Re: Has anyone made a real conlang?

Amanda Babcock wrote:

AB> Notice that Andrew always skips over the issue
AB> of grammar in his responses? I think he thinks
AB> a language is a collection of words.  I notice
AB> the Ygyde webpage doesn't even try to present a grammar.

AB> I'm more of a grammar-first conlanger, lexicon later-if-ever...

Grammar is posted at:
http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygydeg.htm

(Unfinished) primer including grammar is at:
http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygydep.htm

Patrick Hassel-Zein invented the grammar, except the
most fundamental concepts. His Ygyde page is at:
http://phz.web1000.com/ygydep.htm

I have noticed that most conlangers make very complex
grammar. Ygyde means "simple language" so its grammar
is simple. Ygyde is based on Ebubo
(http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/l/ebubo.htm). If you
compare the tables of Ebubo and Ygyde, you will
understand how much work it took to simplify the grammar.

Ygyde is a unique idea that can be implemented in a
variety of ways. There is Short Ygyde, Standard Ygyde,
Long Ygyde, and soon there may be Pidse:
http://zsau.firespeaker.org/Conlang/Pidse/
You can make your own Ygyde with sophisticated grammar.

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Christopher Wright wrote:

CW> I was trying to find out about his relative clauses,
CW> but he doesn't have any sample sentence with more
CW> than one verb and two (or possibly three; he *does*
CW> have prepositions, after all) nouns.

True. It seems that functional vowels e and y are well
suited for the task. They are used as parenthesis.
e = (                y = )           For example:

That girl, who is going to the concert, has a green dress.
That girl e she is going to the concert y has a green dress.

The orange car, which is my favorite, has seating for six.
The orange car e it is my favorite y has seating for six.

The tuba player, whose house is on fire, just went to band practice.
The tuba player e his house is on fire y just went to band practice.