Re: Malat (Was: New Language)

Matt Pearson wrote:

> Garrett wrote:
>
> >On a side note (about people abandoning languages for better ideas), When
> >I was younger (say 10 or so, 7 years ago) I started inventing languages.
> >At the beginning they were basically english with my own vocabulary... i
> >began getting more sophisticated, making various languages that were
> >thrown to the side after a couple of days. Then, a 2 years ago (i think),
> >I got the idea to make a logical language. This would be my final
> >language, and no others would have to be made. All my best ideas are going
> >into malat. Long live malat!
>
> I wonder if you'll feel the same in 12 years, when you're my age.  (And
> others would say I'm one of the youngsters on this list...)  Malat may
> no longer be a living language by then, but hopefully you'll still have
> the same enthusiasm.  :-)
>
> All hail Tokana, the tongue of angels, the perfect language!  Tokana will
> live forever!  *sound of trumpets*
>
> Keep up the good work, fellow conlanger...
>
> Matt.
Thanks :) Here's my philosophy on the whole deal: If your language is not
unique... then why make it at all? My language is very unique compared to any
other conlangs/natlangs that I know, so I consider my project worthy to last.
That's the reason I'm not wasting my time on a euroclone or "international
auxiliary language" or stuff like that. Those may be fun for some people... but
since esperanto is so popular, what's the point? Artlangs are cool and all (I'm
going to learn Klingon sometime), but most don't have a user base to
communicate to in the language.

--
-Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.

-Garrett Jones aka Alkaline
Rising Sun - C&C2: Tiberian Sun - http://www.cnc2.com/
Malat - http://www.metro.net/3jones/malat/