Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: OT: Punctuation

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Sunday, December 5, 1999, 14:01
guga@guganet.8m.com writes:
> How do you guys deal with punctuation in your conlangs? How >do languages that don't have punct. marks express the same thing? How >could we possibly improve or simplify our punctuation system?
For my three conscripts: Daga Bundog: The only punctuation mark is a full stop, which consists of two parallel lines: ||. There are no ways to show exclamation, a pause in a thought, etc. Tilon Nevo: This is my personal conlang, and it uses it's own script, with the same punctuation marks as we use in the Latin script. Saalangal: Like the Daga Bundogs, there is no other punctuation mark other than the full stop ( || )which also uses two parallel lines. Although, no doubt that in the future, there will probably be innovations in the puncutation system, but they will be slow to take root since Saalangal teachers despise letting outside influences change how they use their script.