Re: Practical Conlanging

John Leland said:
>
> I have an
> impression many on this list may compose directly onto the computer, but I
> do not know.
I always work directly on the computer, because that's where the
vocabularies, annotated corpora, parsers and what-not are.

There's no conlang in which I've achieved enough fluency to produce text
on the fly, and I see that as a failing. I intend to remedy that situation
as the four new artlangs (Gavuz, Muhahai, Salsheg and Skrail -- inspired
by Central Semitic, Oceanic Austronesian, Mongolic/Tungusic and Germanic,
respectively) for my wife's fiction project come online, since I'll have a
willing learning partner and interlocutrix.

Also, I intend to achieve fluency in one or more of the modern languages
descended from Classical Yiklamu, once they've emerged. (I'm still working
on the simulation tools and catching up on thirty years of mostly avoiding
historical linguistics.)


-- Mark