Re: What kind of conlanger are you?
Posted: 11 Jun 2020 12:00
I’m moreso a filler because I have my own conworld with multiple languages spoken by different peoples.
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I mean, the loyalist description gets into specifics about progress, but I'd still say that category fits best.eldin raigmore wrote: ↑11 Jun 2020 19:44 What do you call a conlanger who has two conlangs, one for decades, and has made precious little progress on any of them?
I’m that kind.
Is there a category for “perfectionist to the point of catatonia”?Dormouse559 wrote: ↑11 Jun 2020 22:54Looking at the archetypes available now, I might have classed my past conlanging as perfectionist. There maybe wasn't a final vision, but I had a strong sense of each new conlang improving on the previous one.
I read Cataloniaeldin raigmore wrote: ↑11 Jun 2020 23:04Is there a category for “perfectionist to the point of catatonia”?Dormouse559 wrote: ↑11 Jun 2020 22:54Looking at the archetypes available now, I might have classed my past conlanging as perfectionist. There maybe wasn't a final vision, but I had a strong sense of each new conlang improving on the previous one.
So did autocorrect.Creyeditor wrote: ↑12 Jun 2020 00:17I read Cataloniaeldin raigmore wrote: ↑11 Jun 2020 23:04Is there a category for “perfectionist to the point of catatonia”?
There's also the comment:In the conlang Discord server, someone told me that most conlangers have no intention of turning their projects into serious things that other people will actually use, but rather, they're fun little thought exercises from which their creators move on once they get bored and want to make a new one.
This was incredibly disappointing to hear, because I've been working on one conlang for almost seven years and I fully intend for it to be put to use by more people than just me, mostly for use in fictional works, as a bridge for learning sibling natlangs, or just for the joy of cryptic conversation.
Anyone else here working on their one major legacy project for which they hold high hopes?
So these people are saying that the majority of conlangers don't even plan to stick with their languages? They make, scrap, make, scrap, make conlangs for fun?The person on the Discord was right, most conlangers are language nerds who make conlangs for fun and rarely develop them fully. Even if they spend lots of time on them and develop them further, they are still usually personal passion projects.
Since I posted the OP, five new types have been added. You'll see them in the updated first post!Marduk wrote: ↑23 May 2021 00:53 Wow! Never thought of it like this.
I would like to think I am a loyalist, if my only choice is to pick from the 3. I do indeed have a language that I have groomed for many years.
At the same time I like to experiment with new ideas. Try things nobody has done yet.
I also have about 16 languages with 56k or greater words.
I don't do patchwork languages. I obsess over every one like a new baby until complete. I think of it more like a painting or work of art. It always has to be just right.
Interesting topic.
Lol thats awesome! People are known for creating these?Khemehekis wrote: ↑23 May 2021 01:57Since I posted the OP, five new types have been added. You'll see them in the updated first post!Marduk wrote: ↑23 May 2021 00:53 Wow! Never thought of it like this.
I would like to think I am a loyalist, if my only choice is to pick from the 3. I do indeed have a language that I have groomed for many years.
At the same time I like to experiment with new ideas. Try things nobody has done yet.
I also have about 16 languages with 56k or greater words.
I don't do patchwork languages. I obsess over every one like a new baby until complete. I think of it more like a painting or work of art. It always has to be just right.
Interesting topic.
And seriously, you have a number of languages with over 56,000 words? We need to add them to https://www.frathwiki.com/Conlangs_with ... ,000_words ! Tell me about all of these conlangs!
Conlangs with lexica that large are rare, but they do exist.
That is so cool! You must have a lot of conculture built into those dictionaries!I had no idea people shared these with each other like that. Yes all of my languages are actually over 58076 words deep. That is my base Excel file size. I am happy to share if anyone is interested.
All those language names look so Celtic/Elvish in nature!Years ago I was a member of the site https://forgottenlanguages-full.forgott ... s.org/?m=0
The creations there were more of a secretive nature.
Happy to show off what ive done.
Khemehekis wrote: ↑23 May 2021 03:40Conlangs with lexica that large are rare, but they do exist.
That is so cool! You must have a lot of conculture built into those dictionaries!I had no idea people shared these with each other like that. Yes all of my languages are actually over 58076 words deep. That is my base Excel file size. I am happy to share if anyone is interested.
You can join FrathWiki and edit that page yourself to add your own conlangs, or you can tell me the name, lexicon size, and description of each of your languages, like the lines on the wiki list.
I'll know they're all by you. Do you insist upon being known by the demon of chaos' name, or do you have a real name you're willing to use for that list?
All those language names look so Celtic/Elvish in nature!Years ago I was a member of the site https://forgottenlanguages-full.forgott ... s.org/?m=0
The creations there were more of a secretive nature.
Happy to show off what ive done.
My biggest-lexiconed conlang, Kankonian, looks more like this: https://khemehekis.angelfire.com/basic.htm
Are you familiar with James E. Hopkins' Itlani? He sent me a file of his spreadsheet dictionary when he had 18,000 words. Now it's over 20,000!
I sent Larry Rogers a 67,000-word spreadsheet dictionary of Kankonian (now up to 72,500 words). He wrote a review of it here: https://naviklingon.blogspot.com/2020/1 ... -w5VZYwzV8
Thank you! I'm glad you like it. And yeah, Kankonian will be celebrating its twenty-fifth birthday this summer, so that is "a massive amount of time".
All right. If I write your entries into this list, I'll simply call you "Marduk".Id rather be anonymous. Thanks.
You're welcome!Thank you for all of the information.
me tbhSo these people are saying that the majority of conlangers don't even plan to stick with their languages? They make, scrap, make, scrap, make conlangs for fun?
uwu!Khemehekis wrote: ↑28 Jun 2021 08:02Hmmmm. Are you going to scrap your wonderful elephant-people someday?