Re: Most developed conlang

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:18:33 -0400, John Crowe <johnxcrowe@...>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Which conlang is the most highly developed (in terms of lexicon, grammar,
>usability, etc.) that is not intended in any way to be an auxlang? Just
>wondering.
>
>-John
I wondered this myself a couple of years ago, so I looked around.
The biggest collection of conlangs was at Henning's site, so I used
that as a starting point. The first thing I noticed was that the
number of languages was actually overstated, since a large number
should have been classified as language experiments, as they
lacked enough vocabulary for any type of communication.

So, I decided to compile a list of languages that were speakable
(complete) and could be learned from the internet. Of course, if
I included derived languages (romlangs, most auxlangs), it would still be
a large list. These can be created, though, pretty easily and one
typically has a ready lexicon. I was more interested in "a priori"
languages into which the author would have to put more effort.

So I compiled a list with the following criteria:

1. Lexicon must be greater than 2000 (and contain essential words)
2. Lexicon must be "a priori". (some loans are acceptible)
3. Lexicon must be accessible on the internet.
4. Grammar must be complete.
5. Grammar must be able to be learned on the internet.
6. Language must be speakable.

This is the list. (Some links were dead, but I restored those that I
could track down.)

Aninese (+Aulingese, Detbap): André Steffens:
http://www.uteged.com/languages.htm
Atlantean: Graham Mabey:
http://www.members.tripod.com/grahamjmabey/index.htm
Avesta (Ankanian): Harold Ensle:
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~heensle/lang/avesta/avesta.html
Danarib: Gary Wann: http://freewebs.com/danarib/
Denden (Charyan): Boudewijn Rempt: http://www.valdyas.org/andal/index.html
Elet Anta: John Fisher: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/
Kardii: Jayelinda Suridge: http://www.kadreilia.com/adaajnaa/kardii.htm
Kash: Roger F. Mills: http://cinduworld.tripod.com/contents.htm
Kelen: Sylvia Sotomayor: http://www.terjemar.net/kelen.php
Minhyan: Jeffrey Henning: http://www.langmaker.com/minhyan.htm
Olaetyan: Herman Miller: http://www.io.com/~hmiller/lang/olaetyan.html
Teonaht: Sally Caves: http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html
Vabungula: Bill Price: http://www.geocities.com/bprice1949/vab1.html
Vedyasta (+Vardhastani): Anselm Huppenbauer:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/vedyasta/
Verdurian: Mark Rosenfelder: http://www.zompist.com/verdurian.htm
Vulcan (Golic): Mark R. Gardner: http://home.teleport.com/~vli/vlif.htm
Yiklamu (Classical): http://www.polymathix.com/yiklamu/classical/index.html
Ygyde: http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm


If any of you know of other languages that satisfy these criteria,
this could be a good time to bring them up.

Harold

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