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==Conlangs== | ==Conlangs== | ||
===[[Ox-Yew|Adzaay (a.k.a. Ox-Yew)]]=== | ===[[Ox-Yew|Adzaay (a.k.a. Ox-Yew)]]=== | ||
[[Ox-Yew|Adzaay]], also know as [[Ox-Yew]], is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language that is still very much under construction, without much to look at yet. It has a fairly limited but unconventional phonology (involving several types of affricates and liquids), and most of its infrastructure can be broken down into groups of three. (E.g. 3 vowels, 3 stops, 3 nasals, 3 liquids, 3 genders, 3 moods, 3 types of cases (9 cases), nonal number system (based on an earlier trinary base), tripartite morphosyntactic alignment… you get the idea.) | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">[[Ox-Yew|Adzaay]], also know as [[Ox-Yew]], is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language that is still very much under construction, without much to look at yet. It has a fairly limited but unconventional phonology (involving several types of affricates and liquids), and most of its infrastructure can be broken down into groups of three. (E.g. 3 vowels, 3 stops, 3 nasals, 3 liquids, 3 genders, 3 moods, 3 types of cases (9 cases), nonal number system (based on an earlier trinary base), tripartite morphosyntactic alignment… you get the idea.)</div> | ||
===[[Brooding|Brooding (Baus Broodingee)]]=== | ===[[Brooding|Brooding (Baus Broodingee)]]=== | ||
Brooding (ISO-639-3:qbd; BRCL:brdg) is an a priori language originally created by Veronica Hamilton for the [https://www.riddlesbrood.com/ Riddlesbrood Touring Theater Company]. Brooding is used in the company's theme song and logo, and was used in their 2012 production of ''The Dark Side Show'', the 2015 and 2017 productions of ''Harken'', and 2016 book ''[http://a.co/a99TS0G Riddlesbrood: The Greatest Brochure in the World]''. Jamin has been curating and expanding the language on behalf of Riddlesbrood since the fall of 2014. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Brooding (ISO-639-3:qbd; BRCL:brdg) is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language originally created by Veronica Hamilton for the [https://www.riddlesbrood.com/ Riddlesbrood Touring Theater Company]. Brooding is used in the company's theme song and logo, and was used in their 2012 production of ''The Dark Side Show'', the 2015 and 2017 productions of ''Harken'', and 2016 book ''[http://a.co/a99TS0G Riddlesbrood: The Greatest Brochure in the World]''. Jamin has been curating and expanding the language on behalf of Riddlesbrood since the fall of 2014.</div> | ||
===[[Dlatci]]=== | ===[[Dlatci]]=== | ||
[[Dlatci]] is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language that Jamin has been working on since 1994. It has undergone some massive changes over the years, though, and barely resembles its former self. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">[[Dlatci]] is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language that Jamin has been working on since 1994. It has undergone some massive changes over the years, though, and barely resembles its former self.</div> | ||
===[[Gothic Romance]]=== | ===[[Gothic Romance]]=== | ||
Building off of the original idea of what [[Valthungian]] was supposed to be, before it became what it is instead, [[Gothic Romance]] is actually a collection of three languages in several stages. It starts with the idea that the Goths who sacked Rome in 410ᴀᴅ continued to speak Gothic (or a close relative thereof) in parallel with Latin, rather than just switching to Latin completely as they did. This gave way to [[Old Valthungian]], much as described, but from there, the development changes course from what eventually leads to [[Middle Valthungian]], and by around 1200ᴀᴅ we find ourselves in a remote northern Italian town where the locals all speak both a form of Gothic and a form of [[Extemplar Latin]] which come to have a roughly equivalent phonology. From this point, the two languages exist in tandem, borrowing words back and forth between them until eventually we end up with [[Gothic Romance]]. Is it a [[w:Romance_languages|Romance language]] with a lot of [[w:Gothic_language|Gothic]] vocabulary? Maybe. Is it a [[w:Germanic_languages|Germanic language]] with a lot of [[w:Latin|Latin]] vocabulary? Maybe. Is it a creole? Probably not, but also maybe. Is it dark and spooky and probably something that vampires would speak if they were feeling particularly poetic? Definitely. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Building off of the original idea of what [[Valthungian]] was supposed to be, before it became what it is instead, [[Gothic Romance]] is actually a collection of three languages in several stages. It starts with the idea that the Goths who sacked Rome in 410ᴀᴅ continued to speak Gothic (or a close relative thereof) in parallel with Latin, rather than just switching to Latin completely as they did. This gave way to [[Old Valthungian]], much as described, but from there, the development changes course from what eventually leads to [[Middle Valthungian]], and by around 1200ᴀᴅ we find ourselves in a remote northern Italian town where the locals all speak both a form of Gothic and a form of [[Extemplar Latin]] which come to have a roughly equivalent phonology. From this point, the two languages exist in tandem, borrowing words back and forth between them until eventually we end up with [[Gothic Romance]]. Is it a [[w:Romance_languages|Romance language]] with a lot of [[w:Gothic_language|Gothic]] vocabulary? Maybe. Is it a [[w:Germanic_languages|Germanic language]] with a lot of [[w:Latin|Latin]] vocabulary? Maybe. Is it a creole? Probably not, but also maybe. Is it dark and spooky and probably something that vampires would speak if they were feeling particularly poetic? Definitely. | ||
[[Gothic Romance]] is the result of the evolution and gradual merging of two historic languages, [[Italian Gothic]] (a 13ᵗʰ-century descendant of [[Old Valthungian]]) and [[Bad Romance]] (a 13ᵗʰ-century descendant of [[Extemplar Latin]]): | [[Gothic Romance]] is the result of the evolution and gradual merging of two historic languages, [[Italian Gothic]] (a 13ᵗʰ-century descendant of [[Old Valthungian]]) and [[Bad Romance]] (a 13ᵗʰ-century descendant of [[Extemplar Latin]]): | ||
====[[Italian Gothic]]==== | ====[[Italian Gothic]]==== | ||
[[Italian Gothic]] is the direct Germanic ancestor of [[Gothic Romance]], descended in turn from [[Old Valthungian]]. This isn’t really a conlang so much as a snapshot of various sound changes leading to [[Gothic Romance]]. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">[[Italian Gothic]] is the direct [[:Category: Germanic languages|Germanic]] ancestor of [[Gothic Romance]], descended in turn from [[Old Valthungian]]. This isn’t really a conlang so much as a snapshot of various sound changes leading to [[Gothic Romance]].</div> | ||
====[[Bad Romance]]==== | ====[[Bad Romance]]==== | ||
Like [[Italian Gothic]] above, [[Bad Romance]] is the direct Italic ancestor of [[Gothic Romance]], descended from [[Extemplar Latin]]. This isn’t really a conlang so much as a snapshot of various sound changes leading to [[Gothic Romance]], though it might actually make for an interesting [[:Category: Romance|Romlang]] one day. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Like [[Italian Gothic]] above, [[Bad Romance]] is the direct Italic ancestor of [[Gothic Romance]], descended from [[Extemplar Latin]]. This isn’t really a conlang so much as a snapshot of various sound changes leading to [[Gothic Romance]], though it might actually make for an interesting [[:Category: Romance|Romlang]] one day.</div></div> | ||
===[[Grayis]]=== | ===[[Grayis]]=== | ||
Grayis is an a priori language commissioned by [https://www.infinitemind.pictures/ Infinite Mind Pictures, Inc.], spoken by a race of aliens called the Grayis Kin. It is featured in the board-game ''Pilots of Gallaxia'', released in January of 2020. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Grayis is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language commissioned by [https://www.infinitemind.pictures/ Infinite Mind Pictures, Inc.], spoken by a race of aliens called the Grayis Kin. It is featured in the board-game ''Pilots of Gallaxia'', released in January of 2020.</div> | ||
===[[Maltcégj]]=== | ===[[Maltcégj]]=== | ||
Maltcégj (BRCL:mltj) is an a priori language created out of boredom and full of vicious puns. Maltcégj started as a sort of blog, before there were blogs, and has been subsequently transferred to https://blog.benjaminpauljohnson.com (keyword Maltcégj). | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Maltcégj (BRCL:mltj) (that’s [malˈʧɛɡʒ], in case you’re wondering) is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language created out of boredom and full of vicious puns. Maltcégj started as a sort of blog, before there were blogs, and has been subsequently transferred to https://blog.benjaminpauljohnson.com (keyword Maltcégj).</div> | ||
===[[Northeadish|Northeadish (Druðþþȳðesc)]]=== | ===[[Northeadish|Northeadish (Druðþþȳðesc)]]=== | ||
Northeadish (BRCL:nthd) is an a posteriori Germanic language with some medievalist flair. Work on the language has ceased, and it is gradually being subsumed into [[Middle Valthungian]]. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Northeadish (BRCL:nthd) is an [[:Category: A posteriori|a posteriori]] [[:Category: Germanic languages|Germanic language]] with some medievalist flair. Work on the language has ceased, and it is gradually being subsumed into [[Middle Valthungian]].</div> | ||
===[[Nymeran]]=== | ===[[Nymeran]]=== | ||
Nymeran is an a priori language originally created by Niamh NíDhúill for Mythopoeia's comic ''[https://www.mythopoeia.us/glow.html Glow]''. Jamin has been curating and expanding the language on behalf of Mythopoeia since the spring of 2021. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Nymeran is an [[:Category: A priori|a priori]] language originally created by Niamh NíDhúill for Mythopoeia's comic ''[https://www.mythopoeia.us/glow.html Glow]''. Jamin has been curating and expanding the language on behalf of Mythopoeia since the spring of 2021.</div> | ||
===[[Valthungian|Valthungian (Sō Grējuga Tunga)]]=== | ===[[Valthungian|Valthungian (Sō Grējuga Tunga)]]=== | ||
Valthungian, or the Grey Tongue (ISO-639-3:qgt, BRCL:grey), another Germanic a posteriori, this time a close relative of Gothic. Not directly descended from Gothic, as such, but maybe a great-great-nephew. Jamin aspired to maintain a blog about it as it developed, but as you know, he’s seriously bad at that: https://blog.benjaminpauljohnson.com (keyword Valthungian). Jamin formally presented Valthungian as a theoretical descendant of Gothic at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo in 2018, which was attended by twos or even threes of people. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Valthungian, or the Grey Tongue (ISO-639-3:qgt, BRCL:grey), another [[:Category: Germanic languages|Germanic]] [[:Category: A posteriori|a posteriori]], this time a close relative of Gothic. Not directly descended from Gothic, as such, but maybe a great-great-nephew. Jamin aspired to maintain a blog about it as it developed, but as you know, he’s seriously bad at that: https://blog.benjaminpauljohnson.com (keyword Valthungian). Jamin formally presented Valthungian as a theoretical descendant of Gothic at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo in 2018, which was attended by twos or even threes of people. | ||
In the process of creating Valthungian, it became necessary to create some intermediate steps as well. These aren't fully-fledged conlangs, but more like synchronic snapshots of a two millennia long diachronic process. | In the process of creating Valthungian, it became necessary to create some intermediate steps as well. These aren't fully-fledged conlangs, but more like synchronic snapshots of a two millennia long diachronic process. | ||
====[[Middle Valthungian]]==== | ====[[Middle Valthungian]]==== | ||
[[Middle Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 1200‒1600<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span> marked mainly by palatalization of a great many consonants as well as some minor reduction to unstressed vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Middle Valthungian” is the language as captured by the suddenly-prolific Valthungian writers at the beginning of the Renaissance, circa 1450‒1500<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span> | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Like [[Italian Gothic]] and [[Bad Romance]], [[Middle Valthungian]] isn’t so much a conlang as a snapshot in the development of [[Valthungian]], though it is actually fairly well-developed and could be coerced into a functional conlang in a pinch. [[Middle Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 1200‒1600<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span> marked mainly by palatalization of a great many consonants as well as some minor reduction to unstressed vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Middle Valthungian” is the language as captured by the suddenly-prolific Valthungian writers at the beginning of the Renaissance, circa 1450‒1500<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span></div> | ||
====[[Old Valthungian]]==== | ====[[Old Valthungian]]==== | ||
[[Old Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 800‒1200<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span> marked mainly by changes to geminates and intervocalic consonants, as well as the introduction of Germanic ī/j-umlaut and some small but important changes to all of the vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Old Valthungian” is the language as captured in a few surviving texts believed to date to around 950‒975<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span> | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Like [[Middle Valthungian]], [[Old Valthungian]] isn’t so much a conlang as a snapshot in the development of [[Valthungian]]. To the casual observer it probably looks like a Roman spelling Gothic badly, which would not be entirely inaccurate. [[Old Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 800‒1200<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span> marked mainly by changes to geminates and intervocalic consonants, as well as the introduction of Germanic ī/j-umlaut and some small but important changes to all of the vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Old Valthungian” is the language as captured in a few surviving texts believed to date to around 950‒975<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">ad</span></div> | ||
====[[Griutungi]]==== | ====[[Griutungi]]==== | ||
[[Griutungi]] is the theoretical ancestor of [[Valthungian]] which was likely a dialect of, or at least mutually intelligible with, [[w:Gothic_language|Gothic]]. | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">[[Griutungi]] is the theoretical ancestor of [[Valthungian]] which was likely a dialect of, or at least mutually intelligible with, [[w:Gothic_language|Gothic]]. Griutungi isn’t so much a conlang as it is just Gothic, but not so much how Gothic really was as how I wish Gothic had been.</div></div> | ||
===Others=== | ===Others=== | ||
Over the years Jamin has invented dozens of other languages to various states of completion ranging from a few scribbled notes to monstrosities like '''Latinovesa''', his first and only Aux-Rom-Lang, | <div style="margin-left: 13px;">Over the years Jamin has invented dozens of other languages to various states of completion ranging from a few scribbled notes to monstrosities like '''Latinovesa''', his first and only Aux-Rom-Lang, ''de quo nui ne parlaramu ĵamai plui''. Most of them didn't have names. Some of them had ridiculous names, like '''ɮaxu''' or '''Baraqesh''' or '''Iatu Nukta Amat'''. Still others have been created for authors and can’t be discussed publicly yet: The latter will appear here at such time as that is feasible; the former will likely not!</div> | ||
==Contact== | ==Contact== |
Revision as of 13:00, 15 April 2022
BenJamin P. Johnson (“Jamin” - /ʤəˈmɪn/) was born in upstate New York some decades ago, and studied many various languages before focusing on linguistics more broadly. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his husband Terrence. He has been a member of the Language Creation Society’s Board of Directors since 2015 (with a brief hiatus from 2019-2021), and the LCS’s Minister of Memberships from 2016‒2019. He made a brief appearance in the 2017 film Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues, right around the 44-minute mark.
Conlangs
Adzaay (a.k.a. Ox-Yew)
Brooding (Baus Broodingee)
Dlatci
Gothic Romance
Gothic Romance is the result of the evolution and gradual merging of two historic languages, Italian Gothic (a 13ᵗʰ-century descendant of Old Valthungian) and Bad Romance (a 13ᵗʰ-century descendant of Extemplar Latin):
Italian Gothic
Bad Romance
Grayis
Maltcégj
Northeadish (Druðþþȳðesc)
Nymeran
Valthungian (Sō Grējuga Tunga)
In the process of creating Valthungian, it became necessary to create some intermediate steps as well. These aren't fully-fledged conlangs, but more like synchronic snapshots of a two millennia long diachronic process.
Middle Valthungian
Old Valthungian
Griutungi
Others
Contact
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