Hi there! I am Jack, known as osyrinx online.
I am an aspiring journalist and polyglot from Vancouver, Canada.
I am the creator of Esilien, a West Scandanavian conlang heavily inspired from Icelandic.
About Me:
I am an aspiring journalist and writer. You can often find me face-first in a good book, or potentially working on writing a chapter for the 50th time. I love languages, politics, and people. One of my favourite things to do in life is talk to others, especially those of other cultures. I love to travel, and to be able to experience different ways of life that exist on our earth.
My Spoken Languages
English (Native)
Spanish (Fluent)
Icelandic (Near-Fluent)
Dutch (Conversational)
French (Conversational)
Italian (Beginner)
Greek (Beginner)
Korean (Beginner)
Mandarin Chinese (Beginner)
Esilien
Esilien began as a very small project. Originally I wanted to build a con-country— designing a fictional and almost idealistic way of the world (which, ended up very Nordic in style 😭). As it evolved, I began working on a language. Going through many iterations, it eventually became the Icelandic inspired conlang it is now.
It's designed to read like Old Icelandic met a unique, indigenous-like language and culture and grew through centuries of trade, exposure, and settlement.