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build_a_world2011-02-08 08:45 am
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February/March: Challenge Notes
Since creating a language is not a little task, I am extending this challenge to include March as well. We will have on main challenge and two minor ones.
During these months we will be focusing on creating a usable language for your world. I will also provide notes on creating a language for just names. Creating the basic language has three steps:
1. Sound
2. Vocabulary
3. Grammar
I will divide my link list (to be posted later this afternoon) accordingly.
::The Challenges::
Main Challenge: Translate either the Babel text (Genesis 11:1-9) or "The Wind and the Sun" by Aesop into your conlang. I chose the Babel text because its use among parts of the conlang community. I chose the "The Wind and the Sun" since the the Langmaker website identifies it as a text some others in the community use.
Secondary Challenge A: Create a writing system for your language.
ETA: I changed 'alphabet' to 'writing system.' I had intended alphabet as a catch-all term, but alerted that it might not come across as such.
Secondary Challenge B: Label your map with your language. (You do not need to use the special writing system, especially if you did not create one.)
Quick Mod Note
I apologize for how long this is taking for me to put together. Last Tuesday, about an hour after posting on this community, I was offered a job that requires re-location. (Interviewing for this job, while also starting a new and temporary teaching job are what occupied me in January). The job starts next week. I have been scrambling to find a place to live, obtain furniture, kitchen supplies, and so on (due to how my roommate relationships worked out, I never needed to buy pots/pans/bowls/etc before). This is another reason why the challenge has been extended. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I have not forgotten this community. It is just that real life is a bit chaotic right now.
During these months we will be focusing on creating a usable language for your world. I will also provide notes on creating a language for just names. Creating the basic language has three steps:
1. Sound
2. Vocabulary
3. Grammar
I will divide my link list (to be posted later this afternoon) accordingly.
::The Challenges::
Main Challenge: Translate either the Babel text (Genesis 11:1-9) or "The Wind and the Sun" by Aesop into your conlang. I chose the Babel text because its use among parts of the conlang community. I chose the "The Wind and the Sun" since the the Langmaker website identifies it as a text some others in the community use.
Secondary Challenge A: Create a writing system for your language.
ETA: I changed 'alphabet' to 'writing system.' I had intended alphabet as a catch-all term, but alerted that it might not come across as such.
Secondary Challenge B: Label your map with your language. (You do not need to use the special writing system, especially if you did not create one.)
Quick Mod Note
I apologize for how long this is taking for me to put together. Last Tuesday, about an hour after posting on this community, I was offered a job that requires re-location. (Interviewing for this job, while also starting a new and temporary teaching job are what occupied me in January). The job starts next week. I have been scrambling to find a place to live, obtain furniture, kitchen supplies, and so on (due to how my roommate relationships worked out, I never needed to buy pots/pans/bowls/etc before). This is another reason why the challenge has been extended. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I have not forgotten this community. It is just that real life is a bit chaotic right now.