From: Garrett Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 5:53:22 PM Subject: [AUXLANG] proposed conlang database
=================Original message text=============== http://conlang.alkaline.org I was wondering if anyone was ever going to post to this list. A week or so ago i decided to create a conlang database to store data on people's conlangs. While there are plenty of pages with long lists of links to conlangs, i decided i wanted something better. Those lists are generally non-categorized or are only categorized under basic categories, and since they are under the control of one person, are notoriously outdated much of the time. What i am doing is creating an automated conlang database. Each conlanger will register themselves, and then they would be able to add, delete, and modify entries on their conlangs as they see fit. Also, the database would have a powerful search feature that would allow you to sift through the languages based on particular classifications. (if you prefer the term auxlanger, substitute that where appropriate). I have already been getting ideas and suggestions from the conlang list, but i'd like some input from the auxlang side too. Since most people are two lazy to click on links, i'll just paste the categorization info here that i have so far. The latest version is always available at the webpage. 1. Basic information: language name previous language names author's name world location of author webpage url language creation date date added to database date db entry last modified 2. Current language status: current development status estimated fluent users (speaking, reading, writing) estimated familiar users vocabulary size estimated date of usability 3. Con-world information number of fictional users fictional world location 4. The language in use: writing system example written sentence (sentence, gloss, and translation) pictorial sample of script audio sample 5. Language classification: basic description language family grammar details design motivation primary vocabulary source primary vocabulary derivation method secondary vocabulary source secondary vocabulary derivation method Details Here are some more details on the different parts of the language classification: A. Grammar phonology: number of sounds morphology: isolation vs affixation morphology: agglutination vs inflection syntax: word order (SVO, SOV, etc) syntax: number of cases used (nominative, accusative, ergative, etc) syntax: number of tenses (past, present, future) B. design motivation 1. personal 1.1 secret language 1.2 hobby language 1.9 other 2. artistic 2.1 sci-fi/fantasy/conculture 2.1.1 human speakable 2.1.2 alien-speakable only 2.2 historical 2.3 naming language 2.9 other 3. auxiliary 3.1 international 3.2 reform 3.9 other 4. experimental 4.1 logical 4.2 hypothetical 4.9 other C. Vocabulary Source 1. A posteriori 1.1 Indo-European languages 1.1.1 Romance-based 1.1.1.1 Latin 1.1.1.2 French 1.1.1.3 Spanish 1.1.1.4 Other specific Romance language 1.1.2 Germanic-based 1.1.2.1 English 1.1.2.2 German 1.1.2.3 Other specific Germanic language 1.1.3 Baltic- and Slavonic-based 1.1.3.1 Slavonic-based languages (proper) 1.1.3.2 North-Slavonic languages 1.1.3.3 Baltic-based 1.1.4 Celtic-based 1.1.4.1 Celtic-based languages (proper) 1.1.4.2 Celto-Romance languages 1.1.4.3 Celto-Germanic languages 1.1.5 Other (existing) Indo-European branches 1.1.5.1 Indo-Iranian-based languages 1.1.5.2 Greek-, Armenian-, Albanian- and Illyrian-based languages 1.1.5.3 Hettite- and Tocharian-based languages 1.2 Non-Indo-European languages 1.2.1 Uralic-based languages 1.2.2 Afro-Asiatic-based languages 1.2.3 other Asiatic or Austronesian languages 1.2.4 other African languages 1.2.5 Native American languages 1.3 Artificial languages 1.3.1 Esperanto 1.3.2 Artificial language ancestor 1.3.3 other artificial language 2. A priori 2.1 Speakable 2.1 Unspeakable 2.1.1 Pasigraphies (picture languages) 2.1.2 Number languages 2.1.3 Pasimologies (sign/gesture languages) 2.1.4 Musical languages D. Vocabulary Derivation Method 1. a posteriori 1.1 unaltered (grammar modifications only) 1.2 natural evolution (descendent) 1.3 modification 1.3.1 phonological modification 1.3.2 simplification 1.3.3 spelling reform 1.4 blend (words borrowed multiple language sources) 1.4.1 unaltered borrowing 1.4.2 phonological filtering 1.4.3 word blend (words blended from multiple sources) 2. a priori 2.1 categorical/logical generation 2.2 arbitrary generation 2.3 automated random generation http://conlang.alkaline.org ==============End of original message text=========== -------------------------------------------------------------------- IdeoLengua - Lista de Ling�istica e Idiomas Artificiales Suscr�base en [EMAIL PROTECTED] Informacion en http://ideolengua.cjb.net Su uso de Yahoo! Grupos est� sujeto a las http://e1.docs.yahoo.com/info/utos.html
