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I’ve Done It! Here’s How to Create Your Own Language (Conlang)
A simple guide to conlanging — how to create a language
I’ve always been interested in languages. I grew up switching between a Creole language and French.
One minute I’m chitchatting with my friends in the streets using Creole’s warm rhythm and dry phonetics, and the next I’m learning history, the sciences, arithmetic, etc., in school using the French language.
This gave me an early, intimate insight into how two different linguistic systems can coexist in a single brain — and a single culture.
So, I tried to understand the relationship between these two languages and how they work. My interest in conlanging skyrocketed when I watched The Lord of the Rings trilogy and realized that the languages used weren’t real.
I later saw the movie Arrival, which uses a circular type of script as an alienish language.
Needless to say, I loved it — and this is when I decided to give conlanging a try…
What is a conlang?
A conlang is a constructed language, meaning it’s a language that people invent. It’s not something that was born naturally.
