cryptolangsguy

[cryptolangsguy]

My thoughts on Cryptolangs

Sometimes, conlanging is too much work or it does not fit what one is going for in a project, whether it be a story or just a worldbuilding thought experiment. Sometimes, one just needs a way to make something strange without completely reinventing it. Sometimes, one just needs to create a cryptolang. But a cryptolang is just a cypher with extra steps, isn't it? Well, there could be more to this concept than meets the eye. A cryptolang's could have it's own interesting features without becoming a fully constructed language; its function can fit the themes of something being transformed into something else and can be applied to more smaller groups than an entire conlang for a larger one.

But what is a "Cryptolang?" According to @cryptolangsguy , "Cryptolangs are the perfect middle between conlangs and ciphers. They are tools which can be used to encode text, hide it's meaning but keep it pronounceable." How does it do that? By replacing phonemes with other ones. In fact, they could even replace all the consonants of a word with vowels and vowels with consonants, but that will be covered later. While the exact mechanisms of Cryptolangs are beyond the scope of this post, It is replacing letters with other letters. But it could be so much more than that.

Cryptolangs could be so much more than just a fancy cypher with extra steps, it could be creating a new language from an already existing one. For example, one could take all the letters of a word in the English language, take "green" for instance, and add the letters of that word to the end of the sentence in reverse order, producing "greenneerg." Now, comparisons are formed through the affixing of "-er" for comparatives and "-est" for superlatives to the end of a word. One could do the same for this theoretical cryptolang and produce the conjugated formes "greenerreneerg" and "greenesttseneerg" and that would be an interesting grammatical feature already because it already created infixes, affixes that go within a word. A strange feature indeed. But why stop there? Could there be another way of marking comparison? What if one were to create a new rule in which removing the first letter creates a comparative and the last one creates a superlative? Thus, we get "reenneerg" for "greener" and "greenneer" for "greenest." Does this count as a constructed language? maybe. But it is for sure that the aesthetic and grammar of the language is based on the already English language and grammar and the letters haven't even been rearranged yet. There is so much potential for using such transformations in a thematic way.

One of those themes could be the exploration of how an individual's physical transformation is reflected in their speech. For example, taking the above framework that has already been created, the individual who speaks this language could be obsessed with symmetry and balance. Thus, all the words they say become palindromes and the modifications reflect their own biases in choosing one side over another. Of course, this is more reverse engineering a theme from what one already has. A less cumbersome way would be to come up with the character's, well, character and build the features off of those aspects. Granted, this is more artistic than technical so what is considered for features can vary from creator to creator.

However, these features can be applied to individuals, small groups, or even entire nations, in larger number than a fully original constructed language. According to Mark Rosenfelder himself, the author of the Language Construction Kit, Advanced Language Construction, Conlangers' Lexipedia, and Syntax Construction Kit, the bulk of a conlang's work is in coming up with a lexicon, all the words. With a Cryptolang, a lexicon naturally arises from the changes one makes to the letters of each word with each rule laid out. Naturally, these letter changes can lead to mergers and synonyms. Though, theoretically, one can come up with ways to distinguish words from a source language. But that is a thought experiment for another day. What is possible is that one can create all sorts of cryptolangs by setting up rules, changing them, mixing them together, or stacking one set of cryptolang rules on top of another. It is relatively faster to create rules for a cryptolang's phonology and grammar than it is to come up with an entire lexicon in an original constructed language. Thus, one can create more cryptolangs in comparison to a single conlang.

So, in summary, Cryptolangs can have interesting features, they can reflect the lexical aspects of a character's physical transformation, and they can be more productive than conlangs. Hopefully, this badly worded essay will open you cryptolangers' eyes to the potential of these sorts of creations whether you are a veteran with a thousand under their belt or a rookie creating their very first. Thank you all for reading this, and till next time! ;)

[cryptolangsguy]

Reverse vowels.

Waking -> Wikang

Reduce >1 clusters and hiatuses

Wikang -> Wikan

Duplicate consonant before the last vowel. Ignore if only one vowel.

Wikan -> Wikkan

Bassar Dommen Elabbat Enikku Ennal Geddon Gedikko Geninnur Kenayyir Maccil Messar Muggam Pennat Sellir Sivvar Sor

[cryptolangsguy]

A lon ime go, n a galaxy far, ar away,

A man amed "U-Gon In" an is uden, "Obi-Wan Enobi", bot - edi maser, ere sen o te panet of "Abo", to boker ece regarin a bocade risen y separatis ores, agan e galacic epubic.

Ot ere taced, an er ip esoyed, ut ey managed o get away. Of o war e qun of Abo, tey fon a local amed "Ar-Ar In". E led em o his ity, desite f imel en anised y te maser of e city, named "Ig Os".

Afer avin Ar-Ar ife, Qu-Gon In an Obi-Wan Enobi taveled og e panet ore, led y te ne tey saved.

Arivin at e capital of Abo, tey saved e Qun an ot er of e panet. Ut, urin er esape, te hyperive nine was amaged y te tac of e separatis ores. A bave dod amed "Rome To-Dela To", saved e sip, y fixin e sip il, etin em esape.

Te bave heros arive n e panet of "Atone", hopin o fix er enine.

Body hel, it is o late ledy. I wil inis e sory for yo, later, aybe tomorow.

[cryptolangsguy]

Utu Wong aj u vaskaeduc sxuhuskoh ad Resident Evil (Biohazard ad Japan), u jihlaluc xehheh latoe wumo johaoj shoukot r0 kxo Japanese semfud0 Capcom. Utu nuj vahjk modkaedot ad kxo ehawaduc Resident Evil (1996), roveho roadw adkhetisot uj u jiffehkadw sxuhuskoh udt udkaxoheado ad Resident Evil 2 (1998). Kxo sxuhuskoh nuj adakaucc0 sedsoalot uj u hojouhsxoh dumot Linda veh kxo fhekek0fo ev kxo josedt wumo, rik xoh dumo nuj sxudwot ke Ada udt jxo nuj honhakkod uj u jf0 udt mohsoduh0 veh kxo vaduc riact ke seddosk akj jkeh0 ke kxuk ev kxo ehawaduc. Eloh kxo seihjo ev kxo johaoj, Ada aj evkod xahot ke jkouc raecewasuc noufedj veh luhaeij ehwudaqukaedj, uckxeiwx jxo rokhu0j xoh omfce0ohj ed dimoheij essujaedj ke julo fhekuwedajk Leon J. Boddot0 vhem taho jakiukaedj. Utu aj voukihot ad jolohuc Resident Evil wumoj, delocaqukaedj, udt vacmj, udt xuj ucje uffouhot ad ekxoh wumo vhudsxajoj jisx uj Project P Zone, Teppen, udt Dead r0 Daylight

[cryptolangsguy]

Turns out Saurian from the Star Fox series is a legitimate cryptolang.

Here's the encoding rule:

AUI_BRHXPFVLCSJZQGWNDTK_EO_Y[0]# Note: The letter Y turns into the numeral "0", zero.

[cryptolangsguy]

reverse order of all CV pairs, then, reverse order of all new VC pairs.

example elempxa emelpxa

[cryptolangsguy]

Maomajae saejaeva, xajao sae'a yaou hapahaoi?

Maomajae saejaeva, xajao sae'a yaou hapahaoi?

Maomajae saejaeva, xajao sae'a yaou hapahaoi?

[cryptolangsguy]

hoysdol ojym ul corslewsyjo

[cryptolangsguy]

Ah yet another idea for an onomastic thing.

Tuelk, then group letters within a word separated by the boundary between two vowels and put the groups in reverse order.

So: Example Aixuemplai A ixu empla i Iemplaixua

Some interesting stim test words: Ayi Eldiruimaa Elituma Enamuho Ilsta Inervadwu Inilvaa Inuldagi Irivana Irolvase Itro Oe Ongke Onublegi Ose Otubbehi Uengimu Uldgi Uni Unorie Urthni

[cryptolangsguy]

@helarico

(Kofuidkoidruid) Fuabjiecgaofkoid

(Al-Bhed x2) Nysohami

(Joyric) Rowyluqy

(Haica'i) Caorailaahae

(Veudet) Juzetova

(Moorue + Qorviss) Ruereaduihuo

(ROT1 + Talak-Sapezak) Ifamabasajadam

(Mheghadhelg) Wilherhochi

(Sanowed Kroot x2) Arorice

(Aeglan) Acehilor

If you interact with this post, I will encode your username (or a word of your choice) into 10 cryptolangs, or more.

[cryptolangsguy]

Not as much of a cryptolang thing but a cryptography. I suppose there are many so called "dictionary ciphers" which include shifting words as seen in the dictionary. I recollect of a French word game/poetic experiment that includes something like this, shifting words one step forward in a poem as a way of "divination" or just for fun. Say there's word "person", and alphabetically the next word is "persona", so it becomes that.

I wonder if there could be made a list of all words starting with A in some dictionary, for example, all numbered, so like "agent" = "A24" or something, and then shifted via something like a ROT1. So A24 becomes B35 (with numbers shifted, too), and thus, rather than "agent" its "bacteria" or whatnot.

[cryptolangsguy]

[cryptolangsguy]

Wea bein woarkiang ip phshe boamb plaant Wea bein fialliang phshe shealls wiaphsh weat ceameant Wea bein woarkiang op phshe hiajh lianeas Wea knoaw aml og phshe riajht caableas toa sniap

Wea bein woarkiang ip phshe moatoar poul Apd yu knoaw, wiaphsh soamea gaasoalianea apd a spaark Yu caan taakea a cuplea doazean caars Apd keip phshen froam goong noawhearea

Wea bein woarkiang ip phshe faactoary Wea bein leattiang ous touls vhex uq phshe geers Wea bein woarkiang ip phshe curphshoute Wea bein shreaddiang poaliacea reapoarts foar yeers

Wea bein woarkiang op phshe raolroed Phshese's a cuplea og tiis asep't faasteanead riajht Apd ig yu taakea a ceartaon cuarvea av niajht I doan't phshipk wea'd miass yu

Juabialaatiun, my boady feall ip phshe maavhipe My boady feall ip phshe maavhipe Apd phshe maavhipe stoappead Juabialaatiun, my boady feall ip phshe maavhipe My boady feall ip phshe maavhipe Apd phshe maavhipe stoappead

Wea bein woarkiang ip phshe broaphshem Wea bein swiapiang paapears froam phshe maarshaals' coets Wea bein woarkiang op phshe swiatvhboerd Ewesy daay wea'rea liasteaniang apd taakiang noateas

Wea bein woarkiang av phshe hoaspiataal Wea bein woarkiang av phshe miall apd phshe ciaty haall Apd upleass yu waant toa kiall ut aml Wea'll keip riajht op av iv

Juabialaatiun, my boady feall ip phshe maavhipe My boady feall ip phshe maavhipe Apd phshe maavhipe stoappead

[cryptolangsguy]

Rryecmenn-ssitorrat tosyteenn keakkaene yadänn rreavikkoodyssteenn ​​teasstylloze ssykä essyadynn je eerrnnasskennsse prramataavassuudysstä. errvet Rryecmynnat ssollettavet rreotee, poomettekeenn tyrräkssysstä, je perreammaneenn Rryecmenn-mytenatuöt ivet oinnissta vellmasstyttoje. Ssynn ssajeenn Rryecmenn [ssac] lloittee essyynnsse ssoosattylloze lloisinn terrjiemaann metyrraeellyaann: pooonn, kavyynn, nnekeenn je llooonn. Kyasserrase ysstrrenn ässkyttäassynn kempennjenn eakenne Ampyrraomann enatssymassykssa Rryecaze ipammy, yttä Rryecmennann paallikallpa via pussäuttää kivekäuttöassynn nnoillynn utä uvann koann tyrrässrronnkiannynn kiavopoo, je Drroedec-kerronn llepetyrrässtä moitiallto karrvyss via yrrittee kyvuynn pisstann llannkat. Prramataavasstä kunä ​​– motte muöss tyikesste.

EXYSs

Rryecmennann mytenatuö inn ellkyynasste, motte rresskeenn tyrrässrreodenn päänn vesserriamannynn ya illy veakyee. Tämä rrissiannynn je oinnissta tessepeannitytto tyrrä ssaditeenn ssattynn veveenn poassyynn verrtyynn, jize inn pekssot rreekennekekäärryyt, jitte sseedeenn kerrkye motte tyikess essy.

[cryptolangsguy]

Tonraur hjoiraur qytofod Iyqzum doqoa frauryhjoraurzum myraurfux wojyq iymjunym olaultynyraur gu olaultonraur hjoiraur olaulqotfodu. "'owj. Jofjo olaulrauroqof… Jufjoiui qyqpolaulu nuju!" "'ywj, jolaul jodolaulop aolauloo 'ojof 'otwod olauluolaulputop olaulkofufop polaulozy? 'oiyjo olaulwohjof olaulqojxyxy." "Olauldjozjd olaulofju odpokoraurmo? Doquaop 'omo zoiolaulmooraur mogdoj zjoiug qymjo!" "'uufjo qopo jymo, do'oraurnuz zoaonoif!" "'owj, jofjo olaulqozom joraur laululaulhjoiopu." "Zoqo doquapy, laulotof fogomyy djiiom ozjoraur jymo. Djoi' zonuraury." "Olaulqyfug olaulrauroqofuu? 'odjnoj nuolaulzjynx olaulrauroqofuu olaulqyjoqodu! Jolaul 'omo aolauloo jot? Jolaul 'ymo…? Oju, laulo iyjoqy." "Qofjo iogaolaul zoiolaulmooraur aolauloo 'oiu jolaulum? Iokun 'om iykraurug olaulrauroqof qupjlaul notuopumo." "Jofjo olaulqozom joraur laululaulhjoiopu." "Jolaul rauro'oip olaul'odmom aolauloo pulaulz olaulkyqkyqopu? Laulotof zomop qydodop fuqo' jtom." "Qofjo pomxyraur 'uulauloiju? Aof 'uulauloo olaulauqlaulo." "Zofmo mompoju qum jymo? Laulofoio djyayraur du' pykoj jofjo olaulqozomu." "Dotop guoraurylaulf gu olauldjuto. Jolaul pydofut fjolauluzo? Io lauloj qum 'ojqoto." "Zoq qum jofjuj olaul'odjio' aolauloimo 'om moqlaulo'ojo?" "Noju! 'uulauloo olaulmudiom qoa jofjo olaulrauroqofu! Foamo modpowlaulu aolauloo noaf jofjuj olaulpoqopjulaul nflauloom qum fjolauluzo!" "Qom olaul'ogfolaul 'om mojdylaul aolauloo 'okraur koiuf qytonulaul jofjo." "Maoqo, rauro'oip qodod fuqo' fjop qorauropum. Laulotof 'ojraurotpj jioom, laulotof goaolaulp fjolauluzo!" "Iwq ozjoraur, doraurutop 'yzjrauroo." 'uudjraurozyjyq gu olaultupolaulu: "Otopoaojyq! Laulo pofoayjyq iojraurynymo!" "Olaul'owhjof olaulqypopogulaulymo! Foa dzimom gujuq!" "Aolauloo tofoqoiz, fraurowhjuraurzum! Oqduz nujuq!" "Auxoqu, auxoq … 'uumoj qupjlaul noip zulaulon qolaulaym jymo." "Jolaul poapotuf 'omoj iyqzumyz doraurutopomo?" "Fyzjolaulo'U! Ofgomjyq qupjlaul olaulozjraurumo!" "Onfy mdjipom olaulom! 'oiyjo olaulqypopogulaulymo!" "Omxyrauru! Olaulqoxuf qum olaulkypjpju!" "Jolaul 'omp qydpoaufym laululaulqowpu?" "Ozjiraurom! Zymp 'opyt 'uulauloo poamop koiufopum!" "Olaulddzozum zjoraurukop io furaurowkuraurzum!" "Domozjyfj auxoqoz oifom!" "Qofjo poapotuf 'omoz pogaolaul jymo?" "Jolaul ponjopj aom 'om pyfgm oifom? Jdmom!" "'odtopjuq!" "'opgujyq io djonon!" "Odpoaufo laululaulqowpu!" "'omp gu woraurpop olaulom!" "Lauloo iykof mokymo!" Polaulop qympodog olaullauloilaul Iykof laulofoo fraurowkuraurzum gu polaulop qympodog olaullauloilaul qokqyaop juworaur qymgodulaulopum: "'ojqoty. Olaulqowpoo jyq olaulzomx jymo." "Do'ojpogux nujofjo. 'odmomyj koiufopom." "Tof pozym jofjuj aoqolauluop doif 'ogfolaul qum pulaulz olaulopu gu nomkzyrauroi." "Qom iozjog qum noaf olaul'odjnoju?" "Laulotof rauro'oip polaulopom wojufopom, laulotof rauro'oipyjyq kqiaom." "Jyy, laulo pozjyfj mgdom wojfom qum pulaulz olaulkoraurorauru."

[cryptolangsguy]

Leiky Kioleiddio,

Kouiosio Sioeimond-Uarps sounk aenneiorajgouiotoug! Souio heition penio Eiorajdaeng vuar „Odleinkiors“, wouio souio aens nionnion. Menio Touddion aem enion Heinkiolsviordreig waerkion ougnuarouiord.

Ouoraj weß, keiss Souio enion möglouorajion Viordreig naer aengiorn eiaefgiotion, eitior houior ousd nouorajds zae giowounnion! Ouhr Ounfuarmeind heiddio Rioorajd, keiss nouiomeink oun Keiggiorfeill enion dreigfähougion Heinkiolsviordreig moud kouiosion Woulkion heid. Weis ior eiaesgioleission heid, weir, keiss souio pen Oundioriossio eim Heinkiol heition.

Giotion Souio mour kouio Iorleiaetnous, neioraj Keiggiorfeill zaerüsjizaepiohrion. Kouio Tiokoungaengion houior sounk athriosjilouoraj (souio heition nouorajd enmeil heßion Dioio!) aenk ouoraj toun naen sed ütior enior Wuaorajio giozwaengion, oun meniom Tuauad zae athleifion. Ouoraj toun tiored, neioraj Heiaesio zae puammion.

Ouhr Kouionior,

— Biovioriol Sdiomaesiobh

[cryptolangsguy]

Giumalaita'i

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Cryptolang rules:

> Duenaga’ir, then consonantal Deites.

Every word consists of a body and tail. The various combinations of the two define the word as a part of speech.

Example: Aizuenaqama’i - p.n. (the) Example Aizuenaqamai - v. Give an example Aizuenaqama - n. An example

Aizuenaqam’a - adj. Exemplar

I - pron. (the) Example

Every word has its own pronoun version, which in all cases is the tail (phraseology, “to tug on tails”, to talk using lots of pronouns to shorten speech).

Pronunciation rules:

Vowels are always forming diphthongs when put together. <c> - /ts/ <q> - /q~kʼ~kˤ~kʲ/ <x> - /ks~ɕ/ <j> - /ʤ/

To translate a word into Giumalaita’i: > Set it into its most basic form. > Encode with cryptolang. > Change to part of speech accordingly.

Giumalaita’i has no articles. Particles and other smaller parts of speech are only encoded with Talak and consonantal Deites; No Duenaga’ir. No verb tenses, all is contextual.

Translation example: "Just because you failed once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything"

“Kutav cedaute guom opade, pu-fiu naep hiu guom av aiwas’a vajeop” (literally) “Just because fail once, no-do mean go fail at every thing”

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