Zompist Bboard Again

Ares Land wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:29 pm Not much to comment except to say that it's an exceptionally nice piece of conworlding!

Ah, many thanks!
Here's a comment for you, though: is there anything you'd like to see more of? Any ideas as to what to cover next?

I like it. Does the presence of dybbuks affect the burial process? Humans remember in the Deep, and believe in the Dream; but they live in the world. Is "remember in" a mistake, or do you mean this sentence literally? Also when you use the word demon in the writeup about yakshas, do you m...

Can you say any more about the Dain's (and the Rathrim's) language? Is it related to Manhiri? I assume Lekidòyè is a calque of Annatar and that the "armband" is the ring of power. And I love how you've adapted "Khazad-Dum" and "Eldar". But what is the etymology of urus...

A little break from Tolkien to add some things from my own worlds… ON THE NATURE OF THE GODS On The Incubation of Souls The stars are magical. Anyone who's looked up at the night sky can see that quite clearly. Their presence has inspired contemplation about the nature of the universe, calculation o...

Many thanks, Elemtilas! I'll try not to disappoint… Next up (because now that I've established the Nine Races I have an order to keep to): ON THE LAMPS OF THE DÁIN AND THE STORY OF INGO THE LION On the Arrival of Angano Angano was a spirit in the service of Aulë, and was known among the Noldor; his ...

Reading: Aztec by Gary Jennings. That's really what I aspire to, as a writer and conlanger. I'm just awed at how relatable and yet alien the Mesoamericans are portrayed. And every town, every people just comes alive and has its own identity, while still keeeping a sense of a common Mesoamerican cul...

Another fun bit of work… THE RATHRIM (Summarized from Chapter 3 of the Kitab Al-Jinni Al-Gharb ) The Maia known as Salmar by the High Elves was best by them for his making, by time and patience, the great conches upon which Ulmo makes his music. Not for him the flutes of Manwë, or the harps of Yava...

Looking pretty darn good to me!

Up next, something a little different: THE NINE RACES OF MEN At the beginning of the Second Age, says the story of the Akallabêth , the Edain were the only ones who had fought tirelessly and truly against the power of Morgoth. Even at the beginning, the Eldar say, while the rest fell under his spell...

alice wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:03 pm If JRRT were alive today... I think he'd be quite tickled by this, actually.

...I think that’s the highest praise anyone’s ever offered me. I have no choice but to treasure it for the rest of my life.

I like how patronising Pedant of Gondor is. Full marks on the pretending to be a dickhead medieval linguist front. The history is rather exciting, and is already succeeding both in adding a whole other dimension to Ëa, and whetting my appetite for more. I absolutely love those noun classes and thei...

…well, this took something of an odd turn. Hopefully that can resolve itself. In the meantime: MANHIRI: INTRODUCTION AND NOUN CLASSES Manhiri is the Haradrimic language spoken in Manhir, the nearest portion of Harad to Gondor. The Men of Harad are swarthy, to be sure, and their soldiers clad in stra...

Thanks for all the encouragement, guys. Well, here goes… THE LANDS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH: A BRIEF OVERVIEW It should not be forgotten, in spite of the focus of most of the material available in the Red Book, that the world of Arda stretched much further east than there was West to fill it, and both ...

Personally, I don't see why not. I've done some expansion work like this myself with Khuzdul, but never far enough to really post much. There are people who find this objectionable, but if you make it clear that you don't see this as canon (which would be dumb if you did), not much will be said. Th...

So here’s the thing. I have enjoyed Lord of the Rings since I was quite young, and have even tried teaching myself a bit of Quenya. (Enough time write with if not speak with, anyway.) And one of the things I started as a tribute to Middle-Earth was to start working on languages for other parts of th...

Okay, been a while, answering all these in order. First of all, I am really very touched by all of your responses. I'll do my best not to make you proud. Lots of good details, like doing " ridiculously complicated mathematical calculations". Why? What are they calculating? I must know! Heh...

I most certainly would not mind such a thread! It'd be rather useful to see ways I could improve my work…

I'm just going to go ahead and say "probably not". My words are my own, my languages are my own, and they have nothing to do with the features of the face whence the voice emanates. There was one incident where a couple of people were rather upset with me for using terminology that (unbekn...

It looks interesting and well thought-out, but what do you mean by modulation? What do those letters stand for and how is A different from B through E? Many thanks! In short: By modulation I mean just that, a modulation in pitch in a specific manner. Seemed a more useful term than "phoneme&quo...

Brief idea, might work on it more a bit later on, but I've wondered for a while now how a bird language might work. Here are some preliminary notes: Speakers: The phoenixes (Classical Salvian svagnar, svagnō- ; caladrius ardens , temporary species designation 4-7-7-6-2-1-1) are the oldest of the fou...