Re: Heyas all!

Trace Erin Kern <tracefox@...> wrote:
> Hello folks! Just thought I'd say hi since I'm new to the list.
Hi! And welcome to the list.

>
> I found this list during a search online and decided to subscribe because
> it might help me out.
> I am an amateur writer, I write sci-fi/fantasy stories. For my stories I
> have 'created' several alien species. I heard that one of the things
> discussed on this list is 'created' languages for fictional species.
Well, like some (Christophe?) already said, it's *creating*
as well as created languages, and not only for fictional species.
If you're interested in that, you can also subscribe to Conculture:
send a blank email to conculture-subscribe@onelist.com.
(You'll find many of us there too :)

>
> Another thing this list might help me with is a joint programming project
> I and a friend are working on. I had the idea a while back to work with
> him in creating a computer program that took an existing
> dictionary/language file and allowed you to generate a new language, as
> well as translation.
>
> I thought I'd toss that idea out here to see if anyone has allready done
> this, or if anyone might have some basic ideas of how to bring it about.
> Basically we're looking to create a program that will let you specify the
> base phonetic sounds for your new language, then somehow generate a
> translated 'language file/dictonary' using those phonetics as a seed.
I think you're talking about two different things here:

1. You want to generate a language based on an existing one. You can
do this by applying sound changes to the existing words, but then you're
not creating a new language but a coding scheme. In general, languages
evolve also by changing the grammatical structures, borrowing words from
exterior sources, changing the meanings of words they have, etc.

2. You want a word generator that can take a set of phonemes (sounds in
a language) and then create words from them.

You can combine both, of course, but not necessarily.

>
> Any ideas folks?
>
> Trace Erin Kern -  TraceFox@juno.com
Is this your real name? Strange! Erin Kern sounds like
something out of Tolkien :)


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> ~May you go in peace, all your journey~
>
Is this one of your languages?


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