#Folkspraak

[vaguelyhumanshapedbeing]

Surely THIS time the new international auxiliary language will resonate with the masses and be adopted worldwide, not like the last one

[janmisali]

I have a question about your categorisation of conlangs mentioned in the Novial episode. you explain that for your purposes, a global IAL "is a specific type of auxlang, which is a specific type of interlang, which is a specific type of conlang"

so, the non-interlang types of conlang are obviously engelangs and artlangs, and the non-global-IAL subset of auxlangs are presumably the 'regional' ones like Folkspraak and Interslavic. But what is the non-auxlang subset of interlangs ?

made a diagramme to help me visualise it, but I still can't think of an example. this is a genuine question btw not trying to "gotcha" you or anything

as a general rule of thumb whenever I say something that doesn't make sense in a conlang critic video it's usually just me being wrong because those videos never got second drafts

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[gwendolynlerman]

Writing systems

Latin

The Latin, or Roman, script was originally adapted from the Etruscan alphabet during the 7th century BCE to write Latin. The earliest known inscription dates from the 6th century BCE. 

The letters -y- and -z- were taken from the Greek alphabet to write Greek loan words. Other letters were added from time to time as it was adapted for other languages.

The modern Latin script is used to write hundreds of different languages. Each language uses a slightly different set of letters, and they are pronounced in various ways.

It is the basis for the largest number of alphabets of any writing system and is the most widely adopted writing system in the world.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet

Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines

Number of letters: 26 (standard letters)

Used to write: Aari, Abaza, Abellen, Abenaki, Abkhaz, Abui, Acehnese, Achagua, Achang, Acheron, Achi, Acholi, Achuar-Shiwiar, Achumawi, Adaizan, Adamua Fulfulde, Adzera, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Aguaruna, A-Hmao, Ahtna, Ainu, Aja, Ajië, Akan, Akatek, Aklan, Akurio, Alabama, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquin, Alsatian, Altay, Alur, Alutiiq, Alyawarr, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amarasi, Amele, ǂ’Amkoe, Amis, Andoa, Angami, Anuki, Anutan, Apache, Apma, Apurinã, Arabela, Aragonese, Araki, Aranese, Arapaho, Arawak, Arbëresh, Are, Arikara, Aringa, Aromanian, Arrernte, Arvanitic, Asháninka, Ashéninka, Assiniboine, Asturian, Atayal, Atikamekw, Atong, ‘Auhelawa, Avokaya, Awa Pit, Awara, Awing, Aymara, Azeri, Babine-Witsuwit’en, Bade, Bai, Baka, Bakairi, Balangao, Bambara, Baniwa, Banjar, Bantoanon, Baoulé, Barai, Barbareño, Bari, Bariba, Bartangi, Bashkir, Basque, Bassa, Bavarian, Beaver, Belarusian, Beli, Bemba, Bench, Betawi, Biete, Bikol, Biloxi, Bininj Kunwok, Bislama, Blackfoot, Blagar, Blin, Boholano, Bokar, Bolinao, Bongo, Bontoc, Bora, Bosnian, Botolan, Bouyei, Brahui, Breton, Bribri, Bugis, Buglere, Buhutu, Bulu, Bundjalung, Bunun, Burushaski, Busa, Bushi, Bwaidoka, Cabécar, Caddo, Caluyanon, Candoshi-Shapra, Cape Verdean Creole, Caquinte, Carib, Carijona, Carolinian, Casiguran Dumagat Agta, Catalan, Cayuga, Cebuano, Central Sinama, Chami, Chamicuro, Chamorro, Chang, Cha’palaa, Chatino, Chavacano, Chechen, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chinanteco, Cimbrian, Chichewa, Chickasaw, Chilcotin, Chinook, Chipeyan, Chippewa, Chitimacha, Chiwere, Choctaw, Chokwe, Ch’ol, Chorti, Chrau, Chru, Chukchansi, Chuukese, Cipu, Cocopah, Coeur d’Alene, Cofán, Comanche, Comorian, Comox, Cora, Cornish, Corsican, Cree, Creek, Croatian, Crow, Cubeo, Cumbric, Curripaco Cuyonon, Cypriot Arabic, Czech, Daga, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dalmatian, Danish, Dananshan Miao, Dargwa, Daur, Dawan, Dayak, Daza, Deg Xinag, Dena’ina, Dengebu, Dhao, Dholuo, Dhuwal, Digaro Mishmi, Digo, Dinka, Ditidaht, Dijanang, Djinba, Dogrib, Domari, Dongotono, Drehu, Drung, Duala, Dupaningan, Duri, Dusun, Dutch, Edo, Efik, Ekoka !Kung, Elfdalian, Emae, Emilian-Romagnol, English, Enindhilyagwa, Eperara, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Ewondo, Extremadura, Eyak, Fala, Fanagalo, Fang, Fante, Faroese, Fijian, Fiji Hindi, Finnish, Flemish, Folkspraak, Fon, Fox, Franco-Provençal, French, French Guianese Creole, Frisian, Friulian, Fula, Fur, Futuna-Aniwa, Futunan, Fuyu Kyrgyz, Ga, Gagauz, Galician, Gallo, Galoli, Gamilaraay, Ganda, Garawa, Garifuna, Garo, Gawwada, Gen, Genoese, German, Ghadamès, Ghomara, Gija, Gitxsan, Goemai, Gonja, Gooniyandi, Gottscheerish, Greenlandic, Griko, Guadeloupean Creole, Guambiano, Guanano, Guarani, Guaymí, Guere, Guernésiais, Gugadja, Glui, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Guugu Yalandji, Guugu Yimiyhirr, Gwere, Gwich’in, Haida, Haisla, Haitian Creole, Halkomelem, Hamer, Hän, Hani, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hawu, Heiltsuk, Herero, Hidatsa, Hiligaynon, Hiri Motu, Hixkaryana, Hmar, Hmong Dau, Hmong Njau, Hmu, Hoava, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huambisa, Hungarian, Huarijio, Huasteco, Huichol, Huilliche, Hunsrik, Hupa, Iban, Ibibio, Icelandic, Ido, Idu Mishmi, Ifugao, Igbo, Ikizu, Ikpeng, Ilocano, Inapari Sami, Indonesian, Ingrian, Ingush, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interslavic, Innu-aimun, Iñapari, Iñupiaq, Ipai, Iraqw, Irish, Ishkashimi, Isnag, Istriot, Italian, Iu Mien, Ivatan, Ivilyuat, Ixil, Jabo, Jakaltek, Jamaica, Jaminjung, Japreria, Jaqaru, Jarai, Jarawa, Javanese, Jebero, Jersey Norman French, Jicarilla, Jingulu, Jita, Jola-Fonyi, Jru, Judeo-Spanish, Jul’hoan, Juhuri, Jur Modo, Kabiye, Kabyle, Kadazandusun, Kadugli, Kagayanen, Kaingang, Kaiwá, Kakabai, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kam, Kambari, Kamda, Kanakavanu, Kanasi, Kanga, Kaninuwa, Kanuri, Kapampangan, Kapingamarangi, Kaqchikel, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karamojong, Karbi, Karelian, Karuk, Kasem, Kashaya, Kashibo, Kashinawa, Kashubian, Kaska, Kaurna, Kavalan, Kawaiisu, Kazakh, Keiga, Keliko, Keres, Ket, Khakas, Khasi, Khinalug, Khoekhoe, Khorasani Turkic, Khufi, Ki’che, Kichwa, Kickapoo, Kikuyu, Kiliwa, Kimbundu, Kinaray-a, Kinyarwanda, Kiribati, Kirundi, Kisi, Kissi, Kituba, Klallam, Klamath, Klingon, Koho, Koasati, Kom, Kongo, Konjo, Konkani, Kosraen, Koti, Kove, Koyukon, Kri, Krongo, Kumeyaay, Kumyk, Kuna, Kuot, Kunjen, Kurmanji Kurdish, Kurti, Kutenai, Kuuk Thaayorre, Kven, Kwak̓wala, Laalaa, Lacandon, Lahu, Lampung, Latin, Latino sine Flexione, Latgalian, Latvian, Ledo Kaili, Lele, Leonese, Lezgi, Lingala, Lingua Franca Nova, Ligurian, Lilloet, Limba, Limburgish, Liq’wala, Lithuanian, Livonian, Llanito, Lojban, Lombard, Lopit, Lote, Lotuko, Loup, Lower Tanana, Lokoya, Lozi, Ludic, Luganda, Lugbara, Luiseño, Lule Sami, Lumun, Luobohe Miao, Lushootseed, Luxembourgish, Maasai, Machiguenga, Macushi, Ma’di, Madurese, Makah, Makasarese, Makonde, Makhuwa, Malagasy, Malay, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Maltese, Mam, Mandan, Mandar, Mandinka, Mangareva, Manggarainese, Maninka, Mankanya, Mano, Manx, Maore, Maori, Mapuche, Maranao, Marba, Maricopa, Marshallese, Masbateño, Mashan Miao, Maskelynes, Massachusett, Martu Wangka, Mato, Maung, Mauritian Creole, Mayo, Mazahua, Mazatec, Matigsalug, Mbula, Mbum, Megleno-Romanian, Mele-Fila, Menominee, Meriam Mir, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Miami, Michif, Mikasuki, Mi’kmaq, Miju, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Miriwoong, Miskito, Mixtec, Miya, Mizo, Mòcheno, Mohawk, Mohegan, Mohican, Mojave, Mokilese, Moldovan, Monégasque, Monguor, Mono, Montagnais, Montenegrin, Moriori, Morokodo, Moronene, Mortlockese, Moru, Mossi, Motu, Mozarabic, Mualang, Muna, Mundari, Munsee, Muong, Murrinh-Patha, Murui Huitoto, Musey, Musi, Mutsun, Mwaghavul, Mwani, Mwotlap, Nagamese, Nahuatl, Nanti, Narim, Naro, Narrangansett, Naskapi, Natchez, Nauruan, Navajo, Naxi, Ndrumbea, Ndyuka, Neapolitan, Nenets, Nez Perce, Ngaanyatjarra, Ngiyambaa, Nigizim, Nheengatu, Nias, Nihali, Nisga’a, Niuafo’ou, Niuean, Nkore, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, Noonm Noogar, Norfuk, Norn, North Frisian, North Slavey, Northern Emberá, Northern Ndebele, Northern Paiute, Norther Pomo, Northern Sami, Northern Sotho, Norwegian, Northwest Maidu, Novial, Nuer, Nukuoro, Nukuria, Nunggubuyu, Nupe, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, Nuxalk, Nllng, Nyelâyu, Nyole, Nzema, Occidental, Occitan, Okanagan, Okinawan, Olu’bo, Onge, Onandaga, O’odham, Oowekyala, Omaha, Oneida, Old Norse, Ona, Ontong Java, Oromo, Oroqen, Oroshor, OshiWambo, Ossetian, Otomi, Ottawa, Paakantyi, Paama, Páez, Paicî, Paipai, Paite, Paiwan, Palauan, Palenquero, Panare, Pangasinana, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Paraujuano, Paresi, Patwin, Pauna, Pawnee, Paya, Pazeh, Pemon, Penrhyn, Piapoco, Picard, Piedmontese, Pikin, Pilagám, Pingelapese, Pintupi, Pipil, Pirahã, Pite Sami, Pitjantjatjara, Pochuri, Pohnpeian, Polci, Polish, Pomo, Pontic Greek, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Pukapukan, Puluwatese, Purepecha, Puyuma, Q’anjob’al, Q’eqchi’, Qo Xiong, Quapaw, Quechan, Quechua, Quiripi, Rade, Raga, Rakahanga-Manihiki, Rapa Nui, Rarotongan, Rennellese, Réunion Creole, Rifian, Ripuarian, Rohingya, Ronga, Rotokas, Romani, Romanian, Romániço, Romansh, Rotuman, Roviana, Rukai, Rushani, Saanich, Saaroa, Safen, Sahaptin, Saisiyat, Sakao, Sakapultek, Salar, Saliba, Salish, Sambal, Samoan, Sanglechi, Sango, Saramaccan, Santa, Sardinian, Sarikoli, Sarnámi Hindustani, Sasak, Saterland Frisian, Satawalese, Savosavo, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Secoya, Sedang, Seediq, Sekani, Sena, Seneca, Serbian, Serer, Seri, Serrano, Seychelles Creole, Seto, Shavante, Shawiya, Shawnee, Sheko, Shetlandic, Shilha, Shilluk, Shipibo, Shona, Shoshone, Shuar, Shughni, Shuswap, Siar, Sicilian, Sierra Leonean Creole, Sikaiana, Silesian, Sio, Sioux, Skolt Sami, Slovak, Slovene, Slovio, Soga, Somali, Soninke, Sonsorelese, Sorbian, South Slavey, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Southern Tiwa, Spanish, Squamish, Sranan, Saint Lucian Creole, Stellingwarfs, Stoney, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Supyire, Susu, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Taa, Tagabawà, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tahltan, Taíno-Borikenaíki, Tairoa, Taiwanese, Tai Ya, Takuu, Talysh, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tammari, Taos, Tarahumara, Tami, Tanacross, Tangale, Tangkhul Naga, Tariana, Tatar, Tausūg, Tboli, Tedim, Tehuelche, Teiwa, Terêna, Temne, Tepehuán, Teribe, Ter Sami, Tetum, Thompson, Ticuna, Tii, Tiipai, Tikopia, Timbisha, Tiriyó, Tiwi, Tlapanec, Tlingit, Toba Qom, Tocho, Tojolabal, Tok Pisin, Tokelauan, Tolai, Tolaki, Tolowa, Tombulu, Tondano, Tongan, Tongva, Toposa, Toqabaqita, Toraja-Sa’dan, Torres-Strait Creole, Tsafiki, Tshiluba, Tshimshian, Tsonga, Tsotsil, Tsou, Tsuut’ina, Tswa, Tswana, Tuareg, Tucano, Tumak, Tumbuka, Tunica, Turkish, Turkmen, Turoyo, Tuscarora, Tutchone, Tuvaluan, Tuvan, Twi, Tzeltal, Tz’utujil, Ubang, Ubir, Udege, Udi, Uduk, Ulithian, Umbundu, Ume Sami, UNami, Upper Kuskokwin, Upper Tanana, Urarina, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vadi, Vaeaku-Taumako, Värmlandic, Vastese, Venda, Venetian, Veps, Vietnamese, Volapük, Võro, Vurës, Wa, Wa’di, Wakhi, Wallisian, Walloon, Wambaya, Wandamen, Wantoat, Warlpiri, Waray-Waray, Wardaman, Washo, Wayana, Wayuu, Welsh, Wemba Wemba, Wendat, West Frisian, Western Rote, Wichita, Wik-Mungkan, Winnebago, Wintu, Wiradjuri Wolaytta, Woleaian, Wolof, Wukchumni, Wymysorys, Xârâcùù, Xhosa, Yabem, Yaghnobi, Yami, Yaminawa, Yanesha’, Yang Zhuang, Yao, Yapese, Yaqui, Yazghulami, Yemba, Yimchungrü, Yindjibarndi, Yolngu, Yoruba, Yucatek Maya, Yuchi, Yucuna, Yup’ik, Yurok, Záparo, Zapotec, Zarma, Zazaki, Zeelandic, Zenaga, Zigula, Zinza, Zou, Zulu, Zuni, and Zuwara Berber

Before a vowel or between vowels -i- used to be pronounced /j/. Elsewhere it was pronounced /i/.

Accented letters can be used to modify the pronunciation of a letter, to indicate emphasis in a sentence, pitch or intonation of a word or syllable, vowel length or the stress in a word, and to visually distinguish homophones.

Latin alphabet

Accented letters

Some extra letters

Ligatures

[jansegers]

IALs

International Auxiliary Languages

"That international auxiliary language is best which in every point offers the greatest facility to the greatest number" - Otto Jespersen, 1908 International Auxiliary Languages (IALs) are languages constructed with the aim of facilitating communication between people who would otherwise have no other language in common. They are usually designed to be significantly simpler, and thus more easily learnt, than national or "natural" languages. [...]

Here are some links to information on other International Auxiliary Languages. These links should lead you to all the information that is available on each language. Esperanto - Don Harlow's compendious site. Virtual Esperanto Library by Martin Weichert. The International Language Ido maintained by myself. The International Language Ido: improved Esperanto - Includes English-Ido, Ido-English vocabularies. By Robert Carnaghan. Novial - Novial-Informatione, maintained by myself. Novial - Bruce Gilson's pages on the language of Otto Jespersen. Union Mundial pro Interlingua - Official Website of the Internationalllll Uniion for the IALA's Interlingua. Interlingua 2001 - Celebrating 50 years of Interlingua. Pages by Thomas Breinstrup and others. Glosa - Official-looking Glosa site with information in several languages, by Marcel Springer Glosa - a possible second language for the world by Robin Gaskell. Occidental - Naturalistic IAL published by Edgar de Wahl in 1922. Pages (partly in Norwegian) by Morten Svendsen. Cosmoglotta - Electronic journal in Interlingue-Occidental. Pages by Robert Petry. Latino sine flexione - Nice new pages from Jay Bowks on Peano's "Latin without inflexions". Basic English - Simplification of English invented by C. K. Ogden. Pages by Jim Bauer. Volapük - First IAL ever to gain mass acceptance, now looks quite archaic. Pages by Ken Caviness. Dutton Speedwords - Shorthand system also proposed as an international language. Pages by Robert Petry. Dutton Speedwords - Internet resource from the New Congress s.Z. Novial 98 based on the language of Otto Jespersen. Novial Pro - Novial reform by Marcos Franco. Latino Moderne - Highly naturalistic Latin-based IAL proposed by David Stark. Romanova - New naturalistic IAL. Pages by David Crandall and others. LangX/Lang53 - New project to define a hierarchy of languages. Pages by Antony Alexander. Lango - Project for an IAL based on a spelling reformed English, by Robert Craig and Antony Alexander. Ceqli - Language based on English and Mandarin, by Rex F. May Unish - International language project by Sejong University in South Korea. This site is now the home of the Journal of Universal Language, information on Unish can still be found here Lingua Franca Nova - Romance-based IAL by Dr. George Boeree Intal - Novial-like system developed by Erich Weferling Intal - Le INTernational Auksiliari Lingue - new Intal site by Stefan Fisahn, with complete grammar of Intal Folkspraak - Germanic-based IAL, presented by the The Folkspraak Institute Universal Picture Language - context-based picture language, presented by Wally Flint Aiola - New Esperanto-like project by the Aiola Research Group (ARG) Blissymbolics - Symbol system by Charles K. Bliss. New activeBliss site courtesy of Matt Landau Lojban - Logical language developed from James Cooke Brown's Loglan. Presented by the Logical Language Group (LLG) Esata - Based on English cut down for international use. Including complete description of the language Sona - by Kenneth Searight, designed with sonority in mind, based on a limited set of "radicals" Neo Patwa - formerly Dunia Patwa, creole-based system by Jens Wilkinson Atlango - Esperanto-derived system by Richard A. Antonius Mondlango - Another Esperanto-based system, this time with a fair helping of English, by He Yafu Kotava - La langue de communication universelle, aprioristic system developed since 1975 Latinvlo - a development of Stephen Chase Houghton's Master Language, by Paul Bartlett Medilingua is an attempt to reform Novial in the direction of Interlingua (IALA) Europaio / Modern Indo-European is a project to revive Proto-Indo-European, with multilingual website Temenia is an international auxiliary language, or model for constructing one, which is unusual in that it uses the Greek alphabet Pandunia is a constructed language with a cross-cultural vocabulary and phonology with traits from the most widely spoken languages of the world, by Risto Kupsala Toki Pona is a constructed language with a limited vocabulary, simple phonology and positive outlook, by Sonja Elen Kisa Sasxsek - A Language for Earth, a constructed language designed to be used as an auxiliary language, by Dana Nutter Lingwa de Planeta or LdP, a new project based on world languages such as Chinese, Russian and Arabic. By Dmitry Ivanov and others. [...]

http://www.oocities.org/idojc/

#TokiPona #mention #sona #konlan #anno2007

[dedalvs]

What do you think of Folksprak, the conlang based on Germanic languages?

It’s an auxlang, and appears to be a nice enough attempt to make a Germanic auxlang. I don’t have any interest in learning or using auxlangs, so I don’t really have an opinion about Folkspraak. It appears to serve the needs of its community, so that’s good!

[janmisali]

Folkspraak