Re: Introduction; need advice

Quentin Read said:

>So far I have translated the Our Father, the 23rd
>Psalm, the first part of Genesis, etc. into them. I
>would like some advice about creating conlangs.
>So far I have madea basic vocabulary, the alphabet,
>the rules of grammar,and a few translations. What
>should I do now? I don't want this to fizzle out
>like my other ones. I need some direction. Also what
>are some basic, widely recognized texts I can
>translate besides biblical ones?
I like to use translation to identify "gaps" in the language that need to be
filled. Do you have a culture associated with your language? Translate stuff
that might be relevant to that culture. For example, if the culture is
modern or technologically advanced, the Bible won't identify many "gaps" in
expressions for technology. Good if you're writing about a culture of very
pious nomads though.

>How much
>does one have to do before the conlang is considered
>complete?
Haven't got there yet. May never. "Complete" with constructed languages
would really mean "abandoned". Hell, people are still tooling around with
Esperanto, 100-plus years later.

>Finally, where can I get fonts for
>characters I need?
Do a search for "Thryomanes"... it's a TTF font with a whole pile of
extended characters. Unfortunately, people without Thryomanes won't be able
to read the characters unless you embed them in a PDF or something.
Look forward to hearing more about your projects, Quentin!
(got a site?)

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