Name Pending
My personal pet language. No real rules except for what I think makes the most sense for each component as I go through the process. The name is currently pending because the name is gonna be decided once the language is developed enough to have that language.
Name Pending
Started: 01/21/2024
Last updated: 01/21/2024
Vision
Create a language that reflects reality most plainly in the form that I experience it. I don't plan to make this language at particularly naturalistic, but I obviously plan drawing inspiration from specific real languages. I'm obviously going to draw a lot from English and Mandarin as those the languages I'm the most familar with, but I will be adding features inspired by other languages as well.
Phonology
A great part of my worldview is influenced by trying to balance and reconcile seemingly contradictory parallels. This is reflected in my plan for phonology. On the one hand, I want to include the most common sounds across languages. The sounds that provide stability and are a reflection of the shared experience that all peoples from all linguistic backgrounds go through by facing the same physical human needs. On the other hand, our differences highlight diversity in thought and experience that allows for us to grow from cross-cultural contact. On that grounds, I'm also going to make sure I include sounds that are uncommon/likely to become signature features of that language to outsiders (eg. click consonants in Xhosa). Put another way, a native speaker of this language should be able to study as many languages as possible without feeling completely out of their wheelhouse in terms of sound selection.
Vowels
Consonants