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*[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 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 [[w:Ithkuil|Ithkuil]].


*[http://fiatlingua.org/ ''Fiat Lingua'']
*[http://fiatlingua.org/ ''Fiat Lingua'']
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*[http://cals.conlang.org/ Conlang Atlas of Language Structures]
*[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.
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.
'''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://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp Ethnologue]
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp Ethnologue]
'''Ethnologue''' is SIL International's online compendiun of statistics for over 7,000 languages and dialects.
'''Ethnologue''' is SIL International's online compendium of statistics for over 7,000 languages and dialects.


*[http://glottolog.org/ Glottolog]
*[http://glottolog.org/ Glottolog]
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*[http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/intro/ Universals Archive]
*[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.  
The '''Universals Archive''' is a searchable encyclopaedia with logical examples and occurrences of most linguistic features in the world, the '''universal''' ones, and use statistics and correlation to determine the naturalistic contexts 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]

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