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Re: A conlang free-for-all

From:Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>
Date:Monday, May 22, 2006, 21:58
On 5/22/06, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> Some years ago on this list I tried to start up a > collaborative conlang project that turned out to be > impractical. But I think I may have found a way to > make it work. So here's what I've done... > > I have built a web site with a database containing a > few simple sentences in a proto-conlang I call Kalusa, > along with an approximate translation of each sentence > into English. These sentences form the seed corpus of > the language. > > Anybody who wants to can add sentences directly into > the corpus from the web page. This function is public, > and fully automated. As soon as a new sentence is > entered into the corpus by any user at any time all > all the words in the sentence are instantly index and > cross referenced in the database. > > Anybody who wants to can vote on whether a given > sentence in the database is proper Kalusa or not. This > function is public and fully automated. > > Any word, English or Kalusa, in any sentence in the > corpus can be clicked on to bring up a list of all the > sentences in the corpus that use that clicked-on word. > > There are no stated rules of grammar. The grammar will > emerge as more sentences are added and voted upon. > > There is no set vocabulary. The vocabulary will emerge > as sentences with novel words are added and voted > upon. > > There is no dictionary. Instead, you can "look up" any > English or Kalusa word by typing that word into a > search box and pulling up every sentence in the corpus > that contains the target word. From those sentences, > and their acceptance rating by others, you can > determine how to use that word properly in a Kalusa > sentence. > > There is no final authority as to what is or is not > proper Kalusa. The only authority is usage as found in > the corpus, and anyone who visits the page can add to > the corpus and vote on which usages they prefer.
> You will find it at: http://kalusa.fiziwig.com
Looks neat. I've added a few sentences & will plan to check back on it regularly. -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry

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Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...>
Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>