How to Make a Language - Part 1: Introduction

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • Welcome to a series dedicated to explaining how to create an entire fictional language from scratch. In this first episode, we discuss some of the basic concepts and history of language creation, and establish some of the design goals for our sample language.
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  • @majarimennamazerinth5753
    @majarimennamazerinth5753 5 лет назад +3878

    "It's not that difficult if you know what you're doing". Well, so is rocket science :P

    • @enricobianchi4499
      @enricobianchi4499 5 лет назад +251

      Rocket surgery is worse.

    • @kepler6873
      @kepler6873 5 лет назад +141

      The fundamentals of rocket science and orbital mechanics are actually quite simple, it’s just a wall instead of a learning curve :/

    • @testedalexthegreat1759
      @testedalexthegreat1759 4 года назад +29

      Rocket science is actually really easy, It's something about maths that I catch onto relatively easy unless it's division.

    • @pterogen3415
      @pterogen3415 4 года назад +4

      3rror200
      My biology teacher said that all the timr

    • @leiffitzsimmonsfrey1272
      @leiffitzsimmonsfrey1272 4 года назад +7

      I wonder if there's a KSP for conlangs.

  • @nathankuma1845
    @nathankuma1845 5 лет назад +1119

    "Made in a few months" Tolkien spent most of his adult life working on Elvish and its language tree. Love your videos but that made me chuckle.

    • @MasterLapin
      @MasterLapin 5 лет назад +100

      yeah but it was true of some other of the examples

    • @thiskidneedstobemoist1289
      @thiskidneedstobemoist1289 5 лет назад +100

      *and its language tree*

    • @marbleswan6664
      @marbleswan6664 4 года назад +38

      Bitch thats a tree, and not whats common. A few months is plenty of time for most

    • @GerackSerack
      @GerackSerack 4 года назад +188

      Has to be said, most world builders create languages to flesh out their worlds. Tolkien basically created a world to place his languages. He spent years making Elvish for the simple reason that he enjoyed it, not because he really needed to.

    • @angrypotato1347
      @angrypotato1347 4 года назад +44

      He also created other languages, not just Elvish.

  • @zawuz2681
    @zawuz2681 5 лет назад +309

    To induce anxiety watch this video at 2x speed and the music will overwhelm u

    • @Clovxrr
      @Clovxrr 5 лет назад +17

      Potato Man it already induces my anxiety

  • @askadia
    @askadia 5 лет назад +2656

    The video is very good, but I'd suggest you to use a milder/softer background music

    • @Biblaridion
      @Biblaridion  5 лет назад +689

      Yeah, I realised this after I uploaded the first episode. The following episodes have quieter and more ambient music (I think).

    • @thelurkingpanda3605
      @thelurkingpanda3605 5 лет назад +168

      are you kidding? I was jamming out the whole time!

    • @azteciandrumset7140
      @azteciandrumset7140 5 лет назад +106

      @@Biblaridion To be honest I really like it that way. Informal videos like this do tend to get boring when they stretch out, but the music made this video feel pretty nice and fast, keeping my attention throughout it all. Since it wasn't all that loud, I don't find it very annoying or distracting.

    • @dudejoe8705
      @dudejoe8705 5 лет назад +36

      @@azteciandrumset7140 I think if it was a tad bit more quite it would've been better, I found it distracting,

    • @lolsadboi3895
      @lolsadboi3895 4 года назад +13

      NUUU I like feeling excited to learn. I just bounce along to the knowledge being fed to me, y'know?

  • @your_dad_on_vacation
    @your_dad_on_vacation 3 года назад +152

    Making a language to make my future child think I'm from another planet (and make a mocumentary)

    • @Nohandlefornow
      @Nohandlefornow Год назад +9

      Nah, to start a civilisation that speaks another language

  • @kayleighlehrman9566
    @kayleighlehrman9566 5 лет назад +353

    "In recent years-"
    First given example is almost 70 years old lol

    • @cameoshadowness7757
      @cameoshadowness7757 4 года назад +71

      70 years is pretty recent when you compare ot to languages that have been around for thousands.

    • @monhunterz5430
      @monhunterz5430 4 года назад +26

      Recent is a relative term here

    • @iafozzac
      @iafozzac 4 года назад +17

      You're American, aren't you?

    • @NoxaClimaxX
      @NoxaClimaxX 3 года назад +2

      I mean, Tokien's the one who essentially started fictional conlangs, but David J. Peterson was the one who pushed it into the more popular culture. I'm not saying he was the first, but GoT's success was undeniably a huge boost to the marketability of conlangs.

    • @r.7530
      @r.7530 3 года назад +2

      love how everyone is almost sure that this person is american 😂

  • @si_vu
    @si_vu 4 года назад +158

    3:31
    Because i am making my own country.
    Obviously.

    • @linealcunzai9800
      @linealcunzai9800 3 года назад +4

      Thats overkill

    • @zombiem3mes441
      @zombiem3mes441 3 года назад +12

      Hope you achieve that dream (i might regret saying that one day but we'll see)

    • @jokert615
      @jokert615 3 года назад +4

      Yes that’s the real Dream.

    • @DanielCadden
      @DanielCadden 3 года назад +3

      That’s my goal 2 no cap

    • @dell-mz2do
      @dell-mz2do 3 года назад +3

      @@DanielCadden true I wanna create a language then a fictional world to put in

  • @heyheytaytay
    @heyheytaytay 2 года назад +235

    One of the toughest courses for my B.A. in English program was Linguistics 101 which was required regardless if you had a linguistics minor. You had to pay attention and never miss a day. If you didn't keep up you'd drown. A lot of people failed it at least once regardless of instructor. But I not only found it challenging but absolutely fascinating. I still remember it as being one of my favorites.

  • @chabadwolf7348
    @chabadwolf7348 4 года назад +564

    I'm just making a language so i can pretend to be a non-english speaker and watch the staff not know what translator to use/get because only i know the language
    And so i can write music and shit that only i know the meaning to, but the sound can still be appreciated by others.
    There's a lot of things i could do with a language that only i speak tbh

    • @piggyzig
      @piggyzig 4 года назад +18

      🅰

    • @IntergalacticPotato
      @IntergalacticPotato 4 года назад +55

      @@piggyzig very informative

    • @pieflower6419
      @pieflower6419 4 года назад +16

      Same XD i want people confused by my status

    • @EkaitzIturbeltz
      @EkaitzIturbeltz 3 года назад +35

      Cool thing when you're a natural basque speaker: you don't have to make up a whole language to be able to speak to people without being understood

    • @fridayyy.2102
      @fridayyy.2102 3 года назад +24

      insult your teachers in your own language, perhaps?

  • @davidmalonzo1202
    @davidmalonzo1202 4 года назад +199

    3:25 : Why?
    Me: Because its Covid and I'm bored

    • @conlangperson3427
      @conlangperson3427 3 года назад +13

      i am making an auxiliary language for people who want to talk to me in secret

    • @rat6380
      @rat6380 3 года назад +2

      Sameeeee

    • @braydonsimmons4033
      @braydonsimmons4033 3 года назад +3

      Same here

    • @6i6itjeruk
      @6i6itjeruk 3 года назад +7

      Im making my own conlang, for diary and maybe to plan to put it on my roblox game in the future

    • @conlangperson3427
      @conlangperson3427 3 года назад +1

      @@6i6itjeruki absolutely love that idea

  • @sleepy-emerald
    @sleepy-emerald 3 года назад +63

    I’m *so* glad that these are here. I’m a writer as a hobby, and I’m also planning to make a language to share with people and see how it turns out as a sort of project.

    • @jhosevazquez7273
      @jhosevazquez7273 3 года назад +1

      Hello I'm making a language with my friends, would you like to join us? You will be able to add new words and to give your ideas. I'm waiting for your answer ;)

    • @randompost4180
      @randompost4180 8 месяцев назад

      Don’t degrade your language by calling it a conlang every language was constructed. So teach your kids and people you know who are willing to learn and keep it going for many generations to come you can be known in history for your own tribe! It all starts with creativity. I think it’s time to move on from old world languages and transition into new ones.

    • @randompost4180
      @randompost4180 8 месяцев назад

      Well this version of spoken English is relatively new but still as people we are always changing anyways.

  • @HLXDx
    @HLXDx 4 года назад +595

    My goal is to create a fictional language with words that doesn’t exist in our languages just so I can explain things that we can’t and still have it seem like a real language..
    It’s gonna be something I can use and also something that I can place in fiction, it’s gonna be hard to pronounce just so it will seem like it’s from another planet. Another goal I have for it is to make it cryptic so no one will ever understand what it is and will have to spend months trying to figure it out... this is all part of my plan😈

    • @archniki_
      @archniki_ 4 года назад +21

      Sounds nice

    • @Iopid
      @Iopid 3 года назад +34

      It’s been seven months, did it work out?

    • @cerulean22b69
      @cerulean22b69 3 года назад +22

      I'm curious too, any updates?

    • @lifeuncovered6188
      @lifeuncovered6188 3 года назад +11

      Update pls

    • @HLXDx
      @HLXDx 3 года назад +64

      ok update: I feel like it went as expected for a first fictional language. It was fun making it, tho it was not very functional and creating words were very time consuming. At some point I was like, "eh, let's just make this as complicated as I can, its already confusing". And it was that, playing around with making it and learning what works and what doesn't, that was the most fun to me. So, in the end the language didn't come out as I wanted it to. however, I learnt a lot and just need to find the time to make a second one, which will be better built! (Plan is still in play)

  • @MrCreeperYT_Official
    @MrCreeperYT_Official Год назад +41

    A real-world Conlang example is Esperanto. Developed from 1873-1887 by Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhofo in Warsaw, then a multilingual area, where you had to speak many languages to be able to speak to everyone in town, so he came up with Esperanto as an international auxiliary language. It was meant to bring the world closer together( among other reasons like just straight convinence), because Zamenhofo grew up dreaming of a world without war.

  • @greyrifterrellik5837
    @greyrifterrellik5837 2 года назад +189

    One of my favorite instances of a fictional language is "Maherian", from a game called "Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom"
    Not because it's any good (I honestly have no idea if it is or not), but because they went out of their way to not just create a whole fictional language, but to record the *ENTIRE GAME* in said language as an optional language pack you can download for free.
    That right there is going above and beyond

  • @nomochord3364
    @nomochord3364 4 года назад +61

    *its 12 am I’m just gonna stay up all night to make a conlang*

    • @eliza3986
      @eliza3986 4 года назад +4

      JUST PEACHY
      did you? :0

    • @moonmoon-wv4gj
      @moonmoon-wv4gj 4 года назад +3

      Im makeing a whole languages in quarantine

    • @user-xm2nb7qj1t
      @user-xm2nb7qj1t 4 года назад +1

      I've been trying to make languages for months now and keep quitting after realizing that it's not perfect or too similar to what I want the final product to be ;0

    • @plasmapig1356
      @plasmapig1356 4 года назад +1

      ̥ ̥ Things don’t have to be prefect. You might like it once your done.

    • @Char444
      @Char444 3 года назад

      @@user-xm2nb7qj1t I actually closed s lot of Languages I started off! But somehow in the lockdown , I focused more on one Language!
      To actually succeed in a language you have to have a phonetic inventory and a proper grammar system!
      I hope that you do like that bcz you might end up quitting if not done right

  • @kun9plus10
    @kun9plus10 6 лет назад +232

    "star shrek" had me laughing
    Anyways this is a pretty good video. Nice job!
    By the way, would you mind if I used this particular video series of yours as reference for my school project?

    • @Biblaridion
      @Biblaridion  6 лет назад +57

      Thanks! Sure thing, as long as they would accept this as a reliable source.

    • @MiMiBrokenbourgh
      @MiMiBrokenbourgh 4 года назад +20

      Somebody once told me the stars were gonna roll me

    • @crep50
      @crep50 4 года назад +18

      “It ain’t the sharpest crew on the ship”

  • @Frahamen
    @Frahamen 5 лет назад +211

    "in recent years" and then starts with Elvish and Klingon ;)

    • @jackiecozzie4803
      @jackiecozzie4803 3 года назад +12

      Incredibly recent compared to the amount of time English took to develop

  • @derekstryder2281
    @derekstryder2281 2 года назад +5

    Peeps really out here to do world building, whilst I just want to know how language really works. Conlang sounds like a fun way to get a grasp of it rather than dedicating months or even years to read, write and speak another language. It could also not accomplish that, but still.

  • @BLUEKOMMEH
    @BLUEKOMMEH 5 лет назад +784

    Good video, content was great. But holy shit man, the music sounded like a robot having a seizure. It was so abrasive.

    • @turevedin9968
      @turevedin9968 5 лет назад +30

      Yup, I love it

    • @zacholl1800
      @zacholl1800 5 лет назад +11

      I hated it.

    • @thuun5607
      @thuun5607 4 года назад +7

      I almost asphifixiated with laugh

    • @kwazykidtv7860
      @kwazykidtv7860 4 года назад +3

      I was about to comment about........that

    • @lukec1471
      @lukec1471 3 года назад +1

      Lmao you should listen to pulse demon by merzbow if you think that is “abrasive”

  • @thebigawesomegamer7994
    @thebigawesomegamer7994 3 года назад +35

    I'm here to make the Minecraft enchantment table language pronounceable

  • @thalanation2537
    @thalanation2537 5 лет назад +73

    I've been working on my own language for eight years, it's a fully functional language now and you can learn it. It's based on my dreams of a world I've been dreaming of since I was little. It's called Azaiyan and you can check it out if you want. My language book is called "Modern Azaiyan." An "alien" language spoken by a human race on a planet somewhere near Orion.

    • @Tricke432_YT
      @Tricke432_YT 2 года назад +8

      wow.. eight years? it should be a very well developed language!

    • @thalanation2537
      @thalanation2537 2 года назад +2

      @@Tricke432_YT I plan on starting a RUclips channel of me teaching Azaiyan/Atlantean. I have a couple videos of me speaking it if you're interested.

    • @Arkham.H.
      @Arkham.H. 2 года назад +15

      I thought it said onion instead of orion💀

    • @Tricke432_YT
      @Tricke432_YT 2 года назад

      @@Arkham.H. yeah.. a planet somewhere near an onion 🙄

    • @Arkham.H.
      @Arkham.H. 2 года назад +6

      @@Tricke432_YT it was a joke mind u. Besides mistakes happen. We're humans not aliens.

  • @Septiccatgaming
    @Septiccatgaming 4 года назад +1552

    “Made for fictional world building projects”
    I don’t know about you, but I’m here to make a language for only me and my friends to understand, not world building.

    • @theresachacon1122
      @theresachacon1122 4 года назад +156

      me too I want to make a language with my friends that way nobody will know what we are saying and so teachers have no idea of what the hell we would be planning

    • @ferno68
      @ferno68 4 года назад +65

      I just want to worldbuild in the most casual way possible

    • @greatbritain6989
      @greatbritain6989 4 года назад +110

      I made my own language
      tejih e'jma cpòj Leji'zguedè i'j miëz iź
      translate: do you like my language i made it

    • @kilometerbob2662
      @kilometerbob2662 4 года назад +130

      @@greatbritain6989 why do i feel like it should be said with a french accent

    • @saragarofano9727
      @saragarofano9727 4 года назад +1

      Same

  • @ilexdiapason
    @ilexdiapason 4 года назад +126

    ironically, this _is_ my homework 😎

    • @th3radlad_727
      @th3radlad_727 3 года назад +19

      Well there’s over 700 native languages in Papua New Guinea, use one and act like it’s new, DONT choose a one that’s widely known

    • @semi-automaticdooropened9007
      @semi-automaticdooropened9007 3 года назад +8

      @@th3radlad_727 probably the most useful thing I have heard today

    • @th3radlad_727
      @th3radlad_727 3 года назад +2

      @@semi-automaticdooropened9007 lmao

    • @UwU-xw1bd
      @UwU-xw1bd 3 года назад

      @@th3radlad_727 that's actually really smart

    • @th3radlad_727
      @th3radlad_727 3 года назад

      @@UwU-xw1bd lol

  • @hudey1807
    @hudey1807 5 лет назад +51

    My dream was to create a language in which every word is a simbol or resembeling a simbol which has rules to its form so I wo'nt have to remember 10,000 simbols that dont have any corolation from my perspective.
    And I made it

  • @seven_A_twenty-two
    @seven_A_twenty-two 9 месяцев назад +3

    these are the types of videos that people will listen to
    and give a reason why theyre procrastinate with work

  • @AB-xx3jl
    @AB-xx3jl 4 года назад +40

    0:22 "Star Shrek"

    • @piggyzig
      @piggyzig 4 года назад

      you mean 2:20

    • @kornsuwin
      @kornsuwin 4 года назад

      Roy mercer what?

  • @marcypan8219
    @marcypan8219 3 года назад +66

    Conlanging is so cool, it’s so amazing that you can make your own language! My parents think it’s boring though :( but I just assume they have bad taste!

    • @randomperson288
      @randomperson288 3 года назад +6

      my family too :(

    • @Eosinophyllis
      @Eosinophyllis 2 года назад +2

      I know right

    • @randompost4180
      @randompost4180 8 месяцев назад +2

      Remember Every language we speak we’re constructed by someone else. Become the next historical figure with you own language and tribe.

  • @scottwilliams846
    @scottwilliams846 2 года назад +25

    Create several languages and have someone speedrun translating them from never having heard the language before. Find other people who create conlangs and other people to translate. See what patterns evolve for finding meanings to brand new sounds and program them into a universal translator to put aboard spacecraft _just in case._

  • @yehwat527
    @yehwat527 2 года назад +2

    I was just doing some random symbols to tend my boredom and make my own code for others not to undertsand, and here I am... trying to make my own WORKING LANGUAGE.

  • @JaneCMusic1
    @JaneCMusic1 4 года назад +3

    Dask biblaridion, elaz za sanes xen.
    Thanks biblaridion,this realy helped me.

  • @avi_mation
    @avi_mation Год назад +2

    My language is called Crelin. In school my friend helped me make a sentence for it, “Mikt seu syralpk” I think, which means “you are my friend(s)”

  • @dinowibisono99
    @dinowibisono99 4 года назад +18

    could you please also talk about how to properly organize your work, like what you show at 2:20 ? if anything, that has always been my biggest problem in developing my language rather than all the linguistic works

  • @LeakyTrees
    @LeakyTrees 2 года назад +5

    i mean, klingon was actually just sounds that resembled a language. it took years of fans extrapolating, and people who actualy study language to make it a fleshed out language

  • @georgewashington895
    @georgewashington895 5 лет назад +44

    The background sounded like a robot with a spasam and also having a seizure

  • @mmandersmc
    @mmandersmc 5 лет назад +28

    click shuffle on the playlist, and try to make a language from there

  • @cmusard3
    @cmusard3 4 года назад +16

    Imagine a digital conlang engine/interface. Would make a smashing video game as well as a great tool. Like spore but for language

  • @Lazriell
    @Lazriell 2 месяца назад +1

    One more conlang to the list, a recent one: Antoine Henry, a developer of Assasin's Creed Valhalla was responsible for creating the Isu language. I was so hyped when I realized, that it was a nicely developed language, but sadly we still don't know exactly how to pronounce, but the fact that you can translate some ancient Isu writings is amazing by itself. Also an unfortunate thing (or for some people the exact opposite) that you can just see the part of the laguage, you can learn new words along the way and some grammar, but for the players most of Isu is still going to be a thing to discover in later games.

  • @thedenalski4038
    @thedenalski4038 5 лет назад +9

    I just found my new favorite youtube channel

  • @window_rocks_
    @window_rocks_ 2 месяца назад +1

    I’m trying to write a conlang for an oc-story, and this seems very helpful! Thank you for laying out what the next few videos entail, and for starting at the absolute beginning. This is a very valuable resource, thank you so much 👍👍

  • @seamuscavanaugh5933
    @seamuscavanaugh5933 5 лет назад +59

    pls tone down that background music

  • @c.d.dailey8013
    @c.d.dailey8013 4 года назад +21

    Ooh. This looks like an interesting series. I am starting to develop my own language. I made a couple of attempts in the past. I have a world called Lonlarrien. The people are Larriens. The end of video gave general questions. So I can answear this here. The Larriens have thier own world in an alternate parrallel universe. They have a variety of natural environments. They don't have neighbors. All the inhabiting people are Larriens. They re divided in terms of where they live. This could potentially be a cause for developing dialect, but that is a can of worms I am not ready for. A big thing about the Larriens is that they use magic. So they are very lacking in the kind of fancy technology that people get in the real world. Larriens for example don't have cars and computers, so they wouldn't have words for those things. One can even turn to an animal and fly through the sky. That is way cooler than using a mundane car. Inuits have lots of words for snow. I think it is interesting how the natural environment of the people is reflected in thier vocabulary. So that can be something to consider. I think Larriens could potentially have magical jargon up the wazoo and it would be used by the laypeople. Some basic words would definitely be used like wizard, witch, wand and element. There can also be more obscure jargon-like words like shaman, druid, occult and divination. Maybe there can even be a special word for class. Class has a lot of meanings in English. I am going for a specific meaning that distinguishes different kinds of fighters in an RPG. The mage and the priest are the two best examples of distinct magical classes. So maybe there can be a word for this distinctive meaning of class. I already made my own class system while world building. So the word does work well in the context of using magic.

    • @aurelianpopescu1151
      @aurelianpopescu1151 Год назад

      my fictional world veronia is quite the opposite of your lonlarrien the main tribes are the chuQura which are r'oyya speakers the r'oyya language is designed to sound awkward and the khalanians the other tribe[s] khalanian is designed to sound horrible to human ears with a lot of pharyngeal sounds plus it uses a syllabary so it drops a lot of vowels like the word for fighter which is written pakata but is pronounced pkta and the word for fight pakataliji [pktalj] r'oyya has a supersyllabary but r'oyya has a highly complex syllable structure and more vowels than khalanian so you can't go on with a syllabary this long there are logographs for the words that have the most complex syllable structure both languages are polysynthetic but r'oyya has massive words with the habit of turning nouns into verbs and verbs into other verbs khalanian has smaller words in speech but equally massive words in writing because of needing to write so many vpwels that are not prounounced lets give an example word in r'oyya isespanp'alungangangatuturle [i saw you swimmimg in your pool] and in khalanian kalapakatalijimine prounonced kalpktaljmn [my fighter formal] get the logic. i am nine years old and i am aromanian nerd.

  • @theohamilton3156
    @theohamilton3156 4 года назад +17

    I'm here to keep people from understanding my writings/ notes or my speech when i cuss them out under my breath :P

  • @greasymushroom112
    @greasymushroom112 3 года назад +3

    Nice this helped I’m making a language called Amaracana, it’s a mix of Dutch and and English with a bit of French. It’s supposed to be a language easy to learn and understand by Americans who can’t really even learn simple Dutch, or French, and open up a world of language learning.

    • @jhosevazquez7273
      @jhosevazquez7273 3 года назад

      Hello I'm making a language with my friends, would you like to join us? You will be able to add new words and to give your ideas. I'm waiting for your answer ;)

  • @jeromemaiquez3108
    @jeromemaiquez3108 4 года назад +2

    honestly d best guide to naturalistic conlanging out there 🙌🙌

  • @peopleskingdomofwolcottia
    @peopleskingdomofwolcottia 4 месяца назад +1

    Also, some more advice here: You don't have to use all of Biblaridion's advice for making a conlang. I made one that is far less naturalistic, and I'm fairly happy with it. I use it for my fantasy world, prayer, personal journals, and songwriting. Good luck and...
    Or lés Æðosúanstúávi nov kræt un páð k'álkiäu ciňfýtýr væ ančvúrjarst!
    May all the waves of Earth move to create a path so you can walk to the future without submission!

  • @apm3694
    @apm3694 Год назад +2

    I guess this is the start of my language creation journey.

  • @remeisarat
    @remeisarat 2 года назад +2

    very glad i found this before getting too far into making my language- thank you endlessly

  • @saucepart2electricboogaloo461
    @saucepart2electricboogaloo461 5 лет назад +74

    Do you have any recommendations for making a nonverbal language?
    My oc specise speaks natively in an esl-like gesture language

    • @CaramelFae
      @CaramelFae 5 лет назад +25

      I have absolutely no experience with nonverbal languages (so don't take what I say to heart), but I would assume that it would be similar to how he explains it, though just replace different vocal sounds with different combinations of hand movements

    • @thebe1azi500
      @thebe1azi500 5 лет назад +20

      Look into the common movements for sign languages across the world, to see what movements are common

    • @nidgithm
      @nidgithm 4 года назад +7

      @@thebe1azi500 agreed. I know that ASL really doesn't have much grammar (not sure about other sign languages but I'd assume the same), so you're mostly just going to be making gestures for words here and maybe a few rules

    • @thewhovianhippo7103
      @thewhovianhippo7103 3 года назад

      Have you succeeded?

    • @saucepart2electricboogaloo461
      @saucepart2electricboogaloo461 3 года назад +3

      @@thewhovianhippo7103 i realized it was a bad idea to try and do something hard for my first conlang and changed into a verbal conlang

  • @naolucillerandom5280
    @naolucillerandom5280 5 лет назад +19

    I come from another videos on this topic, but right from the start you mentioned something I totally forgot about...
    The neighboring cultures ;-;

  • @ozkul_arda200
    @ozkul_arda200 2 года назад +3

    I can't believe i started studying linguistics at college just to be able to create my own conlangs...

  • @BalkanSpectre
    @BalkanSpectre 3 года назад +7

    Can we get a guide similar to this for a Logical-Auxiliary language. That could be really interesting

  • @tnt-boom
    @tnt-boom 2 года назад +1

    His voice, relaxed.
    The music, (blasting electric... stuff?)

  • @chexo3
    @chexo3 4 года назад +6

    Before I dive into this rabbit hole, would it be practical or feasible to create a language specialized for a very specific purpose?
    I was thinking about dialects/slang such as thieve's cant (which was actually used some in real life by criminals in Medieval Europe IIRC) and how they're sort of useful in that they're cryptic and function sort of as shorthand. And in particular for thieve's cant is designed to be surreptitously inserted into the speaker's native speech.
    Either way, that got me thinking about the idea of a language or dialect for playing competitive games, in real life or in a video game. (It also made me wonder about a language or system for talking about computer science.)
    I figured such a language would benefit from being very easy to learn, and using linguistic concepts in a way that's very common. It'd also need to be good at quickly and efficiently communicating spatial information, especially relative to the speaker, other people, or anything being controlled or piloted by them.
    It'd probably also need to take advantage of a sort of in depth understanding of how humans understand language in order to be really effective.

  • @cameoshadowness7757
    @cameoshadowness7757 5 лет назад +5

    I made a few and droped all of them. There are 2 I picked up but that was from writing and such from already exsisting shows.
    XP

  • @juchan_tyt
    @juchan_tyt 4 года назад +7

    I made a language, I call is Prudesion (Prudens as in wise in Latin), it is writable with 76 letters and each having there own sounds. It is basically symbols (like hieroglyphics)

  • @adventurekitty1016
    @adventurekitty1016 4 года назад +2

    I was randomly doodling and made up a rune looking thing that reminded me of an alien letter. I ended up making a whole alphabet minus C and even had TH, ING, OW, OO, ect. Now I decided I want it to be its own functional language so I can drive people nuts. XD

  • @andro_king
    @andro_king 4 года назад +2

    I got into this stuff from Warframe, they have 3 languages. The Grineer, the Corpus, and the Orokin. Every single one is english based but have different letters, sounds and such.
    They are quite simple but I think they look and sound good, even though they are english put thru multiple filters.

  • @ianweckhorst3200
    @ianweckhorst3200 Год назад

    The first thing I tried doing was was to make the phrase is gay, I came up with eit krai desinen and just to let you know, yes I’m planning to take a lot from German in this thing, I call it EntroKoita or language of the Koiatal

  • @redsamson5185
    @redsamson5185 3 года назад +1

    Thank You, Biblaridion!!!

  • @jacobprentice2649
    @jacobprentice2649 Год назад

    my first one was made when i had absolutely no idea how things work so it was a dumpster fire with extra dog crap, now im going to do it the right way.

  • @valenszyk
    @valenszyk 5 лет назад +1

    Hey there, I'm new to this channel and I really appreciate all the information you provide on this video series, keep on it my friend and thanks a lot! Cheers from Argentina.

  • @lucas_lipp
    @lucas_lipp 3 месяца назад +1

    I started creating my own language some time ago, for fun. I wanted to make a language that's internally consistent and as simple as possible, so that it's easy to learn, without having to sacrifice complexity in expression.
    One of the first things I did was to start working on a number system, and I had a lot of fun doing that. I then went on to come up with a better pronoun system and stuff like that, but eventually got lazy and stopped, so I thought this video series might be a good idea, to help me pick up my slack. Whoops
    Edit: Looking at my notes, again, I think I started working on it, because I was annoyed by how a lot of languages are phonetically inconsistent, and have a lot of redundancy in how the sounds are written with our alphabet.

  • @Fizzisnotmentallyokay
    @Fizzisnotmentallyokay 10 месяцев назад +1

    Brailëþ is my language. I will be creating my channel around it. My goal is to eventually have it recognized as a real language like English or Spanish. If you are interested in learning this new language, supporting the growth and exploration of a new language, or are interested in this experiment at all subscribe and join the journey. The first video and first day of this journey will be December 1st.
    We will start with learning about the structure and principles. As well as word pronouns and how that works in my language
    Don't forget! Put it on your schedules! December 1st, learn a new language for free!

  • @katers1233
    @katers1233 5 лет назад +45

    Okay, i'm watching this to create a language for a project i'm doing (it's basically creating a fictional country, that could exist.
    currently, i've taken some "inspiration" from welsh by using "llyod" or "lyod", but i'm gonna study the welsh language a little more and see if i can pick anything else out.
    the language (Called "Ariopian", after the country/nation of islands, called "Ariope") consists of mostly "Ka" "Ke" "La" "Lo" "Le" "Ha" & "He".
    i'm just wondering, how could i expand on this language?

    • @degenerals6127
      @degenerals6127 4 года назад +4

      Try grouping totally unrelated languages find some similaruties and adopt those words

    • @degenerals6127
      @degenerals6127 4 года назад +1

      Consider subscribing my channel

    • @scottwilliams846
      @scottwilliams846 2 года назад

      By adding "Do" "Re" "Mi" "Fa" "So" and "Ti" sounds.

    • @BroodingEdgelord
      @BroodingEdgelord Год назад

      After having your words, simulate evolution by speaking them quickly. Over time, sound will dissapear and new word types can emerge. Eg: In my language, the word for 'verb' is breunah (Bɜʊnɐx). But, when changing a noun to a verb, (announcement to announce) its the noun + brua (Bʊɐ).
      In this way, you'll have more words, and sound to add.

  • @TheRedEpicNinjaaaaa
    @TheRedEpicNinjaaaaa 2 года назад +3

    Fact that I am learning Klingon in Duolingo without knowing it is from Star Trek..

  • @conlangshowcasing2690
    @conlangshowcasing2690 2 года назад +1

    For the timeline, you should've added "2001- Atlantean (Atlantis: The Lost Empire).

  • @aswin8c595
    @aswin8c595 2 года назад +4

    I actually started working on my 1st conlang in 2016(I was 8 years old then)
    It was just like a different dialect to Telugu(my mother tongue) cause it had EXACTLY the SAME grammar and the words weren't that different from it too... I wasnt satisfied with that language so I abandoned that project and started making another language in the lockdown of 2020 with grammar and vocabulary that satisfies me...

  • @Suveramort
    @Suveramort 5 лет назад +3

    I'm writing a book ;) and i created the language "Amnoryensis" where the writing system is called "Rhunt"
    How i make is take words from other languages and stitch them.
    Ask me something i could add to my explanation here

  • @BlueDragonGalaxy
    @BlueDragonGalaxy 3 года назад

    Funny, I found your channel because of the Alien Biosphere stuff but now I've clicked on this video to learn how to conlang. Serendipitous to have found you already instead of having to do a search!

  • @AzamMujahidProductions
    @AzamMujahidProductions 9 месяцев назад

    this series had helped me making my own constructed language in my fictional world, Blooper's World named Anglang (In Anglang, Niʃiyolaŋ)!
    though my conlang is basically an auxiliary language and not a natural conlang language

  • @dogdogdraws2352
    @dogdogdraws2352 3 года назад +1

    Im dyslexic, this is going to be fun

  • @MrTheSteph1
    @MrTheSteph1 2 года назад +7

    What tool(s) should I use to create database for my language? I tried writing stuff down on paper but that was just inconvinient, so if anyone reads this and has an answer or a resource, I'd be glad if you left it here :]

    • @atadbitahistory9660
      @atadbitahistory9660 2 года назад +2

      Microsoft Excel or Access could work, depending on what you're doing.
      Access does Databases and Excel does spreadsheets ^^

    • @delegea6538
      @delegea6538 2 года назад +2

      ConWorkShop is pretty good.

    • @MrTheSteph1
      @MrTheSteph1 Год назад

      RUclips totally notified me. Thanks

  • @thorndust5329
    @thorndust5329 5 лет назад +8

    OK, is there anything I can watch so that I know what sounds are documented in IPA?

  • @GlaceonStudios
    @GlaceonStudios 4 года назад +2

    2:25 Thandian foreshadowing?

  • @krkngd-wn6xj
    @krkngd-wn6xj 3 месяца назад

    I had an idea for making a short a mockumentary about a fictional country, where the language spoken by the actors is a conlang, but it can be "deciphered" that the documentary is mistranslating them heavily for the purpose of propaganda.

  • @themilkman3443
    @themilkman3443 4 года назад

    This is where quarantine has taken me, I'm now sat here trying to create my own language.

  • @Moonflight021
    @Moonflight021 25 дней назад

    I am also creating my language in a vacuum because I am going to need 10 different dialects, each with very separate geography and cultural values. So, I'm intending a "Latin--> Spanish, French, Italian, etc, etc." situation. :))

  • @plate_bigback
    @plate_bigback Год назад +1

    Me and my friends are making a language called Beboo, we made a vocabulary so that we could practice looking at the words and making sentences with them. Know we are making little books to read in our language so one day we can be able to speak it better. We can read it and understand it well but our speaking is still in progress.

  • @ianweckhorst3200
    @ianweckhorst3200 Год назад

    I am now adding Yiddish sounds to it, and it now has an alphabet, probably going to use this in a dnd campaign

  • @abryant5258
    @abryant5258 5 лет назад +11

    If my conlang has outside influences, do I need to know another language to improve upon it?

    • @cannibaliowa
      @cannibaliowa 4 года назад +5

      I'd say it's not necessary but it will help. A lot to know the context of those influences. I'd recommend learning at least bits and pieces of those influences and their general grammar. It certainly never hurts to learn more

    • @liammurray2318
      @liammurray2318 4 года назад

      No, you can find some people on /r/conlangs on Reddit who only speak English. But it really helps. Either way, you should be reading a lot of grammars and linguistic articles to get a feel of how natlangs of the world tend to behave.

    • @SiyaJab
      @SiyaJab 4 года назад

      AJ Bryant ++++++++++111111111111

  • @ummm6050
    @ummm6050 Год назад +1

    I just want to learn to make a language so I can talk out loud about people and no one will ever understand or so I can talk with a few specific friends

  • @diegorojas2049
    @diegorojas2049 5 лет назад +3

    An aspect I don't really see with conlangs is slang. How would you go about creating slang for your finctional language?

    • @CDexie
      @CDexie 5 лет назад +1

      That really really really depends on the culture. You must first speak the language a LOT to understand how slang may come to be. What is quick and easy to say? "What's up" is slang in English, it's widely used and easy to say quickly. It's kind of like proverbs: How they came to be often is quite nonsensical.

    • @diegorojas2049
      @diegorojas2049 5 лет назад

      @@CDexie I was curious mostly because everytime I see conlangs, it's always in such formal ways of talks for every character, and I kind of wanna see at least a few of them using slang, or at least some more informal ways of talk.

  • @frozenweevil4022
    @frozenweevil4022 2 года назад +1

    just a correction: tolkien did not spend “a few months” on elvish, rather the entirety of his adult life

  • @obviativ123
    @obviativ123 4 года назад +1

    The conlang I'm working on is really logical. There is no difference between nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. I invent it because of my love to linguistics, not for a fiction universe. I was inspired by Lojban and Language, Thought, Reality, which is a book by Benjamin Lee Whorf (that doesn't mean I'm a fan of the Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese).

    • @MatthewMcVeagh
      @MatthewMcVeagh 3 года назад

      "There is no difference between nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs."
      Do you mean the same word-stems can be used in any of those functions, or that there are no such functions?

    • @obviativ123
      @obviativ123 3 года назад

      @@MatthewMcVeagh The same stems are used in those functions. I think it's no coincidence (and not necessarily genetically determined) that all languages have them. It's probably the most practical way of making a one-dimensional language string of a parse tree. (As far as I can know as a interested layman.)

  • @EyeOfEld
    @EyeOfEld 5 лет назад +6

    Oooooh! I see you included some Tsolyani in there. That's a nice, obscure little conlang from an awesome setting.
    Edit: On second thought, because I am not that well versed in Tekumelyani languages, it might actually be Bednjallen. Not quite sure.

  • @alegendsock2581
    @alegendsock2581 Год назад +1

    I think I'll make one developed by a community of humans who were abducted by aliens centuries ago, and now live in a kind of research facility/zoo in another star system.

  • @snailofkale
    @snailofkale Год назад

    i coulda had the BEST panic attacks to the background back in the day im TELLING you

  • @pablito8568
    @pablito8568 Год назад +1

    This language is sumandrian and is my favourite created language:
    Ru-oghogé eugig sa suhai sumarae'laidag ana ituaé , tsa ru-kioé vasdi maludog , tasan ru-hihé suhi.
    Translating:
    I don't have friends or a big fantasy world to use it , but I created various languages, because I like it vary much.
    Tradução:
    Eu não tenho amigos ou um grande mundo de fantasia para usar isso, mas eu criei vários idiomas , porque eu gosto muito disso.

  • @NoCallerId123
    @NoCallerId123 4 года назад +2

    I wanna be making a conlang, if you guys want I can update you guys every week. :)

  • @xarim4769
    @xarim4769 4 года назад

    Cha tivavuh kii moveni, manivuszah kii rene
    If saved I money, bought(would) I it
    If I saved money, I would bought it
    What do you think? It's only the start, but verb rules and adjectives rules are already here!

  • @bloodystatic4156
    @bloodystatic4156 Год назад +2

    And now in 2023, my masterpiece: Barohsawkies.

    • @unknown_088
      @unknown_088 Год назад +1

      Hey brother can you teach me the basics of conlang please i had just created my alphabets design please 🙏

  • @ThumbsTup
    @ThumbsTup 3 года назад +1

    Thanks, I'm trying to write a novel, and I need to make a language for the Dragonborn people

  • @gamingwithowen2707
    @gamingwithowen2707 Год назад +1

    i’ve already made a language but there are no sounds to it only text so i’m thinking of upgrading it to full language status (one person has learned the text version so far)

  • @nowneothanielverse
    @nowneothanielverse 5 лет назад +31

    Who else is here from reddit? Anyways, great video!

    • @Char444
      @Char444 3 года назад

      Hey, Are you a member in r/conlangs?

  • @SailorBarsoom
    @SailorBarsoom 5 лет назад +1

    I'm going to enjoy watching this. The one I'm working on is for Neanderthals. I got tired of the old, "Me Ug. Me cave man." So I came up with some personal names (Tsillatashu, Rillakishoi, Konomallik) and now I'm wanting to make the language such names could have come from.

    • @yourowndealer
      @yourowndealer 2 года назад +1

      Well, Neanderthals can indeed speak like us and so it's obvious they would had a language, probably primitive but still a language.
      Could those ancient Neanderthal words have entered languages of modern humans? There is a chance.

  • @burnv06
    @burnv06 3 года назад

    "some I hope never see the light of day again"
    THANDIAN INTESIFIES

  • @katraconnor8451
    @katraconnor8451 4 года назад

    you know what would be cool ? a software programm that does alot of this work for you e.g. the language evolution
    all youd have to do is the protolanguage, then set a new rule and the software automatically evolves the words according to your rules.

  • @See_The_Stars
    @See_The_Stars 11 месяцев назад

    I wanted to make a few conlangs for my personal story/book.
    One for the shape shifters in the story and the mushroom people who are more mushroom than people.

  • @lumethecrow9808
    @lumethecrow9808 3 года назад

    Kikirokuomos bankut kua
    "I am currently making a language"
    I started this about a week ago, and I'm still expanding the vocabulary as I type this message. I'm making it out of boredome, and I've never done this before, but it's a good bit fun.

    • @murissantos
      @murissantos 3 года назад +1

      Sure, I started mine today and it's nice to think about those concepts

    • @lumethecrow9808
      @lumethecrow9808 3 года назад +1

      @@murissantos Tbh I abandoned that last one, it was rushed and kinda dumb :/

  • @chillero3heftig712
    @chillero3heftig712 2 года назад +1

    alright boy.
    creating one that has no word for "no" or "not" so you are forced into stating an alternative to even communicate rather than shutting down.
    lets see if your videos can help me, since i didnt create a single word yet but already know how i want my grammar and where i wish to differ from common languages.
    im really interested^^