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# '''To be novel-friendly.''' Crazy letters and long words will confuse and alienate most readers, which is why Wistanian was designed to have short, easily readable words that readers can enjoy, one small sentence at a time. | # '''To be novel-friendly.''' Crazy letters and long words will confuse and alienate most readers, which is why Wistanian was designed to have short, easily readable words that readers can enjoy, one small sentence at a time. | ||
===Inspiration=== | ===Development and Inspiration=== | ||
Wistanian is the first constructed language by its author and is currently on its seventh version. Wistanian is a unique language that derives influences from several natural languages, especially [[w: Spanish_language|Spanish]] and [[w: Tamil_language|Tamil]], but their influence is mostly found in the lexicon while contributing only minimally to the grammar, which is more alike to [[w: Cantonese|Cantonese]] and [[w: Abui_language|Abui]]. | |||
* Wistanian V1 was non-sense gibberish with a "general aesthetic" thrown around in the first drafts of the novels. | |||
* Wistanian V2 was an English [[w: Relexification|relex]] (but without tense and articles) recorded on the Notes App of the author's iPhone. | |||
* Wistanian V3 was the first attempt not to make the language just like English. Due to a question about verb aspect, the author discovered the subreddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/ r/conlangs] and revised the language. This version eventually resulted in a [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A6KEK3XpFpO3cAyVG-51KMlOGPU5f6IG/view?usp=sharing 23-page grammar]. | |||
* Wistanian V4 was the result of deeper relationships with r/conlangs users over Discord. This version is marked by a fluctuating word order, adding /p/ and /k/, the Talivian alphabet, and at least some semblance of naturalism. It also has a [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iq-ta5iplwmt7HSKnHNmIxZc2Eo5Ts-L/view?usp=sharing grammar document that's 49 pages long]. | |||
* Wistanian V5 was a heavily edited response to discrepancies, holes, and potential improvements on the previous version. It is marked by a stricter word order, orthography changes, and "converbs" (which are now relativer particles). It also saw the advent of the [https://www.reddit.com/r/wistanian/ r/wistanian subreddit] and [https://wistania.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikistania]. Although a grammar document was under development, its only complete representation is in [https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/7q6zr3/wistanian/ Reddit post that offers a summary]. | |||
* Wistanian V6 is marked by a total lexicon rehaul that attempted (and failed) to respect diachronic change. Within this version, huge edits and revisions occurred among each lexical category. Nouns lost their locational cases, verbal conjugation was completely scrapped and redone, modifiers were re-analyzed and removed, honorifics were restructured, particles were added, colors and numbers were redone, and the history was clarified to be more realistic. | |||
* Wistanian V7 is a recognition of these dramatic changes. With this version, the lexicon is expected to be polished, the script is expected to be tweaked, and many of the basics are expected to be expanded. This article accurately represents Wistanian in its current version (unless otherwise noted). | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||