- I permanently deactivated my Twitter account in January 2023. Links to the account below aren’t functional anymore.
See the message on Twitter.
See the message on Twitter.
See the message on Twitter.
But … as of now, this is all just vaporware.
See the message on Twitter.
See the message on Twitter.
See the message on Twitter.
But … as of now, this is all just vaporware.
Miekko has some good veteran thoughts about people new to the Hobby and how to present your new conlang here: http://miniatureconlangs.blogspot.ca/2014/10/an-observation-on-conlanging.html.
[gloss]Mano-ye-as=ikan na Minkayi.
greeting-PL-P=many GEN Canada[/gloss]
‘Many greetings from Canada.’
Ang yomāy edaya kardangirayyam ya Desember pesan.
[gloss]Ang yoma-ay edaya kardangiray-yam ya Desember pesan.
AT exist-1SG.T here university-DAT LOC December until[/gloss]
‘I’m here for university until December.’
Koronoyyang, ang gamaray gumoas-ikan yam Ayeri, yanoyam deng-ven kihasreng kardang nā.
[gloss]Koron-oy-yang, ang gamar-ay gumo-as=ikan yam Ayeri, yanoyam deng=ven kihas-reng kardang nā.
know-NEG-1SG.A, AT manage-1SG.T work-P=much DAT Ayeri, because full=quite plan-A.INAN school 1SG.GEN[/gloss]
‘I don’t know if I manage to get much work done for Ayeri because my schedule is quite full.’
This post is from 2013 and is thus extremely outdated. You can see updated contents on their own proper page. —2016-12-28
Occasionally, fellow conlangers – especially beginning ones – want to know how other people work and what tools they use. Here is my stuff:
I’m working on a 6 years old laptop currently running Ubuntu 12.04. Personally, I find that Linux is way more language friendly than Windows since it’s far more configurable and open for tinkering with input methods and such things. Besides that, I like to take notes on paper sometimes, especially when it’s vocabulary. Notes taken on the computer I often print out and put them into the ring binder where I keep my handwritten notes. Vocabulary lists are, however, always transferred to the computer from paper as quickly as possible. Also important, of course, are books for research. Whether my own or borrowed from my university’s library. One thing: university libraries are awesome! I already dread the day I won’t have access to one anymore.
On the computer, the mainly relevant software I use is: