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Invented Languages - Not just Esperanto! - bjcheung77 - 12-05-2021
Wow, I didn't know there were so many of these languages available. I knew about Esperanto and a couple others, but there are way more than I thought! I wonder how they "create" or "invent" a language... some of the languages are from books/movies. Link: These languages were invented from scratch (msn.com)
RE: Invented Languages - Not just Esperanto! - rachel83az - 12-05-2021
That's actually a pretty short list of conlangs. I think that there is a page on Wikipedia listing even more conlangs.
RE: Invented Languages - Not just Esperanto! - Johann - 12-05-2021
Hildegard von Bingen has my vote for favorite, with Lingua Ignota. She was a multi-talented genius, who wrote books in an age when not that many women did. She was also a musical genius and her music is still played today - awesome, when you consider it's nearly 1,000 years old.
She is also famous for writing the first description known of the female orgasm. Especially noteworthy, considering she was a nun. That description is printed in English here: https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/hildegard-von-bingen/the-first-written-description-of-the-female-orgasm/
I have fond memories of learning about this remarkable lady in German class, 62 years ago, when I was 17. I was also a Latin student and at that time read a bit of her work, in the language in which it was written.
Since my youth, I have had a liking for women writers of the Medieval Era and Saint Hildegard is at the top of my list. She has continued to receive honours long after her death. On 7 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named her a Doctor of the Church, in recognition of "her holiness of life and the originality of her teaching."
That's a pretty high honour - and well-deserved, I believe.
RE: Invented Languages - Not just Esperanto! - Alpha - 12-05-2021
Forgive me for not clicking through the slideshow but I don't want anyone to skip over the Klingon Language Institute.
Klingon Language Institute – Language Opens Worlds
RE: Invented Languages - Not just Esperanto! - Johann - 12-05-2021
(12-05-2021, 10:39 PM)Alpha Wrote: Forgive me for not clicking through the slideshow but I don't want anyone to skip over the Klingon Language Institute.
Klingon Language Institute – Language Opens Worlds
Forgive you? Absolutely! Ego te absolvo! :-) Oops -- you mean in Klingon. sIbI' qatlhob. Have you seen the Klingon Bible? Pretty cool!
yIn nI' DaSIQjaj 'ej bIchepjaj. (Live long and prosper.)