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-''Welcome to Nicomega's user page on Linguifex!''
+Hello, I'm '''Nicholas''', creating languages since 1998~1999 from [[w:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]], [[w:Argentina|Argentina]]. First inspirations at that time came from learning English, French and some notions of Greek terminology and Latin (very vague). Later on other influences were [[w:Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s Elvish languages, [[w:Old English|Old English]], [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]] among others. Some languages I've studied to a higher degree include English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian and Croatian. Also I've studied [[w:Classical Languages|Classical Languages]] at the university ([[w:Latin|Latin]], [[w:Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]], [[w:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]) and some Ancient languages like [[w:Sumerian|Sumerian]], [[w:Akkadian|Akkadian]]. I'm more into ''[[a priori]]'' naturalistic languages, but I've dabbled in ''[[a posteriori]]'' too, and of course, some experiments as well!
-==About me==
+I began my conlanging experience just before the 2000's, during boring high-school classes (you can see a list of these first ones in ''[[User:Nicomega/Historical conlangs|Historical conlangs]]''). At first I had started developing two a priori artlangs, called '''Baladi''' and '''Debilen''', which were supposed to be related. The first was supposed to have a Graeco-Roman feel to it, and the Debilen would be the prototypical "barbarians". After that I also included a language called '''Gin'amed''', another a priori artlang supposed to feel like a mix of reconstructed Egyptian hieroglyphic pronunciation and Semitic languages with triliteral roots. Afterwards I decided to start anew with another a priori language but this time to really go deep into creating words that I could relate to their meanings, called '''Senshra'''. After those I created many many more conlangs, even a couple where I tried to convince a friend to join in, to no real success. If we could term the Baladi and Debilen languages my Phase I, then Gin'amed and Senshra would be Phase II. I've played quite a lot with those special first languages, closest to my heart, but also started developing a ton of new ones. Phase III had a lot of new directions, '''Manketzal''', '''Shelud''', '''Xoršid''', '''Kežtuzakil''' and many more. Most of those listed here belong to Phase IV by that count, and there's even a Phase V (e.g. '''Warthuz''') and beyond ('''Lassakirthi''', '''Tulvan''', '''Kareyku''').
-Hello, I'm '''Nicomega''', creating languages since 1998~1999 from Buenos Aires, Argentina. First inspirations at that time came from learning English, French and some notions of Greek terminology and Latin (very vague). Later on other influences were Tolkien's Elvish languages, Old English, Old Norse among others. I'm more into ''a priori'' naturalistic languages, but I've dabbled in ''a posteriori'' too, often trying to create divergent and hard to categorize romlangs et alia, and of course, some experiments too!
+'''[http://www.frathwiki.com/User:Esploranto My Frathwiki User page]'''
-'''[http://www.frathwiki.com/User:Esploranto Frathwiki]'''
+'''Contact''':
-==Languages: a priori ==
+'''Twitter''': @nicocampi
-*'''[[Alanûz]]'''
+'''Instagram''': @nicomcampi
+{{List subpages}}
+== Pages working on currently ==
+* [[Karrakêsh|Aklo]]
+* [[Tulvan]]
+* [[Omonkwi]]
+* [[Wakensi]]
+* [[Teutla]]
+== Languages ==
+===A priori ===
+;[[User:Nicomega/Alanûz|Alanûz]]
 :Alanûz is a language inspired in [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic languages]] and [[w:triliteral roots|triliteral roots]] but completely ''a priori''. It doesn't strictly follow a Semitic grammar though.
-::Sample:
-:'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr'''
-:''the truth hides beneath the words.''
-*'''[[Omonkwi]]'''
-:Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages via a poorly pronounced (by my high-school teacher) version of deity names in the [[w:Popol Vuh|Popol Vuh]]. Names such as ''Vucub Caquix, Cabrakán, Zipacná'' and ''Chilmamat''. It can be viewed as a weird kind of homage, trying to create a language out respect for it but not having the materials to know more about it, something common before the rise of the internet as we know it.
-::Sample:
-:'''ipāgnat šival gōkwili'''
-:''Mountains (are) the jaws of the Earth.''
-*'''[[Českoen]]'''
-:Českoen is more of a semi-spooflang, in the sense that it was created with a whole history behind it. It was supposed to be very simple and analytic, but with a tradition that claimed it was indeed quite complex and a "school" trying to revive awareness of its complexity, I had fun parodying notions of "better languages" or "complex = good". In its backstory the ''Ezgizo Ezgeskoinama'' school fought the ''Azgizu'' school for control over the teaching of the language. The idea was a language that sounded pretty much like [[w:Huttese|Jabba the Hutt's Huttese]] but with minimal class prefixes for noun and adjective, singular and plural.
-::Sample:
-:'''anta-čoga haska m’ onzo'''
-:''There seem to be spider-webs.''
-*'''[[Kamatarna]]'''
-:This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.
-::Sample:
-:'''Kima dūma plo-kamatar?'''
-:''Who comes to our lands?''
-*'''[[Shellud]]'''
-:An attempt to create a "dark language" whatever that may be. It draws some inspiration from Tolkien's [[w:Black Speech|Black Speech]], but also from [[w:Akkadian|Akkadian]]. It also uses triliteral roots and declensional cases.
-::Sample:
-:'''dalluk-at ašpathûz'''
-:''I will show you darkness.''
-*'''[[Tulvan]]'''
-:Tulvan is an attempt at a more futuristic language, supposedly more evolved historically "Tulvan" comes from the word "tulv" 'mind', and the Tulvans enjoy pointing that out, although it is heavily implied the name may come from a region that used to be called ''Tuluan'' or ''Tuluanna'', a word of unknown origin or meaning to the people in the setting. I wanted to test the idea that modern languages start trying to differentiate terms more and more over minutia.
-::Sample:
-:'''tulv kwam, kik ëv kem'''
-:''I think, therefore I am.''
-*'''[[Kareyku]]'''
-:Kareyku is a case-heavy language with 11 cases and 6 evidentials. Here I was trying a new concept using more evidentials than verb-heavy morphology and being influenced from [[w:Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[w:Quechua language|Quechua]], among others. It also uses some particles not unlike [[w:Chinese language|Chinese]]. Mostly the idea was to create a language where a lot of meaning could be conveyed as shortly as possible and using suffixes that convey a who-to-who relationship rather than personal suffixes.
-::Sample:
-:'''qappakas pilelcha'''
-:''Of course I'm eating fish!''
-== Professional Conlangs ==
+;[[Omonkwi]]
-*'''[[Bamzooki]]'''
+:Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages.
-:A language created for a projected animated series and open-world videogame for the London BBC. It includes its own writing system that combines abugida with ideograms.
-*'''[[Karrakêsh]]'''
+;[[User:Nicomega/Českoen|Českoen]]
-:Created for the Argentine movie '''''Necronomicón: El Libro del Infierno''''', inspired in the literature of [[w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]]. The language was created to serve as the on-screen secret language of an order of cultists custodians of the Necronomicon and its secrets, claiming to have come from Carcossa.
+:Českoen is more of a semi-spooflang, parodying notions of "better languages" or "complex = good".
-::Sample:
-:'''Anshamdarra burgatu, Burki abkâz'''
+;[[Kamatarna]]
-:''Rashness is sin, brother Burki.''
+:This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea.
-*'''[[Djinn language]]'''
-:Still ''in progress'' for a series of books, it is to be the language spoken by a race identified with the arabic tradition of [[w:Djinn|Djinns]].
+;[[Shellud]]
-::Sample:
+:My first attempt to create a "dark language" whatever that may be. It draws some inspiration from Tolkien's [[w:Black Speech|Black Speech]], but also from [[w:Akkadian|Akkadian]].
+;[[Warthuz]]
+:A language of some [[w:Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic]] inspiration, but very generally.
+;[[Tulvan]]
+:Tulvan is an attempt at a more futuristic language, supposedly more evolved historically.
+;[[Kareyku]]
+:Kareyku is a case-heavy language with 11 cases and 7 evidentials. Here I was trying a new concept using more evidentials than verb-heavy morphology.
+;[[Lassakirthi]]
+;[[Esyar/Eshan]]
+===A posteriori ===
+;[[Fingail]]
+:A Welshified version of the Finnish language.
+;[[User:Nicomega/Brest|Brest]]
+:A very weird mixture of germanic, with substrate of brittonic.
+;[[Untitled Romlang]]
+:Giving a pseudo-daco-romanian spin to it.
+;[[Untitled Germlang]]
+:Another thought that popped into my head. And I think I wanted an excuse to use a modern cognate of "woruldceondl", a ''kenning'' for the sun.
+=== Commissioned Conlangs ===
+;[[Bamzooki]] (2017)
+:A language created for a projected animated TV-series and open-world videogame for the London BBC. It includes its own writing system that combines abugida with ideograms.
+;[[Karrakêsh|Aklo]] (2018)
+:Created for the Argentine movie '''''Necronomicón: El Libro del Infierno''''', inspired in the literature of [[w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]]. The language was created to serve as the on-screen secret language of an order of cultists custodians of the Necronomicon and its secrets, claiming to have come from [[w:Carcosa|Carcosa]].
+;[[Djinn language]] (2019)
+:A conlang commissioned for a series of books, it is to be the language spoken by a race identified with the arabic tradition of [[w:Djinn|Djinns]].
+;Atlantean (Atilanan dresh) (2020)
+:Conlang job for a movie project. It is the language of extra-dimensional humans from a dimension called "Atlantis".
+=== Cramarian project ===
+Since the start of the project I've been going back again to it at different times with each time making a couple new derivations. For ease I've termed those as "phases". These could be years of months appart. Those with † are discarded languages or those that were superseded by a new version, those in parenthesis () are only provisional names.
+;Phase I
+* [[Wakensi]]†
+* [[Teutla]]† > Coalen
+* [[User:Nicomega/Daxeom|Daxeom]] <!-- (greek dial)-->
+* Éothuth
+* Tuscal† > Caunē
+;Phase II
+* (Muzhag) <!-- (PIE)-->
+* (Nuxan) <!-- (toba)-->
+* (Bexe)† <!-- (basque)-->
+* (Këmı-fasım)† <!-- (turkic)-->
+;Phase III
+* (Tañja) <!-- (sanskrit)-->
+* Pennyen† > Hībarashī
+* (Miska) <!-- (miskito)-->
+* Hrashrzen
+;Phase IV
+* (ʂopr joː) <!-- (selknam)-->
+* Coalen, ''a revision of Teutla''
+* (Fitjá) <!-- (old norse)-->
+* (Caunē), ''a revision of Tuscal'' <!-- (more consistent old latin, latin, PIE)-->
+* (Hībarashī) <!-- (japanese from Sino-tibetan)-->
+=== Okiwo project ===
+* [[User:Nicomega/Proto-Okiwo|Proto-Okiwo]]
-== The Cramarian project ==
+== Language Templates ==
-*[[Wakensi]]
+{{Special:Prefixindex/Template:Tulv}}{{Special:Prefixindex/Template:Tun}}{{Special:Prefixindex/Template:Tu-}}
-*[[Tʼeutla]]
-*[[Tuscal]]
-*[[Éothuth]]
-*[[Pennyen]]
-*[[Hrashrzen]]
-== Miscellany ==
+<includeonly>[[Category:User:Nicomega]]</includeonly>
+== Subpages ==
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