#solresol

[drlinguo]

LINGUIST List‘s „Fun Fact“

„Solresol, devised by Jean-François Sudre in the 19th century, stands out among constructed languages for its unique reliance on musical tones rather than conventional phonetics or written symbols. Initially dubbed "la Langue musicale universelle," translating to the international music language, Solresol sought to be a universal mode of communication transcending linguistic barriers. […]“

For pronunciation tips and more information on how Solresol works as a language, visit this website: https://llllllll.co/t/solresol-constructed-musical-language-1866/64014

Read more here:

[twentydaysofmay]

Some of my older fusions!

Clockwise from top left: Klingon + Na'vi, Dothraki + Sindarin. AUi + Solresol, Interlingua + Solresol, Interlingua + Ido, Klingon + Láadan, Volapük + Poliespo.

[sidosi]

Solresol Almanac

[jaidenmaybe]

I learned how to say wlw in Solresol

Domifado milasi domifado

[otesunki]

solresol!

#33

A conlang where antonyms are mirrored versions of each other.

Tenas - adj. good Sanet - adj. bad

[deuterosapiens]

So, we're roughly halfway through Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary. As a sci-fi novel, it's a bit of fun. I have one teeny-tiny nitpick though, which is effectively me complaining about science fiction writers, especially hard sci-fi writers, completely floundering sciences that aren't like, hard sciences. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the astrophysics or anything, but having also read The Martian, I can only assume it's fairly accurate, or at least plausible once you account for the unobtainium applied phlebotinum that is Astrophage (cool word!) as a fuel source.

My nitpick is this.

First Contact stories are cool, but no matter how strong the science, the communication part is probably very boring for the action-adventure crowd. This page details Ryland's process of learning to communicate with the ET, Rocky. Before the page break, we had learned the words for "yes," "no," and the numbers one through four. After this page break, we have evidently learned thousands of words and by the end of this section, Ryland and Rocky are starting to have complex discussions about their respective stars being eaten.

Now, I'll allow that Ryland is using a computer program to facilitate most of the Eridian language vocabulary learning process. And most of the translation and communication process (on account of Rocky's language being basically purely based on musical chords). I will still insist that there is no conceivable way in this or any other hell this language learning process can even begin to make the slightest semblance of realistic sense.

I know Arrival isn't exactly the most accurate film in.existence regarding alien language learn (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis who?), but at least it understands that learning a language takes time. Learning an alien language with no reference material which you yourself cannot actually speak due to being physically impossible to pronounce for human beings will take, to say the least, a significant bit longer.

"Yeah, but aliens aren't real-" shush! Don't care! Yes, it would take a significant amount of time for Ryland to learn Rocky's language. Yes, it would be extraordinarily boring to show that learning process on the page. Don't care. I read three pages of the hypothetical function of the Hail Mary Astrophage-powered Spin Drive.

Exolinguistics (Futurama) is a cool science, dagnabbit! Treat SLA with some respect!

Rant over.

[waterlogged-detective]

Bout to attempt to learn a language for this specific oc wish me luck

[homoeroticjunoincident]

STOP SLEEPING ON ENTERTAINING SOUND, OKAY ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

can someone sentence mix him into singing speaking of meaningless distinctions. i’m desperate

[janmisali]

hi, do you remember what sources you used for your older conlang critic videos? I want to read more about solresol, but idk where to start

for most of the old ones I literally just used wikipedia

[heresmyfiddlestick]

{{esquivalience}}posting continues...

the dot-and-bubble effect is at play in the book itself.

case number one: the Head D.C.

when introduced, he (the first one) is the Head Dictionary Contributor. every instance after than, until they are unravelled, he is called the Head D.C., with the exception of the title The Book of the Head Dictionary Contributor of the D&DL Department, and when we learn about their foolish youthful error, when his full title is spelled out again.

when he is replaced by ______, again at first they are Head Dictionary Contributor, but thereafter they are simply Head D.C.

i'll take that a step further in a separate post about Solresol, but it seems the Head D.C. has had this process going for a while, where they have been "contracted more and more, until finally, they [are] little more than abbreviations." not entirely clear on the implications of this, perhaps the discussion of dot-and-bubble around KLA can help: something about opposite concepts becoming hard to distinguish.

case number two: the department

on the back cover of the book, the main setting is referred to as the Dead & Endangered Languages department. in The Movement, it is referred to as such up until ______ reads the title of the book in the room under the stairs. then, it is "the D&DL Department", spelled out longways only once after the end of the encounter "the Dead & Dying Languages Department" (once).

not only do we have the department's name changing, but the name is being reduced to an abbreviation in the dot-and-bubble effect. the name has changed to reflect that languages previously considered "endangered" (a technical term) are now "dying" (a rather more dramatic and doom-filled adjective), and it's become more indistinct through the dot-and-bubble.

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Secretsh • Dr. Hoper's International Language • The Bad Time Is You • Super Dry Dance • Speaking of Meaningless Distinctions • Griffin Space Jam • melomane solresol • krespo2012 • 2016 but all the best memes happen at the same time • New radio shows? • body • Taako's Good Out Here • Cascendits • Toby Fox Has Written Hundreds of Unique Original Songs • oh, 2017? • here comes my favorite song from mario odyssey • ambidextrous remix • A Song About a Circle Constant • Malblanka Rozo Verda Stelo

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[grimm-the-tiger]

I headcanon that the Skykids have their own language based around music notes (like Solresol, if you're a conlang nerd like me).

[altocat]

consider flute genesis learning solresol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solresol) so he can 1. recite loveless via flute notes, and 2. talk shit to everyone in the scene around him without them knowing

We are giving him too much power. Any more and his insufferability levels will grow to Kaiju-sized proportions.

[ampersand-echo]

i think you would find the conlang Solresol interesting! its a musical language, simply using the solfege system as the phonology!!!!! each note, for example 'do' or 're', means a different word. each note has a different meaning, and certain combinations of notes form certain words or phrases.

-oh that sounds so cool!! i would love to learn more about it!-

[waterlogged-detective]

What if, and hear me out, drownies speaking in Solresol because thats cool as hell okay bye

[e77y]

Procrastination is so rejuvenating 💆‍♀️ <- mostly sarcasm but genuinely I needed a break to do some silly (bad) composing. I cannot write good sheet music for the life of me. but I had fun :) Now I need to do my actual assignments 😭