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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