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right|border|280px|The Conlang Flag is a symbol of conlanging, designed by the community at the CONLANG mailing list. It shows the Tower of Babel against a rising sun. Like the Tower, conlangs are built piece by piece, and their construction is an open-ended process.Constructed language
Conlanging is the craft of creating languages. People create languages —conlangs— for all sorts of reasons, practical, theoretical and artistic. This book will show you how. The book has three parts, each aimed at a different level of experience; they are meant to be read in order, but more proficient readers may skip earlier sections.
The Beginner level takes you through the steps of creating a conlang, without a lot of technical details and terms. With the help of this level, you can make an interesting conlang that doesn't accidentally copy the sound and feel of your native language.
The Intermediate level takes you through the parts of a language, avoiding really esoteric technical details and terms, but providing a systematic working knowledge of the building blocks from which conlangs are made. With the help of this level, you can make conlangs with added depth.
The Advanced level explores language features and techniques that can give a conlang extra flair. With the help of this level, you can make conlangs that are sophisticated, exotic, or even outright alien.
Other resources
Linguistics
IPA
The Conlanger's Library
Word generators
Awkwords, a simple word-generating website
Drift, a script in the Python programming language that generates words
WALS, World Atlas of Language Structures
CALS, Conlang Atlas of Language Structurescenter image
Conlang/State of the Book
Conlang/How to contribute subsection
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