Re: How to learn an incomplete conlang?

Hallo!

Henrik Theiling writes:

> Hi!
>
> Isaac Penzev <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> >
> > > I *won't* bet that!  There are quite a few Tolkienists who object against
> > > any attempt to fill in the gaps Tolkien has left behind. This matter is a
> > > constant source of flamewars on the TolkLang and elfling mailing lists.
> > > Another source of flamewars are different attempts to fill the same gap...
> >
> > That is what I was afraid of... I, personally, don't see any plausible
> > solution. I don't think somebody can expand Tolkien's product. To make some
> > reconstructions? It may work, but different people may come to different
> > solutions, and this is Not Good. An, anyway, those reconstructions do not
> > fill all the necessary gaps to make the lang workable.
Yes.  These problems are part of the reason why I abstain from those
communities.  All that bickering about reconstructions and fill-ins turned
me off.

> Start a new conlang accidentally identical to a Tokien lang, and
> continue under a different name.
Actually, this is pretty much what happened with Albic.  Six years ago,
I started off with Nur-ellen, then conceived as a descendant of Sindarin.
One reason why I revamped it and built my own conlang almost completely
independent from Tolkien's langs was that Tolkien's languages were so
incompletely attested. (Another reason was that my British Elves became
more and more independent from Tolkien's Elves, and I wanted to do my
own thing rather than a Tolkien rip-off.  Yet, a handful of Tolkienian word
roots have survived into Old Albic.)

Greetings,

Jörg.

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