Langmaker. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. The Language Construction Kit. This set of webpages (what’s a set of webpages? A webchapter?) Is intended for anyone who wants to create artificial languages— for a fantasy or an alien world, as a hobby, as an interlanguage.
It presents linguistically sound methods for creating naturalistic languages— which can be reversed to create non-naturalistic languages. It suggests further reading for those who want to know more, and shortcuts for those who want to know less. —Mark Rosenfelder The above is a sample of an artificial language of my own, Verdurian. How about a suite of webpages? Before I could write this little inscription I had to: Decide on the sounds of the language Create the lexicon Create the grammar Design an alphabet Decide how the alphabet is modified for cursive handwriting Translate the desired text You may have two reactions to this: The order of the steps above is significant. Let’s get going! Where do I go from here? There’s a list of web resources here. Language Creation Society. CALS: Home.