User:Rnifnuf
Rnifnuf (/ɑɹˈnɪf.nəf/, most commonly stylized in lowercase, as rnifnuf) is a hobby conlanger, creative writer, and gamer who studied linguistics at University of Washington, Seattle.
Conlangs
Current projects
Syzkyn
The Syzkyn Language (/ˈsɪz.kən/, сызқынҟы/სჷზქჷნყჷ [ˈsɘzˌkʰʲəɴ.qʹə]) is an artling designed by rnifnuf. Development has been ongoing since 2017, making it rnifnuf's longest-running conlang project and flagship conlang overall.
In-universe, this language is spoken by the Syzkyn people, descendants of the Nordic Rus' whose dialect of Old Norse became heavily influenced by Georgian, Abkhaz, and the various Circassian languages.
Completed projects
Owie
Owie (/a.wi/, Aąââ [ʔã.wə.jə]) is a jokelang entered into Agma Schwa's Cursed Conlang Circus in 2022. Owie's design philosophy is to maximize pain with a small but cursed phonology, polysynthetic and fully non-concatenative morphology based on triliteral and quadriliteral roots which can be nested within each other and have their components reordered, mandatory marking of pain level on verbs, and making pleasant concepts difficult or inconvenient to express. Its pseudo-logographic "Analytic Orthography" is designed to elucidate the hierarchical, tree-like structure of an Owie word.
Although not a top 3 contender, the language proved popular with the contest judges, Agma Schwa and Ætérnal, as well as with audiences. The Owie section of the Cursed Conlang Circus can be found at the timestamp 3:04:46.
Natural Languages
Spoken by rnifnuf
- English (Native)
- Spanish (B1)
- Japanese (A2-B1)
Most Fascinating or Inspirational to rnifnuf
- Japanese
- Georgian
- Abkhaz
- Irish
- Finnish
- Gothic
- Tibeto-Burman
Other Projects
TBA