Re: Roll Your Own IE language

I've toyed with he idea of an IE language.  My knowledge
of IE reconstruction is pretty sparse though.  I've had a
terrible time trying to find resources.  Anyway, I think
that an extrapolation of alternative IE languages
would be pretty cool.  Go for it!  I'd love to hear about
what you come up with!

I'm especially interested in a conlang that is a rendering
of PIE, or a close relative thereof!  I'll try to dig out
some old resources that I found and forward them to you
(but I'm sure the Lehman book is much better)


Edward Heil wrote:

> Has anyone out there tried to construct a new Indo-European language, the way
> that Brithenig has been constructed as a new Romance language?
>
> I'm reading a great book, _Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics_, by
> Winifred P. Lehman.  (only $25 in paperback!)  It has a wonderful sketch of
> the structure of the Proto-Indo-European language, and in the back of my mind
> is the idea of using it in a conlang -- either filling in the gaps to make a
> usable conlang out of what we know of PIE, or making up some sound-change
> rules and so on to try to make my own IE lang.
>
> Ed
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