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2020-02-09T09:52:07Z

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My name is Justin Mann. I have been creating conceptualized languages since I was a young teen with the meanest sense of linguistics and have not stopped through into my adult life. Today, I possess a combined bachelor's degree in Psychology and Linguistics from the University of Calgary, with a specialization in phonology and experience in North Germanic, Japonic and Algonquian languages.

My first introduction to any second language was Blackfoot in elementary school: a First Nations language, possibly the oldest living language of the Algonquian family, spoken by some five thousand people in Southern Alberta and Northern Montana. I later began to learn Japanese and Swedish using free online resources, and in university got the opportunity to further my knowledge of Blackfoot and of Old Norse. My introduction to conlanging, however, was through Richard A. Watson's "D'ni" for the ''MYST'' universe created by Cyan Worlds when I was fourteen years old. Since then, my addiction to linguistics has been insatiable.

Now that I have my degree (2013), my focus remains primarily on learning Blackfoot and researching Scandinavian phonological trends. My conlangs reflect these interests, but also my interest in non-human articulators and the phonologies these might produce. As a writer, I get the greatest enjoyment from testing out my conlangs by writing prose and poetry in them; it is important to me that each of my languages have a unique culture that is expressed in every linguistic tier, from phonology through syntax and semantics.

I hope you enjoy what is here, and if you yourself are a language creator, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours as well.

=Grammars and Lexicons=
* [[Asuran]] - Original language for the "asura" species created for the ''Guild Wars'' universe by Arenanet and NCSOFT. Isolating, logical head-final language using a unique, mathematical form of declension and conjugation. Complete with a non-Roman alphabetic writing system and font. (2013)
* [[Ati]] - Attempt at creating a truly universal language, based on incorporating the restrictions of the world's languages. (2015)
* [[Fyelli]] - Language of the Fyelli people: massive, bestial builders and conquerors from the mountains. Pseudo-anthropomorphic phonology, afforded more dorsal consonants and a lack of labial or rounded phonemes. Large vocalic inventory with numerous falling diphthongs. Isolating morphology, though with complex determiners/case markers. (2012)
* [[Mantis]] - Language created for a violent, insectoid alien species from ''FTL: Faster Than Light'', based on a couple words depicted in the original game. Agglutinating with an extensive noun class system and a painful phonology that includes clicks and three distinctive vowel lengths. (2014)
* [[Oekin language|Oekin]] - Language of the various otter-like tribes of the Minwan Basin. Novel non-human phonology loosely based on mustelid articulators. Morphology inspired by Spanish and using a simplified Austronesian typological alignment. (2013)
* [[Sehali language|Sehali]] - Spoken by the reptilian desert sailors that occupy much of the Miuxleb Plains. Secondary-articulation-heavy phonology inspired by Arabic, Irish, and Russian, with a complex system of verbal derivation and an abjad. (2015)
* [[Taðýric]] - Ongoing effort to codify my own idea of the most beautiful language. Phonology inspired by Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, and Blackfoot. Polysynthetic morphology heavily influenced by languages of the Algonquian family. Written with a pseudo-syllabic abugida. (2014) A similar, previous project is documented here as [[Mésylþo]].
* [[Ta'agra]] - Accurate reconstruction based on samples provided by Bethesda Softworks for the Khajiit race of the ''Elder Scrolls'' universe. English-like phonology, agglutinating morphology, with an interesting take on pronouns. (2013)
* [[T'iksk]] - Recently revived project with a high number of nuclear consonants and logical grammar. (2012)
* [[Tiðorian]] - Conlang for Ciara. (2017)

=IPaCCA=
[[IPaCCA]]

=Downloads=
*[[Asuran (font)]] (ArenaNet)
*[[Sindarin (font and layout)]] (J.R.R. Tolkien)
*[[Mésylþo (layout)]]
*[[Sehali (font and layout)]]
*[[Taðýric (layout)]]

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2019-06-07T19:08:15Z

Geckat: /* Grammars and Lexicons */

[http://geckat.conlang.org Return to Main]

My name is Justin Mann. I have been creating conceptualized languages since I was a young teen with the meanest sense of linguistics and have not stopped through into my adult life. Today, I possess a combined bachelor's degree in Psychology and Linguistics from the University of Calgary, with a specialization in phonology and experience in North Germanic, Japonic and Algonquian languages.

My first introduction to any second language was Blackfoot in elementary school: a First Nations language, possibly the oldest living language of the Algonquian family, spoken by some five thousand people in Southern Alberta and Northern Montana. I later began to learn Japanese and Swedish using free online resources, and in university got the opportunity to further my knowledge of Blackfoot and of Old Norse. My introduction to conlanging, however, was through Richard A. Watson's "D'ni" for the ''MYST'' universe created by Cyan Worlds when I was fourteen years old. Since then, my addiction to linguistics has been insatiable.

Now that I have my degree (2013), my focus remains primarily on learning Blackfoot and researching Scandinavian phonological trends. My conlangs reflect these interests, but also my interest in non-human articulators and the phonologies these might produce. As a writer, I get the greatest enjoyment from testing out my conlangs by writing prose and poetry in them; it is important to me that each of my languages have a unique culture that is expressed in every linguistic tier, from phonology through syntax and semantics.

I hope you enjoy what is here, and if you yourself are a language creator, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours as well.

=Grammars and Lexicons=
* [[Asuran]] - Original language for the "asura" species created for the ''Guild Wars'' universe by Arenanet and NCSOFT. Isolating, logical head-final language using a unique, mathematical form of declension and conjugation. Complete with a non-Roman alphabetic writing system and font. (2013)
* [[Ati]] - Attempt at creating a truly universal language, based on incorporating the restrictions of the world's languages. (2015)
* [[Fyelli]] - Language of the Fyelli people: massive, bestial builders and conquerors from the mountains. Pseudo-anthropomorphic phonology, afforded more dorsal consonants and a lack of labial or rounded phonemes. Large vocalic inventory with numerous falling diphthongs. Isolating morphology, though with complex determiners/case markers. (2012)
* [[Mantis]] - Language created for a violent, insectoid alien species from ''FTL: Faster Than Light'', based on a couple words depicted in the original game. Agglutinating with an extensive noun class system and a painful phonology that includes clicks and three distinctive vowel lengths. (2014)
* [[Oekin language|Oekin]] - Language of the various otter-like tribes of the Minwan Basin. Novel non-human phonology loosely based on mustelid articulators. Morphology inspired by Spanish and using a simplified Austronesian typological alignment. (2013)
* [[Rën]] - Philosophical language built around nonlinearity and spiritual monism. Lacks inherent animate reference and tense-aspect. Typologically polysynthetic. (2017)
* [[Sehali language|Sehali]] - Spoken by the reptilian desert sailors that occupy much of the Miuxleb Plains. Secondary-articulation-heavy phonology inspired by Arabic, Irish, and Russian, with a complex system of verbal derivation and an abjad. (2015)
* [[Taðýric]] - Ongoing effort to codify my own idea of the most beautiful language. Phonology inspired by Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, and Blackfoot. Polysynthetic morphology heavily influenced by languages of the Algonquian family. Written with a pseudo-syllabic abugida. (2014) A similar, previous project is documented here as [[Mésylþo]].
* [[Ta'agra]] - Accurate reconstruction based on samples provided by Bethesda Softworks for the Khajiit race of the ''Elder Scrolls'' universe. English-like phonology, agglutinating morphology, with an interesting take on pronouns. (2013)
* [[T'iksk]] - Recently revived project with a high number of nuclear consonants and logical grammar. (2012)
* [[Tiðorian]] - Conlang for Ciara. (2017)

=IPaCCA=
[[IPaCCA]]

=Downloads=
*[[Asuran (font)]] (ArenaNet)
*[[Sindarin (font and layout)]] (J.R.R. Tolkien)
*[[Mésylþo (layout)]]
*[[Sehali (font and layout)]]
*[[Taðýric (layout)]]

IPaCCA

2018-07-03T00:00:55Z

Geckat: /* Races */

The Earth has developed ''differently''.

'''We have a radically different climate from Earth as we have it today'''. A runaway greenhouse effect plagues this instance of Earth, whipping the atmosphere into tempests, unpredictable and deadly to any outside the effective radii of mysterious devices that seem to keep out the worst of the heat and weather. With everyone remaining home, forced to either learn to rapidly adapt to changing conditions or die on this unforgiving planet, sentient races have sprung up in attempt to thrive, in competition or cooperation — a dichotomy as unpredictable as the climate itself.

=Locations=
-[[Aapaas]] 
-[[Fyel]] 
-[[Great Northwest Plateau]] 
-[[Ground Zero]] 
-[[Halumi]] 
-[[Iron Hills]] 
-[[Marinia]] 
-[[Minwan Basin]] 
-[[Molten Band]] 
-[[Niuxleb Plains]] 
-[[Omeidus]] 
-[[Torall]] 
-[[Tsij]] 
-[[Yakarn]]

=Races=
-[[Human]]
*[[First]]
*[[Fyel-man|Fyel-man]]
*[[Marin]]
*[[Meid]]
*[[Tsijic]] 
-[[Khyel]] 
-[[Oekin]] 
-[[Sehali]] 
-[[T'ik]]

=Lore=
-[[Climate]] 
-[[Generator]] 
-[[Oasis]] 
-[[Ship]]

=Literature=
-[[TRANSCRIBED LOG OF DR ISA ALTAIR, MSc, PhD]] 
-[[A Sacrifice to Child Lake]] 
-[[Sinking of the SSS Dungong]]

Sehali

2018-02-09T19:42:16Z

Geckat: /* Diet */

The '''Sehali''' ((Sehali: ''Sä̗hāli'') [sjaħalγi]) are a species of considerable power in the eastern hemisphere. Nomadic and made up primarily of individual ships, fleets, and ports, they keep no law outside of the structure of a ship's command and, of course, the rule of platinum. Combined with their natural ability to survive the harsh conditions of their desert environment, this has allowed them to thrive as traders, pirates, and slavers, particularly with recent advances in technology.

=Physiology=
The Sehali are reptilian in appearance, with tall, lanky bodies and long, thin tails. They walk on the balls of their feet, allowing for a straighter spine, and their faces are pointed and flat. Their mouths are lined with small, but sharp teeth, referencing their carnivorous diet, but they are also known to swallow their food whole without difficulty. Their scaly pelts vary greatly in hue; even albinism is not terribly uncommon. Some sport protrusions or hoods along their necks and skulls, similar to the cobras of Natural Earth.

=Government=
The Sehali have no standing government uniting them. The closest thing to law is the rule of the ship's captain and their mates, or the ruler of an estate over their slaves. For the Sehali, there is no happy medium between anarchy and despotism.

=Culture=
==Diet==
Sehali will eat anything that is moving or once moved. They have a strong resistance to most infection, and will even eat carrion. Completely apathetic towards the protests of the other races they come into contact with, they have a natural preference for living prey, swallowed whole with an unhinged jaw, although due to the difficulty of living in the desert often must rely on preserved meats instead. Either way, most of this meat is gained from domesticated animals, bred and sold by both sedentary Sehali ranchers as well as ships and caravans that raise livestock onboard.

==Technology==
The Sehali have benefited greatly from the use of technology devised by [[Humans]] and, to a lesser extent, [[T'ikts|T'ikts]]. They very rarely innovate on their own, but prefer to appropriate the creations of others. The exception to this is in their devise of economic systems: many of their members have a great mind for mathematics and social theory, and lack the morality to not put it to use in becoming very rich at the expense of others, and utilizing slave labour to its most efficient extent.

==Clothing==
Wealth is important in Sehali society, and they enjoy showing it in the form of colourful, flowing gowns at port, and heavy, metal-laden outfits on deck, with each tailored to appear intimidating to the right people. They wear little for jewelry, preferring to leave their scales unmarred, which they guard jealously.

==Sex and Reproduction==
Uniquely among sentient races, they have a cloaca and ventral hemipenes for waste and reproduction, and are hermaphroditic. They lay one to three eggs at a time, and exercise great control over not only when they will do so, but also which partner's seed will fertilize them if they have more than one partner. Despite their hermaphrodism, they tend to identify as either male or female depending on their preferred role in intercourse and society. Although there is little differentiation between genders socially, those who identify as male are typically viewed as more outgoing and physical, while those who identify as female are more economic or authoritative. It is considered an intimate gesture for a Sehali to give another one of their own unfertilized eggs. In the case in which the recipient is another Sehali, this egg is, of course, eaten.

==Religion==
The Sehali may on occasion adopt foreign religions if they believe it will benefit them, but do not typically hold any faith in the supernatural, or have any uniting philosophy beyond the pursuit of individual wealth and power.

=Language=
The [[Sehali language]] is characterized by its high number of guttural and fricative sounds, and a flexible movement of the tongue necessary for articulation. It is difficult, but not impossible, for learners of other species to understand spoken. The written system is an abjad, written from top to bottom, right to left in long, painted strokes with dots and diacritical marks.

Sehali

2018-02-09T19:41:57Z

Geckat: /* Government */

The '''Sehali''' ((Sehali: ''Sä̗hāli'') [sjaħalγi]) are a species of considerable power in the eastern hemisphere. Nomadic and made up primarily of individual ships, fleets, and ports, they keep no law outside of the structure of a ship's command and, of course, the rule of platinum. Combined with their natural ability to survive the harsh conditions of their desert environment, this has allowed them to thrive as traders, pirates, and slavers, particularly with recent advances in technology.

=Physiology=
The Sehali are reptilian in appearance, with tall, lanky bodies and long, thin tails. They walk on the balls of their feet, allowing for a straighter spine, and their faces are pointed and flat. Their mouths are lined with small, but sharp teeth, referencing their carnivorous diet, but they are also known to swallow their food whole without difficulty. Their scaly pelts vary greatly in hue; even albinism is not terribly uncommon. Some sport protrusions or hoods along their necks and skulls, similar to the cobras of Natural Earth.

=Government=
The Sehali have no standing government uniting them. The closest thing to law is the rule of the ship's captain and their mates, or the ruler of an estate over their slaves. For the Sehali, there is no happy medium between anarchy and despotism.

=Culture=
==Diet==
Sehali will eat anything that is moving or once moved. They have a strong resistance to most infection, and will even eat carrion. Completely ignorant of the protests of the other races they come into contact with, they have a natural preference for living prey, swallowed whole with an unhinged jaw, although due to the difficulty of living in the desert often must rely on preserved meats instead. Either way, most of this meat is gained from domesticated animals, bred and sold by both sedentary Sehali ranchers as well as mobile ships and caravans that raise livestock onboard.

==Technology==
The Sehali have benefited greatly from the use of technology devised by [[Humans]] and, to a lesser extent, [[T'ikts|T'ikts]]. They very rarely innovate on their own, but prefer to appropriate the creations of others. The exception to this is in their devise of economic systems: many of their members have a great mind for mathematics and social theory, and lack the morality to not put it to use in becoming very rich at the expense of others, and utilizing slave labour to its most efficient extent.

==Clothing==
Wealth is important in Sehali society, and they enjoy showing it in the form of colourful, flowing gowns at port, and heavy, metal-laden outfits on deck, with each tailored to appear intimidating to the right people. They wear little for jewelry, preferring to leave their scales unmarred, which they guard jealously.

==Sex and Reproduction==
Uniquely among sentient races, they have a cloaca and ventral hemipenes for waste and reproduction, and are hermaphroditic. They lay one to three eggs at a time, and exercise great control over not only when they will do so, but also which partner's seed will fertilize them if they have more than one partner. Despite their hermaphrodism, they tend to identify as either male or female depending on their preferred role in intercourse and society. Although there is little differentiation between genders socially, those who identify as male are typically viewed as more outgoing and physical, while those who identify as female are more economic or authoritative. It is considered an intimate gesture for a Sehali to give another one of their own unfertilized eggs. In the case in which the recipient is another Sehali, this egg is, of course, eaten.

==Religion==
The Sehali may on occasion adopt foreign religions if they believe it will benefit them, but do not typically hold any faith in the supernatural, or have any uniting philosophy beyond the pursuit of individual wealth and power.

=Language=
The [[Sehali language]] is characterized by its high number of guttural and fricative sounds, and a flexible movement of the tongue necessary for articulation. It is difficult, but not impossible, for learners of other species to understand spoken. The written system is an abjad, written from top to bottom, right to left in long, painted strokes with dots and diacritical marks.

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2017-11-23T08:15:28Z

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Tiðorian

2017-11-03T11:56:47Z

2017-10-12T00:47:26Z

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Tiðorian

2017-10-12T00:42:19Z

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2017-10-05T07:12:29Z

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