Re: begginer

On Thursday, January 6, 2005, at 07:42 , # 1 wrote:

> I've still never complete a conlang
Don't worry - I suspect that applies to _very_ many of us on the list    :
)

I composed my first conlang when I was about 10; I'm now nearing 66, and
still have not got a _complete_ conlang. Even JRR Tolkien never
_completed_ any conlang!

>
> I would like to ask for advices.
>
> What kind of conlang should I try to create first?
The sort that interests you most   :)

My first conlang came about because I got interested in the origin of
words,and so I got interested in Old English; then I discovered my mother'
s French text books from her school days and became absolutely fascinated
by the grammar - especially the verbs! That gave rise to my first conlang!

Then I discovered Esperanto (I was 11) and my teens were spent churning
out one auxlang after another as I got new ideas or started to learn a new
natural language (often the same thing).

> should I keep it simple with a little conjugaison, vocabulary similar to
> my
> mother tongue, avoid complicated or too different concepts?
I would advise simple _experimenting_ with different ideas - try them out,
  see where they take you and have fun!

> should I first try to create something similar to languages I speak?
I personally would not advise this simply because I would find it a very
boring thing to do. I like to experiment with unusual ideas and see where
they take me.

> Is a kind of language easier to create in flexionnal, agglutinative, and
> isolating?
I guess agglutinative & isolating are both easier in their own ways.

> It is simply because I don't want to continue to create great ideas of
> grammars and never make the rest of the conlang around it
Why not? The main thing I think is that the hobby is fun. I would advice
you to try out different ideas and get a feel for what you like & dislike
before settling on a particular course. After all, you are still young and
hopefully have decades of conlanging ahead  :)

>
> Help? advises?
Have fun.
Experiment & see what happens.
Festina lente.

Ray
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