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Re: Introduction, and a Couple Questions

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Sunday, January 27, 2008, 23:29
Parker Glynn-Adey wrote:

> About conlanging though: > -Why do most people start their work on a language with their phonology?
Probably just efficiency more than anything. It can be tricky to go back later and revise the phonology after developing the other aspects of the language. Of course, you don't need a fully defined phonology to start with -- you might just start with an idea of what sounds are in the language and how the syllables are structured. But as your vocabulary grows, every time you want to make a change to the phonology you'll need to examine a larger number of words to see what changes might be necessary. I just went through that with Minza recently, and it's not something I want to have to do again.