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What I have so far.
 
Associated person/tool - zr' + noun/verb Fighter - Zr'ragxem
 
Place - ky' + noun Forest- ky'derdendi
 
Character Adjective - Syz' + noun/adj Dead Syz'exak
 
Diminutive - X'sk' + noun Little monster X'sk'azek
 
Augmentive - Maux' +noun Big monster Maux'azek 
 
Inhabitant - Kyzr' + noun  Ketaznsian Kyzr'ketazns
 
Negative - Za' + noun Unhappy Za'cerximz

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Meulusoxybr - Mutant metaloids.

 

Saxychym - Avian cyborgs
 
Kr'smerysea - Semi-orgnaic race created by the Saxychym
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www.conlang.org

 

Constructed Languages are the specific hobbies of many linguists and philologists. You could probably borrow one if you asked.

Why would I wanna borrow one.


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Why would I wanna borrow one.

1. People who study languages and have been more carefully thinking about them for longer will be able to construct more technically correct, thematically detailed and poetic languages. Many of which you could simply choose from, if you ask their creators politely.

 

2. It's less work to borrow with permission than to invent it yourself.

 

Moreover, as I said, a borrowed conlang has a higher chance of being better in quality overall. This is coming from a guy who has a friend that's studying language, and is inventing a tonal conlang inspired by Polynesian types, Mandarin and Elvish.

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You're starting to sound like a jerk by telling me that I don't have the skills to create my own language. I am thinking about mine. Right now I'm just brainstorming. If you were an expert linguist, then I might take your advice.

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I'm sorry, but I'm not doing that. It's just asinine.

I think you mean you don't want to rip someone else off, not when you can make your own. I respect that. You've also made good progress with your language so far.

 

EDIT: I began writing this message before you wrote that other message to confirm what I'd duessed. CALLED IT! *Begins victory-dancing*

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I think you mean you don't want to rip someone else off, not when you can make your own. I respect that. You've also made good progress with your language so far.

Thanks ^_^. I got to make the alphabet, then the IPA transcriptions or vice versa.

I don't think I've gotten so much feedback from a topic before

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It depends on how much effort you want to put into it. A lot of created languages just end up being cumbersome. I'd recommend either putting plenty of time and effort into it or only a very minimal amount of the language. A good 1000 common words and some grammar rules isn't a bad idea. Or just a couple displaced nouns and adjectives. If you fall in between, there are going to be inconsistencies. People love to point that kind of thing out >_>

 

 

Associated person/tool - zr' + noun/verb Fighter - Zr'ragxem

Place - ky' + noun Forest- ky'derdendi

Character Adjective - Syz' + noun/adj Dead Syz'exak

Diminutive - X'sk' + noun Little monster X'sk'azek

Augmentive - Maux' +noun Big monster Maux'azek

Inhabitant - Kyzr' + noun  Ketaznsian Kyzr'ketazns

Negative - Za' + noun Unhappy Za'cerximz

 

 

 

For " zr' " are you saying that "ragxem" is like a sword or something and that "zr'ragxem" is like "person of the sword" thus meaning 'warrior' ?

Similar question about " ky' " " kyzr' "

zr' looks like it might be "person of..." and ky' might be "the place of...", so kyzr' could be "the place of the people of..."

Is " Syz' " like a title, as "Mr."?

 

" Za' ", " X'sk' " and "maux' " seem fine.

 

I would be a touch concerned about being able to pronounce some of these.

 

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What I have so far.

 

Associated person/tool - zr' + noun/verb Fighter - Zr'ragxem

 

Place - ky' + noun Forest- ky'derdendi

 

Character Adjective - Syz' + noun/adj Dead Syz'exak

 

Diminutive - X'sk' + noun Little monster X'sk'azek

 

Augmentive - Maux' +noun Big monster Maux'azek 

 

Inhabitant - Kyzr' + noun  Ketaznsian Kyzr'ketazns

 

Negative - Za' + noun Unhappy Za'cerximz

 

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Meulusoxybr - Mutant metaloids.

 

Saxychym - Avian cyborgs

 

Kr'smerysea - Semi-orgnaic race created by the Saxychym

With the abundance of hard sounds, and words that mean things our language would take multiple words to describe, I take it the language will be used by fairly tough/brutal/efficient/to-the-point characters?

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It depends on how much effort you want to put into it. A lot of created languages just end up being cumbersome. I'd recommend either putting plenty of time and effort into it or only a very minimal amount of the language. A good 1000 common words and some grammar rules isn't a bad idea. Or just a couple displaced nouns and adjectives. If you fall in between, there are going to be inconsistencies. People love to point that kind of thing out >_>

 

 

 

 

 

For " zr' " are you saying that "ragxem" is like a sword or something and that "zr'ragxem" is like "person of the sword" thus meaning 'warrior' ?

Similar question about " ky' " " kyzr' "

zr' looks like it might be "person of..." and ky' might be "the place of...", so kyzr' could be "the place of the people of..."

Is " Syz' " like a title, as "Mr."?

 

" Za' ", " X'sk' " and "maux' " seem fine.

 

I would be a touch concerned about being able to pronounce some of these.

 

I just improvised this ^ as part of my brainstorming. Once I start working on it more, the language will begin to take a less "globular" shape. 

Here is a VERY rough draft of the alphabet so far. (no ipa transcriptions yet)

 

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