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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.
==General==
==General==
*[http://conlangery.com/ Conlangery podcast]  
===Conlangery===
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.
*[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.


*[http://www.zompist.com/kit.html The Language Construction Kit]
*[http://www.zompist.com/kit.html The Language Construction Kit]
The '''Language Construction Kit''' on [http://www.zompist.com/ Zompist.com], is a relatively famous conlanging tutorial created by [[w:Mark Rosenfelder|Mark Rosenfelder]]. It is intended for anyone who wants to create artificial languages— for a fantasy or an alien world, as a hobby, as an interlanguage. It presents linguistically sound methods for creating naturalistic languages— which can be reversed to create non-naturalistic languages. It suggests further reading for those who want to know more, and shortcuts for those who want to know less.  
'''The Language Construction Kit''' on [http://www.zompist.com/ Zompist.com], is a relatively famous conlanging tutorial created by [[w:Mark Rosenfelder|Mark Rosenfelder]]. It is intended for anyone who wants to create artificial languages— for a fantasy or an alien world, as a hobby, as an interlanguage. It presents linguistically sound methods for creating naturalistic languages— which can be reversed to create non-naturalistic languages. It suggests further reading for those who want to know more, and shortcuts for those who want to know less.  


*[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, with its own journal, '''[http://fiatlingua.org/ Fiat Lingua]''', and podcast. The members offer conlinguistic services and organises Language Cration 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 [[w:Ithkuil|Ithkuil]].
'''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, with its own journal, '''[http://fiatlingua.org/ Fiat Lingua]''', and podcast. The members offer conlinguistic services and organises Language Cration 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 [[w:Ithkuil|Ithkuil]].
*[http://fiatlingua.org/ ''Fiat Lingua'']
'''''Fiat Lingua''''' is an online archive of conlang articles produced by real-life conlangers. All articles are available in .pdf format. A new article is published on the first of every month.
*[http://cals.conlang.org/ Conlang Atlas of Language Structures]
The '''Conlang Atlas of Language Structures''', '''CALS''' is a conlanging analogy to the World Atlas of Language Structures, which is an editable atlas over linguistic features in conlangs, for statistics, linking to the corresponding articles at WALS.


===Glossary===
===Glossary===
*[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 U.S.-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://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp Ethnologue]
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp Ethnologue]
'''SIL International''' (formerly the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is a U.S.-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.
'''Ethnologue''' is SIL International's online compendiun of statistics for over 7,000 languages and dialects.
 
*[http://glottolog.org/ Glottolog]
'''Glottolog''' is a bibliographic database of the world's lesser-known languages, maintained at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.  


===Linguistics===
===Linguistics===
*[http://cals.conlang.org/ Conlang Atlas of Language Structures]
The '''Conlang Atlas of Language Structures''', '''CALS''' is a conlanging analogy to the World Atlas of Language Structures, which is an editable atlas over linguistic features in conlangs, for statistics, linking to the corresponding articles at WALS.
*[http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/intro/ Universal Archive]
The '''Universals Archive''' is a searchable encyclopedia with logical examples and ocurrences of most linguistic features in the world, the '''universal''' ones, and use statistics and correlation to determine the naturalistic constexts of the features. It is available in the form of a searchable archive, enabling its online users to retrieve universals in terms of any of the individual words or combinations of words that occur in their formulation or in their documentation. It is also possible just to browse through the Universals Archive.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Linguistics Linguistics on Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Linguistics Linguistics on Wikipedia]
Wikipedia has a good reputation of having technical and well-sourced articles covering a wide span of both natural and constructed languages, as well as linguistic topics.
Wikipedia has a good reputation of having technical and well-sourced articles covering a wide span of both natural and constructed languages, as well as linguistic topics.
*[http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/intro/ Universals Archive]
The '''Universals Archive''' is a searchable encyclopedia with logical examples and ocurrences of most linguistic features in the world, the '''universal''' ones, and use statistics and correlation to determine the naturalistic constexts of the features. It is available in the form of a searchable archive, enabling its online users to retrieve universals in terms of any of the individual words or combinations of words that occur in their formulation or in their documentation. It is also possible just to browse through the Universals Archive.
*[http://wals.info/ World Atlas of Language Structures]
*[http://wals.info/ World Atlas of Language Structures]
The '''World Atlas of Language Structures''', '''WALS''', is a database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials. The information is well-sourced and edited by knowledgeable linguist from all over the world. The atlas provides information on the location, linguistic affiliation and basic typological features of a great number of the world's languages. It interacts with Google Maps to show geographical diffusion and concrete examples. The information of the atlas is published under a Creative Commons license by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and by the Max Planck Digital Library.
The '''World Atlas of Language Structures''', '''WALS''', is a database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials. The information is well-sourced and edited by knowledgeable linguist from all over the world. The atlas provides information on the location, linguistic affiliation and basic typological features of a great number of the world's languages. It interacts with Google Maps to show geographical diffusion and concrete examples. The information of the atlas is published under a Creative Commons license by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and by the Max Planck Digital Library.
*[http://apics-online.info/ Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures]
The '''Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures''', '''APiCS''', is similar to WALS but is for just pidgins and creoles.
*[http://wikitongues.org/ Wikitongues]
'''Wikitongues''' is a collection of videos of spoken natural languages, both well- and not-so-well-known languages.
*[http://www.thelingspace.com/ The Ling Space]
'''The Ling Space''' is an education project whose mission is to help make linguistics more accessible and fun, by making videos and blog posts and so on.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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