>Hey.
>
>A while back (1 1/2 - 2 years), we were playing around with the
>Conlanger Code similar to the Geek Code. I know taliesin put it
>up on his website, and I thought was kind of fun; I also
>remember Boudewijn (and others) proposing a language code as
>well. The idea was to provide a quick snapshot of the
>typological features of the language in question. I played
>around with a version of the Language Code as well; I might
>still have the notes somewhere.
What do you mean by "code"?
Explain the concept for those of us ( mainly me ) who don't know what you
are talking about...
>I liked the idea because it treated conlangs like "real"
>languages by using conventional typological properties found in
>languages around the world and applying the same categories to
>conlangs. If we wanted to do something like this again, it would
>be just a matter of choosing an interesting or significant
>subset of typological features and coding them in a sensible
>way.
Whatever your talking about, I am sure I would like to be a part of ;-)
Eruanno
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com