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This page collects a number of entrusted, and foremost - free, sources of linguistic and specialised information by the conlanging community, and the users of the Linguifex Wiki. | This page collects a number of entrusted, and foremost - free, sources of linguistic and specialised information by the conlanging community, and the users of the Linguifex Wiki. | ||
== | ==Software== | ||
===Word generators=== | |||
'''Word generators''' allow conlangers to quickly create a lexicon from a simple phonology and a defined syllabic structure. This may be used to create a full lexicon or to simply pick the genereated words that appeal to you. | |||
*[https://www.vulgarlang.com/ VulgarLang: a conlang generator website] | |||
*[http://bprhad.wz.cz/awkwords/index.php Awkwords] | |||
*[http://www.zompist.com/gen Zompist word generator] by [[w:Mark Rosenfelder|Mark Rosenfelder]]. | |||
*[https://www.vulgarlang.com/atlas/ Atlas: an auxlang tool] | |||
*[http://gleb.000024.org/ Gleb, random phonology generator] | |||
===Sound change appliers=== | |||
*[http://www.zompist.com/sca2.html Zompist sound change applier] and a [http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/SoundChangerSumerian.htm version] | |||
:The '''Sound Change Applier''', '''SCA''', is a program created by [[w:Mark Rosenfelder|Mark Rosenfelder]]. This page describes a simple program which can apply a set of sound changes to a lexicon. You can use sounds to help work out a reconstruction for actual languages, to create plausible descendants of a conlang, or in fact to make any structured set of lexical changes to a database of words. | |||
*[https://github.com/sfmorrigan/toolbox-sca/releases Haedus Toolbox Sound Change Applier] and forum post [http://www.incatena.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=42368 here]. | |||
:The '''Haedus Toolbox SCA''' is a very nice, phonetic segment-operating sound change applier created by Fiona Morrigan, a computational linguist and conlanger. Runs from the command line using Java and is easily configured with text files. | |||
*[http://akana.conlang.org/tools/gsca0.8/index.html Geoff's Sound Change Applier] | |||
:'''Geoff's Sound Change Applier''', or '''GSCA''', is a program that applies rule-based transformations to strings of Unicode text. Originally based on [[w:Mark Rosenfelder|Mark Rosenfelder's]] SCA, the GSCA is now a much more complex and powerful alternative. Among its features are featural sound changes, assimilation, preprocessing, randomization, simultaneous dialectal evolution, word exceptions and more. | |||
===Keyboard layout editors=== | |||
'''Keyboard layout editors''' allow the users to create their customised keyboards, which enable them to write the full Unicode, and a large portion of the International Phonetic Alphabet, as well as a veriety of international writing systems. | |||
*[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=Keyboard%20Layout%20Creator&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator] (''for Windows'') | |||
*[http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele Ukelele] (''for Mac'') | |||
===International Phonetic Alphabet=== | |||
*[http://ipa.typeit.org/full/ IPA on TypeIt] | |||
'''TypeIt''' is a free web-based keyboard which enable the full International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA, and some extensions to it, to be simply copy-pasted. Some web browsers have a couple of problems with the shortcuts when writing online, but mouse-clicking always works. TypeIt also features 20 Latin alphabets and their extensions as well as matematical, currency and miscellaneous Unicode symbols. | |||
*[http://westonruter.github.com/ipa-chart/keyboard/ Weston Ruter's International Phonetic Alphabet chart] | |||
An IPA chart by the devoted web-developer '''Weston Ruter'''. Allows a quick access to all symbols and diacritics of the Phonetic Alphabet as of 2005. | |||
===Wiki tools=== | ===Wiki tools=== | ||
*[https://code.google.com/archive/p/claded/ Clade Editor] | *[https://code.google.com/archive/p/claded/ Clade Editor] | ||
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===Code Converters=== | ===Code Converters=== | ||
*[ | *[https://www.vulgarlang.com/ipa-x-sampa-cxs-converter/ X-Sampa to IPA Conversion Tool] | ||
: '''The X-Sampa to IPA Conversion Tool''' is a handy online code converter that transforms X-SAMPA to IPA. This is particularly handy when you receive material from another source that uses X-SAMPA for mapping phonology and don't know the IPA equivalents for X-SAMPA notation. | : '''The X-Sampa to IPA Conversion Tool''' is a handy online code converter that transforms X-SAMPA to IPA. This is particularly handy when you receive material from another source that uses X-SAMPA for mapping phonology and don't know the IPA equivalents for X-SAMPA notation. | ||
== | ==General== | ||
*[http://conlangery.com/ The Conlangery podcast] | *[http://conlangery.com/ The Conlangery podcast] | ||
'''The Conlangery Podcast''' is a weekly podcast created by conlangers, for conlangers. Every week, the hosts George Corley, Bianca Richards (née Mangum), William S. Annis, [[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]] and Mike Lentine, as well as the occasional guest talk about a conlanging- or linguistics-related topic one week and feature a conlang or natlang the next. The episode are full of interesting and knowledgeable discussions which last around the hour. It is also available on iTunes and you can now support them on [https://www.patreon.com/conlangery Patreon]. | '''The Conlangery Podcast''' is a weekly podcast created by conlangers, for conlangers. Every week, the hosts George Corley, Bianca Richards (née Mangum), William S. Annis, [[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]] and Mike Lentine, as well as the occasional guest talk about a conlanging- or linguistics-related topic one week and feature a conlang or natlang the next. The episode are full of interesting and knowledgeable discussions which last around the hour. It is also available on iTunes and you can now support them on [https://www.patreon.com/conlangery Patreon]. | ||
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*[http://www.conlang.org/ Language Creation Society] | *[http://www.conlang.org/ Language Creation Society] | ||
'''Conlang.org''', '''LCS''', is a site for conlangers, would-be conlangers, those interested in or curious about conlangs and anything else to do with conlanging. The Language Creation Society is a prestigious body of professional conlangers and resources. The members offer conlinguistic services and organises Language Creation Conferences for the conlanging community. Notable members of the LCS are [[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]], the creator of [[w:Dothraki|Dothraki]], and [[w:John Quijada|John Quijada]], who created [[ | '''Conlang.org''', '''LCS''', is a site for conlangers, would-be conlangers, those interested in or curious about conlangs and anything else to do with conlanging. The Language Creation Society is a prestigious body of professional conlangers and resources. The members offer conlinguistic services and organises Language Creation Conferences for the conlanging community. Notable members of the LCS are [[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]], the creator of [[w:Dothraki|Dothraki]], and [[w:John Quijada|John Quijada]], who created [[Ithkuil]]. | ||
*[http://fiatlingua.org/ ''Fiat Lingua''] | *[http://fiatlingua.org/ ''Fiat Lingua''] | ||
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*[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/ SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms] | *[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/ SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms] | ||
'''SIL International''' (formerly the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is a US-based, worldwide, Christian non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages and aid minority language development. SIL provides a database, Ethnologue, of its research into the world's languages. It also host an interactive glossary on linguistic features and terms. | '''SIL International''' (formerly the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is a US-based, worldwide, Christian non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages and aid minority language development. SIL provides a database, Ethnologue, of its research into the world's languages. It also host an interactive glossary on linguistic features and terms. | ||
*[http://glottolog.org/ Glottolog] | *[http://glottolog.org/ Glottolog] | ||
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*[http://phoible.org/ Phoible] | *[http://phoible.org/ Phoible] | ||
“PHOIBLE Online is a repository of cross-linguistic phonological inventory data, which have been extracted from source documents and tertiary databases and compiled into a single searchable convenience sample. The 2014 edition includes 2155 inventories that contain 2160 segment types found in 1672 distinct languages.” | “PHOIBLE Online is a repository of cross-linguistic phonological inventory data, which have been extracted from source documents and tertiary databases and compiled into a single searchable convenience sample. The 2014 edition includes 2155 inventories that contain 2160 segment types found in 1672 distinct languages.” | ||
*[http://phonotactics.anu.edu.au/ World Phonotactics Database] | *[http://phonotactics.anu.edu.au/ World Phonotactics Database] | ||
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*[http://valpal.info/ Valency Patterns Leipzig Online Database] | *[http://valpal.info/ Valency Patterns Leipzig Online Database] | ||
==Social media== | ==Social media== | ||
*[http://facebook.com/groups/constructedlanguages/ Constructed languages @ Facebook] | *[http://facebook.com/groups/constructedlanguages/ Constructed languages @ Facebook] | ||
:A friendly group of Facebook-present conlangers. | :A friendly group of Facebook-present conlangers. | ||
*[https://listserv.brown.edu/conlang.html Conlang-L] | *[https://listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html Conlang-L] | ||
:The amazing one and only Conlang Mailing List. The oldest (est. 1991) and most active mailing list for conlangs. A small FAQ can be found on FrathWiki [http://www.frathwiki.com/Conlang-L_FAQ here]. | :The amazing one and only Conlang Mailing List. The oldest (est. 1991) and most active mailing list for conlangs. A small FAQ can be found on FrathWiki [http://www.frathwiki.com/Conlang-L_FAQ here]. | ||
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