I want to create a new language.
I have the desire to create a new language. The subject of languages have fascinated me for a long time now.
Is it normal that I want to create a new language? Have you ever felt this way too?
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I have the desire to create a new language. The subject of languages have fascinated me for a long time now.
Is it normal that I want to create a new language? Have you ever felt this way too?
You can do this. You may already know who David Peterson is; a linguist (language creator/writer) and does this for a living. Having created the Dothraki language for Game of Thrones and a few others in series, he's very well known for this. Especially if you're a sci-fi/Game of Thrones fan.
This video is one of my favorites, with him, it simplifies this prospect:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rl3Wc5yhIuI
It's absolutely impressive -- and awesome if you can master it.
I made an alphabet once. I like to think how someone chooses to write or speak their made up language reflects on their personality or biology. Like, a certain way of structuring it could mean something. I wonder what my made up language would sound most like. I'm thinking it'd sound like Hungarian. Sounds most natural to me. Do you ever think of things like that? Maybe I'm rambling a little.
Edit: Romanian sounds even more natural to me. Neat to think about.
According to mein research, the hobby which you are engaging in is called "conlang", und many famous writers have engaged in it, such as Tolkien who created several languages for der imaginary world of Middle Earth.
Personally I find created languages to be very fascinating - In fact, when I was a young boy, I was, a, how you say, "feral child" in mein father's lab und spoke to myself und my "imaginary" friends (don't know why they called them that; they seemed real enough to me!) in mein very own language. We played and learned science and had a lot of fun until some social workers found me and forced me to interact with a human family. Boo! :(