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aldersprig ([personal profile] aldersprig) wrote in [community profile] noviceconlangers2011-11-24 09:23 pm

Lyn is finally here!

Hi, I'm Lyn, and this whole thing is entirely new to me.

By "entirely new..." I have a degree in English, I majored in English in High School, and somehow I got through that WHOLE THING without learning a damn thing about grammar or language structure. Yes, including 4 years of French and 2 semester of Spanish. No, I can't explain it either.

So I'm going to be blank-staring a lot, and trying hard to understand things. At some point I may cry and ask someone to call me on the phone, because I learn a lot better by speaking/listening than reading. But um, don't feel obligated there.

(Note to self: making intro posts while In a Mood not all that helpful).

The language I am pondering creating belongs to my Reiassan setting, to the northern people, the Callanthe. Current plan is to start with the goat(*)-nomads that became, after 2-3 iterations, the Callanthe nobility. I may side-long create some of the other nation on the continent, the Bitrani, to allow for loan-words.

I have ~10 words of their language made up. I may have to scrap/redo some of that as I made it up on the fly.
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[personal profile] inventrix 2011-11-25 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
*scratches the back of her neck sheepishly* Well I would always be happy to give you a call to explain things, if I had your phone number, despite being crazy-awkward on the phone and not as good at explaining things in speech.

But, yes! Offer stands. :3