Edward A Thomson » Constructed Languages http://esoteriic.com/author Creative Writing Blog - Science Fiction & Fantasy Sun, 21 Dec 2014 02:19:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.7 Constructed Languages http://esoteriic.com/author/constructed-languages/ http://esoteriic.com/author/constructed-languages/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:36:28 +0000 http://esoteriic.com/author/?p=6 Continue reading Constructed Languages →]]> I love a bit of Conlang! I even wrote about it before on this website (see the other section of my site: Constructed Languages). They are an almost essential part of any sci-fi or fantasy universe. Sometimes they are over done but when done correctly they bring a lot of added atmosphere.

Creating a new language, even a simplified one, is much tougher than I first thought. I experimented with creating one for my first novel but it felt too clumsy and amateurish. At some point I will try again but I think I’ll start from scratch and try to make it more logical!

 

See this TED talk where John McWhorter discusses Conlangs!

Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na’vi real languages?

 

 

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