User:Shariifka

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Hi! My name is Adan. I speak English (fluent), Somali (near fluent), Arabic (decent), and a little Spanish, Portuguese, French, Amharic, and German (in that order).

Most of my conlangs are a posteriori. I like languages that are familiar but unique, which means I am mainly interested in Afro-Asiatic (especially Cushitic and Semitic) and Indo-European (especially Germanic and Romance). I'm also starting to get into other language families such as Bantu.

For me, conlanging is mostly a fun way to get more familiar with languages (both synchronically and diachronically) and improve my linguistic skills. I enjoy creating a functional system but get very bored with vocabulary (especially when it involves a lot of tedious research and guesswork, such as with Cushitic). As a result, I tend to leave my languages unfinished once I have a basic skeleton. Hopefully, writing about them online forces me to put a little more effort (the coding aspect is also fun).

Some of my conlangs:

  • Indo-European:
    • Germanic:
      • Gothedish (Guþþydske/Гnффindske)
      • Doidhesh (Doidhesh/Dœðesc)
      • Varangian (Verinska/Веринска)
    • Italic:
      • Essanian (Xanhán/شَنَّنْ)
      • Rustrolic (Rustrolkus/روسترولكوس)
    • Hellenic:
      • Unnamed Hellenic conlang
    • Other:
      • Thezhmic (Ŧeźmikos/Liźēnom)
  • Afro-Asiatic:
  • Mixed:
    • Wadwarsey
  • A priori:
    • Indazari (Indazāriyus)
    • Ofeb (Lö'öfebe)
    • Chemlangs:
      • An amino-acid based chemlang
      • A chemical name based chemlang - might call it Sodium chloride