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my first conlang

From:Patrick Jarrett <syberseraph@...>
Date:Thursday, October 12, 2000, 16:50
Okay since Tierian is my first conlang, I want to see what process 
others go through, I have the alphabet down. And I have the Language 
Construction kit printed out and all, but I was wondering if I should 
write grammar first or do idioms first. Sorta a judgement call I 
imagine, but as I mentioned before Tierian will be very caste based with 
lots of greeting and farewell sayings. One of the things which I think 
will make Tierian different, but I haven't looked at too many other 
conlangs, and in the ones I have I havent seen this yet, but one of the 
interesting things about Tierian is that in the greeting and farewell 
will let all involved know where they stand with the other person.

So for example, if two people meet on the street and engage in a 
conversation. The greeting would let each other know they have no 
standing (or just normal standing) and by the end of the conversation 
they would find out if they advanced in the feelings the other has for 
them first. Of course this allows people to lie about it and all, but it 
would not be one of the "acceptable" topics to lie about.

I am still working on this, the alphabet has 25 symbols, 6 vowel sounds 
which are ah, ay, eh, ee, i (as in it), and long o. Being my first 
conlang I didnt create any new sounds.

What else to tell you about... nothing yet.

Peace
Patrick
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