No hay duda de la hegemonia actual del ingles como lingua franca, sin embargo su expansion es mayor a la de cualquier lengua en el pasado (latin, griego, arameo). Es inevitable pensar que con sustratos tan diversos se termine imponiendo una diglosia muy parecida a la del árabe actual.
Hi everyone,I am looking into apps that integrate Strong’s numbers for quick lemma lookup and basic analysis.I know Strong's has limitations compared to a full critical apparatus.
Still, I want to know your workflow experience. Do you find the tagging accurate enough for quick reference on the go?
Which app handles the Greek text best?
Hi everyone,I am looking into apps that integrate **Strong’s numbers** for quick lemma lookup and basic analysis.I know Strong's has limitations compared to a full critical apparatus.
Still, I want to know your workflow experience. Do you find the tagging accurate enough for quick reference on the go?
Which app handles the Greek text best?
Hi everyone,I am looking into apps that integrate Strong’s numbers for quick lemma lookup and basic analysis.I know Strong's has limitations compared to a full critical apparatus.
Still, I want to know your workflow experience. Do you find the tagging accurate enough for quick reference on the go?
Which app handles the Greek text best?
Hi everyone,
I love this space, but I’ve noticed that while the conlanging community is amazing here, discussing complex linguistic concepts, phonology, and grammar can sometimes be a bit daunting for those of us whose first language isn't English (I’ve actually been accused of being a bot before just because I use a translator when my English isn't quite up to par for certain topics).
This isn't about dividing the community, but rather about providing a comfortable entry point for native Spanish speakers to dive deep into conlanging without the language barrier.
I wanted to ask the community (and specifically check) if the current moderation team has any insight or existing alternatives for this: do you feel there is a need or interest in having a dedicated space (like an official sister subreddit) to discuss and share conlang projects exclusively in Spanish?
To be clear, I am not looking to promote a personal project or build an independent audience here. Instead, I’m wondering if the current r/conlangs mods have ever considered handling a Spanish-speaking branch, or what options might already exist for this. What do you all think? If there is enough interest, it would be amazing to see something officially supported or guided by the existing community framework.
Mods: I hope this discussion post is okay. If it violates any rules, please feel free to remove it!
Hi everyone,
Lately, there has been a resurgence in various online spaces and fringe pop-science outlets pushing the claim that Romance languages do not actually derive from Latin. Instead, these publications rely on pseudolinguistic arguments to claim that Iberian or regional languages evolved autonomously and independently from prehistoric times.
As a community deeply invested in philology, history, and linguistics, this raises a serious ethical and methodological question that I wanted to bring to the floor:
On one hand, engaging with these theories risks validating them as if they were a legitimate, ongoing debate within the scientific community. In reality, the Romance origin of these languages has been thoroughly proven by historical linguistics and the comparative method for centuries. By entering a debate with factional or politically motivated conspiracy theories, we might fall into the trap of creating a false equivalence, making it look as though both sides carry equal academic weight.
On the other hand, isn't it the ethical duty of linguists and philologists to defend scientific truth against the massive wave of misinformation on the internet? If experts remain silent, the algorithms of platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or X fill the void with absurd claims that the general public ends up believing simply because there is no visible counter-argument.
I would love to hear your thoughts, especially from those of you in academia, teaching, or science communication:
* What is the best strategy when facing linguistic denialism?
* Proactive education without giving oxygen to the specific myths, or direct confrontation in the public square?
Looking forward to the discussion.
I’ve been thinking about this lately and wanted to share a hot take, though I mean it with the utmost respect for the community's work.
Personally, I believe auxlanging is a dead 19th-century utopia. History has already proven that global linguistic adoption is driven by geopolitical, economic, and technological power, not by logical or egalitarian design. Seeking a constructed universal language feels like chasing a ghost at this point.
On the other hand, conlanging is a profound artistic act (perhaps one of the purest forms of creation left). Because there is virtually no commercial market for constructed languages, conlangers create entirely free from external pressures, financial commodification, or mainstream trends.
In its most strictly creative sense, I can only compare conlanging to fields like music or painting. It is world-building through aesthetics and structure, done purely for the sake of creation.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. Are we ready to accept that auxlangs are obsolete, and that the true value of conlanging lies strictly in its status as a pure, unmonetizable fine art?
I’ve been a linguistics nerd for as long as I can remember, which inevitably dragged me into the world of conlanging over 30 years ago. Like most people back then, I started with *a posteriori* languages before moving on to artlangs and engelangs.
Over the decades, I've had existential phases where I questioned the point of conlanging when there are so many breathtaking natlangs already out there to study (yet the creative urge always pulls me back like a black hole).
Without wanting to make this sound too melodramatic, I'm asking this to see whether I've just been taking the hobby way too seriously, or this is something we’ve all felt at some point.
Now that I'm older, a question has been on my mind: If a natlang reflects the psyche, history, and collective unconscious of a people, doesn't a conlang do the exact same thing for its creator? It feels like such an intimate self-portrait. Looking back at my dozens of unfinished projects through the lens of maturity, I finally accept them for what they were: distinct chapters of my life, frozen in time as syntactic rules, phonological constraints, or overly complex writing systems.
Have any of you experienced your conlangs this way? I’d love to hear how your older, abandoned, or ongoing projects reflect your own personal history and psychological growth.
**TL;DR:** After 30+ years of conlanging, I’ve realized our languages are deeply intimate self-portraits. Just like a natlang reflects a culture's collective psyche, our unfinished projects capture specific chapters of our lives through syntax and phonology. Do you see your conlangs as reflections of your own psychological growth?
I speak Spanish, and it is honestly so frustrating. You see a word, your brain immediately thinks you know it because it looks exactly like Spanish, and then it turns out to mean something totally different. The struggle is real
I speak Spanish, and it is honestly so frustrating. You see a word, your brain immediately thinks you know it because it looks exactly like Spanish, and then it turns out to mean something totally different. The struggle is real
I’ve been a linguistics nerd for as long as I can remember, which inevitably dragged me into the world of conlanging over 30 years ago. Like most people back then, I started with a posteriori languages before moving on to artlangs and engelangs.
Over the decades, I've had existential phases where I questioned the point of conlanging when there are so many breathtaking natlangs already out there to study (yet the creative urge always pulls me back like a black hole).
Without wanting to make this sound too melodramatic, I'm asking this to see whether I've just been taking the hobby way too seriously, or this is something we’ve all felt at some point.
Now that I'm older, a question has been on my mind: If a natlang reflects the psyche, history, and collective unconscious of a people, doesn't a conlang do the exact same thing for its creator? It feels like such an intimate self-portrait. Looking back at my dozens of unfinished projects through the lens of maturity, I finally accept them for what they were: distinct chapters of my life, frozen in time as syntactic rules, phonological constraints, or overly complex writing systems.
Have any of you experienced your conlangs this way? I’d love to hear how your older, abandoned, or ongoing projects reflect your own personal history and psychological growth.
TL;DR: After 30+ years of conlanging, I’ve realized our languages are deeply intimate self-portraits. Just like a natlang reflects a culture's collective psyche, our unfinished projects capture specific chapters of our lives through syntax and phonology. Do you see your conlangs as reflections of your own psychological growth?