in the details as in
having something concrete to point to. Speculation isn't, but saying
"look it was done centuries ago" is - and hell, 1150 AD might as well
be the dawn of language for most people. :-P

 - Sai

Reply