Waя tiokф thoя hɔф kuanдiж langжcoфgiя eд siж, waя tuiф kaфkiф sĩɔф, "Waя anдcũaя hɔф waя eд enяkangя iяpenд beф boфliauф?". Tiokд, "boфliauф" cəдleд jiф chutяhenф uanд waя eд thauфnauя uiфliauя waя boф aiя waя eд enяkangя thaiя kiфsutдhuaф kakф tuiф waя eд thĩaдciongф khangфkhɔя bengфpekд. Iдlangж boф giяgienжokф eд pɔдkengя.
Waя caiд waяlangж thoяlunд okфbunж eд siж, waяlangж cĩaж cioя kɔngя kuanдiж langжcoфgiя. Cekдsuя okф giяgienжokф eд hakфsengд maфsiф uф khɔяlengж boж okф langжcoфgiя. Sɔдiя, waя binфtuiф eд thiauдcienф siф anдcuaя iɔngф teж engж eд hongдsekф koiяsoikф langжcoфgiя iяpenд hɔф iяlangж bengфpekд.
Uanд Huatяbengж Giяgienж Eд Sɔяcaiф
Kinф waя tuaф eд sɔяcaiф eд Mingж Chuanж Tuaфokд eд toдsuдkuanя uф cəфlauж eд Ingфbunж chɛkф. Uanд Taiфwanд choiф cĩaж ceф Ingфbunж chɛkф eд toдsuдkuanя siфcaiф khangфkhɔя. Heдsiж waя tiя ciokф Arika Okrent eд cəфpunя chɛkф kioфcoя “In the Land of Invented Languages (Uanд Huatяbengж Giяgienж Eд Sɔяcaiф)”.Cəдpunя chɛkф cĩaж təфpietф, siфcaiф iд siф cĩaж ceф koiяsoikф langжcoфgiя eд chɛkф eд cəфpunя. Uфiяsuф eд pɔфhunф siф Arika lietфchutя 500 kaiф 12 seяkiя kauя 2007 niж eд langжcoфgiя.
Heдsiж waя tiя thakд cəфpunя chɛkф, sɔдiя waя kaiяsiauф hɔф kuanдciongф. Jiфchĩaя, waя eд enяkangя suakф liauя siж, waяlangж thoяlunд kuanдiж langжcoфgiя. Cəдleд boф engж uiфliauя waя iɔngф Ingфbunж thakд kakф iɔngф Tiɔngфbunж koiяsoikф. Waя chaж cĩaж ceф cuanфiɔngф eд jiф, təфpietф siф giяgienжokф eд jiф.
Kuiяnaфkaiж waя kaiяsiauф eд langжcoфgiя siф Klingon, Esperanto, Volapük, Basic English, Loglan, Lojban, Solresol, kakф Blissymbols. Waя boф kaiяsiauф kaдliauя eд langжcoфgiя iяpenд eф inдhuatф iдlangж tuiф cəдpunя chɛkф kakф langжcoфgiя eд hoяkiфsimд.
Luя okф koiф langжcoфgiя boж? Naфsiф uф, tɔдlɔkд cəфkaiж? Naфsiф boж, luя tuiф langжcoфgiя uф haдmikд khũaяhuatф?
Presentation about Conlang
When I was asked to give a presentation about constructed language (conlang), I thought to myself "How can I deliver my presentation so that it won't be boring?". Right, "boring" is the word that appeared in my mind because I did not want my presentation to be too technical and difficult to understand for my audience. They don't have a linguistics background.
I was aware that conlang is not a common topic to talk about whenever we discuss language learning. Even Linguistics students might not learn about conlang in their studies. So, the challenge for me was how I can explain conlangs in a way as easy as possible for complete beginners to understand.
In the Land of Invented Languages
Ming Chuan University library which is located near where I am living has a floor of books in the English language. It is actually quite difficult to find a library in Taiwan that has so many books in English, and I remember that I borrowed a book by Arika Okrent called "In the Land of Invented Languages".
It is a special book, in fact, one of many books that cover almost everything about conlangs. The interesting part of this book is that Arika listed out 500 conlangs that exist from the 12th century until 2007.
I was reading this book by that time, so I presented it to the audience, and after my presentation, we had a discussion about conlangs. It was not easy because I read the book in English and presented it in Chinese. I did a lot of checking for the right terms, especially Linguistics terms.
Some of the conlangs that I presented were Klingon, Esperanto, Volapük, Basic English, Loglan, Lojban, Solresol, and Blissymbols. I did not introduce all of the conlangs from the book to spark their curiosity about the book and about conlangs.
Have you ever learned a conlang? If yes, which one? If not, what do you think about conlangs?
Chamфkhoя
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