Best Conlangery Podcasts (2025)

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Human1011 Made a Dragon Language!!! 1:06:22

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I have a chat with linguistics short-form creator Human1011⁩ about his language, itræχnâħyq̇, or Draconic. We compare it to my dragon language, Ndăkaga, and discuss the challenges of making short form conlanging content. Links and Resources: WIP itræχnâħyq̇ grammar WIP itræχnâħyq̇ dictionaryBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Kopikon, Superman, and more with David and Jessie! 1:07:04

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David and Jessie of @LangTimeStudio come on with an update on their conlangy projects. Check out Kopikon II Preorder Jessie’s book, How to Create a Language Superman (2025)By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Subordinate Clauses with William! 55:16

3M ago55:16

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William Annis has come back to the show to talk to us about subordinate clauses! This will be a broad overview of the topic, which we may dive deeper on in future episodes. Links and resources: Lingweenie: https://lingweenie.org/conlang/ Wikipedia on balancing and deranking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balancing_and_deranking Dixon, Robert M. W.,…

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Andrea Weilgart and the Language of Space 1:07:21

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We have a special episode today. Andrea Weilgart, the daughter of W. John Weilgart, the creator of aUi, came on to discuss her father’s language and her work to continue his legacy. aUi website The Ersatz AcademyBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Madeline James on Conlanging for Writing 1:05:40

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I had a nice discussion with author Madeline James about how she has just begun learning conlanging to create naming languages and formulaic spells. Join us as we discuss how she focuses on limited conlangs for the needs of her story and about her journey learning the craft. You can see a continuation of this conversation on Madeline’s channel here…

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ZeWei Discusses Conlang Music and Cursed Pronouns 51:05

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Today, ZeWei joins us to talk about their music and conlanging, as well as the Cursed Conlang Circus and more. ZeWei’s channel.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Conlangery Has a Bouba 58:05

1y ago58:05

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Jake and Miles of Let’s have a Bouba come on to talk about conlanging on YouTube.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Carl Buck on Conlanging for Halo 58:18

1+ y ago58:18

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Carl Buck joins us to discuss his work as co-creator of Sangheili on Halo as well as his own personal conlanging work. Links: Halo (TV series) Omyatloko Logosyllabary for Kala Carl’s BlogBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Jessie Peterson’s Conlang Year 50:27

1+ y ago50:27

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I interview Jessie Peterson of @LangTimeStudio about her Conlang Year project, as well as her other conlanging education and promotion projects. See Conlang Year here: https://www.quothalinguist.com/By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Interview with Artifexian 59:10

1+ y ago59:10

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I talked to Artifexian about his work on Abheski and the new conlanging community on YouTube.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Cursed Conlanging with Agma Schwa 56:36

2y ago56:36

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Today, I interview Agma Schwa about dog languages, cursed conlangs, and creativity. Make sure to check out this year’s Cursed Conlang Circus!By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Talking Movie Conlanging with Paul Frommer 58:10

2y ago58:10

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George talked to Paul Frommer, the creator of Na’vi, about his work creating languages for movies. Resources mentioned: Looking at Languages by Paul Frommer and Edward Finegan An Annotated Dictionary of Na’vi by Stefan G. Müller Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues A Guide to Barsoom by John Flint Roy Possible and Probable Languages by Frederick…

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Can ChatGPT Create a Language? 55:13

2y ago55:13

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George breaks down a paper that discusses ChatGPT’s supposed ability to create languages. It is not impressive. Citations Diamond, Justin. “Genlangs and Zipf’s Law.” ArXiv Computer Science, 2023. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.12191.pdf De Marzo, Giordano, Francesco Sylos Labini, and Luciano Pietronero. “Zipf’s Law for Cosmic Structur…

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Marc Okrand on Klingon and Conlanging 57:57

2y ago57:57

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George interviews Marc Okrand on his work on Klingon and Atlantean and his experiences with both the Klingon speaker community and the greater conlanging community.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Announcement for Tongues and Runes

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I’m announcing a new streaming series: Tongues and Runes. You can find the first stream scheduled here.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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CD Covington’s Guide to Linguistic Worldbuilding 49:13

2y ago49:13

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George talks to CD Covington about her upcoming book about linguistic worldbuilding, funding through Kickstarter. Links: The Kickstarter SFF Linguistics YouTube Channel The Tor Column A post about the KickstarterBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Interview with Biblaridion 57:01

2y ago57:01

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George interviews Biblaridion on conlanging, worldbuilding, and YouTube.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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David and Jessie Talk Kopikon 55:58

2+ y ago55:58

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George has David and Jesse on to talk about Kopikon! Links: Kopikon @LangTimeStudio LangTime Engine Cecil Garvin earns honorary degreeBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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George’s talk at LCC10 33:33

2+ y ago33:33

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Here’s the audio of my talk at LCC10. The video version can be seen here.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Announcements: LCC10 and Kopikon 3:08

2+ y ago3:08

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We have two conlang conferences coming up this year. LCC10 is this weekend, and in September, we’ll have Kopikon!By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Short: Streaming my Lexember 14:19

2+ y ago14:19

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George talks about his experience streaming during Lexember. NOTE: This episode was written and recorded in the middle of the D&D OGL debacle. The way it was resolved changes some calculations slightly, but I’m still a bit perturbed by it. Original ScriptBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Information Structure with Aidan Aannestad 59:10

3y ago59:10

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Aidan Aannestad comes on the show to talk about information structure, which included discussions on topic and focus and how they can be realized in language. Links and Resources Aannestad, Aidan Alexander. “A Typology of Morphological Argument Focus Marking.” University of North Dakota, 2021. Büring, Daniel. “Towards a Typology of Focus Realizatio…

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Announcing Conlangery Lexember Streams! 1:00

3y ago1:00

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George will be streaming word creation for Lexember every Saturday of the month at 1 PM US Central Time! You can check it out here!By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Whistle Registers with Logan Kearsley 1:11:12

3y ago1:11:12

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Today, Logan Kearsley joins us to talk about whistled registers, and to let us know about his whistle synthesizer that can help you make one. Links and Resources: Logan’s whistle synthesizer Meyer, J. 2008. Typology and Acoustic Strategies of Whistled Languages: Phonetic Comparison and Perceptual Cues of Whistled Vowels. Journal of the Internationa…

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Short: Listening Like a Conlanger: Word Avoidance on the Internet 11:30

4y ago11:30

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George discusses word substitutions people use to avoid Internet censorship, and how that could be applied in worldbuilding. Original Script One of the interesting things you find in internet spaces is the presence of content filtering and the attempts to get around them. On the one hand, the people who have control of a given space have impressive…

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Short: Listening Like a Conlanger at Work

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George talks about some interesting terms he encountered in his most recent job, and how you can pay attention to language around you at work for inspiration. Original Script Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m George Corley. Today, I want to continue my occasional “listen like a conlan…

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Short: Infinite Fractal Complexity 14:12

4y ago14:12

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This episode, George gives a short discussion of the idea of language as having infinite fractal complexity, and what this means for conlangers building fictional worlds. Special Mention: Resources on the Line 3 protest: Stop Line 3, Center for Protest Law and Litigation, Sierra Club Fact Sheet, Line 3 Legal Defense Fund Original Script Welcome to …

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Jasper Charlet and Conlang Opera 37:06

4y ago37:06

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George talks to Jasper Charlet and his opera, Heyra, written entirely in the Carite language, which is currently in crowdfunding. Top of Show Greeting: Opaki Aŋkuati Links Heyra on Indiegogo CariteBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Associated Motion 44:07

4+ y ago44:07

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William comes back on the show to tell us all about the category of Associated Motion. Links and Resources: Wikipedia – Andative and Venitive de la Fuente, J. A. A., & Jacques, G. (2017) Associated motion in Manchu in typological perspective. Language and Linguistics. 語言暨語言學, 19(4), 501–524. https://doi.org/10.1075/LALI.00018.ALO Jacques, G., Lahau…

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Interview with Kenan Kigunda 1:03:57

4+ y ago1:03:57

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George takes some time with Kenan Kigunda to talk about his conlang Zevy and how writing gets standardized. Top of show greeting: Fysh A Links and resources: Kenan’s LCC talk Zevy wordbook Zevy grammar notes Transcript coming soon!By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Conlangery Short 36: Another Personal Project Update 10:46

4+ y ago10:46

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George gives a little info about his current conlanging project, a set of naming languages for a story. Original Script (below the fold) Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m George Corley. I thought it was time for another personal conlanging update. I’ve been doing something interesting…

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Conlangery Shorts 35: You Need a Conlang 20:12

4+ y ago20:12

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George wants to talk to writers, filmmakers, and creatives about how conlangs can benefit worldbuilding, and how you can go about getting one made. Links: Language Creation Society Resources Page LCS Jobs Board Original Script In this episode, I want to talk to authors, directors, and other creatives who are creating fictional worlds and cultures w…

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Conlangery Shorts 34: Musings on Etymology 22:34

5y ago22:34

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George uses some research into the etymology of coronavirus to launch into a way to build a story around the etymology of a word. Links and Resources: Coronavirus on Wikipedia Almeida JD, Berry DM, Cunningham CH, Hamre D, Hofstad MS, Mallucci L, McIntosh K, Tyrrell DA (November 1968). “Virology: Coronaviruses”. Nature. 220 (5168): 650. Bibcode:1968…

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Conlangery 147: Naming a disease 1:13:52

5y ago1:13:52

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George and Joey Windsor use the various names of COVID-19 as a jumping off point to talk about naming diseases. Note that this episode was recorded in May, and quite a lot has changed in the intervening time. Top of Show Greeting: Chátsu Special mentions (from top of show note): A list of BLM charities, When We Stay In, Corley English (YouTube, Bil…

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Conlangery 146: LangTime Studio 1:06:16

5+ y ago1:06:16

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George brings on David J Peterson and Jesse Sams to talk about their new livestreaming adventure, LangTime Studio. Top of Show Greeting: Nekāchti Transcript Conlangery146.pdfDownload Conlangery146.txtDownload {00:00:00} {Greeting} {Music} George: Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m Geor…

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Conlangery 144: Conlanging for Dungeons and Dragons 1:13:44

5+ y ago1:13:44

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George brings on two conlanger DMs, Joey Windsor and David J Peterson, to discuss how to incorporate conlanging into Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games. Top of Show Greeting: Boral (by Jack Keynes) Links and Resources: The 5E d20 Standard Reference Document Matt Colville’s YouTube channel The Chain Matt Colville speaking “Gith” D&D B…

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Conlangery Shorts 32: Lexember Themes 20:57

6y ago20:57

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George talks a little bit about how choosing a theme for Lexember can be helpful for your conlanging. Original script Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m George Corley. I went on social media recently to ask what people wanted covered before Lexember and got some great suggestions. The …

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Conlangery Shorts 31: Listen Like a Conlanger — Child Language 18:06

6y ago18:06

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George talks a little about little tidbits of his daughter’s linguistic development, and talks about how listening to child language might help conlangers find inspiration.By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Conlangery 143: Music of Aeniith 48:13

6y ago48:13

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Margaret Ransdell-Green and Eric Barker come on to talk about the music they created for Margaret’s concultures in the world of Aeniith, which they performed at LCC8. Top of Show Greeting: Muipidan Transcript PDFDownload Plain TextDownload {00:00:00} {Greeting} {Music} George: Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast aboutconstructed languages and the pe…

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Conlangery 142: Mike McCubbins on Anasazi (comic) 54:00

6y ago54:00

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We bring Mike McCubbins on to talk about his new Kickstarter project, Anasazi, a comic which uses simple constructed written languages to tell a story in a visual medium. You can find the Kickstarter here! Top of Show Greeting: Salbécyk / SalbekianBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Conlangery 141: The Eighth Language Creation Conference 1:00:00

6y ago1:00:00

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George brings on Christophe and Joey to talk about their experience at the Eighth Language Creation Conference. We also have clips from interviews Joey made at the conference. Top of Show Greeting: Bizhida Links: 8th Language Creation Conference Livestream: Day 1, Day 2By Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Conlangery 140: Word Classes with William Croft 1:11:02

6y ago1:11:02

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George and William invite Prof. William Croft to talk about his theoretical approach to word classes and constructions. Forget a language without adjectives, let’s talk about how your property concepts are predicated! Top of Show Greeting: AvriccilnDownload Links and Resources: Croft, William. in preparation. Morphosyntax: constructions of the worl…

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Conlangery SHORTS 30: Revising a Grammar 11:11

6+ y ago11:11

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George spends some time talking about his recent revisions of his Istatikii grammar, with a focus on organizing writing to serve the needs of the language and the readers. You will find the two drafts of the Istatikii consonant processes below. istatikii-phonproc-draft1Download istatikii-phonproc-draft2Download Script below the fold, see the histor…

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Conlangery 139: Ainu (natlang) 1:17:03

6+ y ago1:17:03

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Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets joins us to talk to us about Ainu, a minority language of northern Japan. Top of Show Greeting: Bwángxùd by alr2569 (Translation Notes) Links and Resources: Japan’s new policy on the Ainu is misleading A Topical Dictionary of Conversational Ainu Bugaeva, A. (2004). Grammar and folklore texts of the Chitose dialect of A…

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Conlangery #138: Jessie Sams and Conlangs in the Classroom 52:39

6+ y ago52:39

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Jessie Sams comes on the show to talk to us about how she uses conlanging in the classroom. We discuss how these courses can be designed, what fields of linguistics they address well, and the results she saw from the course. Jessie also requested the following message be added to the notes: I would also like to thank David J. Peterson, who has visi…

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Conlangery #137: Telicity and Lexical Aspect 46:49

6+ y ago46:49

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George and William come back to talk about telicity and lexical aspect. Listen to us talk about endpoints in events and puzzle over why achievement and accomplishment are supposed to mean different things. Links and Resources: Agbo, M. (2010). Verb classification and Aktionsart in Igbo. California Linguistic Notes, 35(1), 1–21. Aoki, N., & Nakatani…

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Conlangery SHORTS 29: Reflections of a PhD graduate 7:10

6+ y ago7:10

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George reflects on completing his PhD, and talks to those conlangers who might be considering graduate study in linguistics. Script below the fold: Welcometo Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people whocreate them. I’m George Corley, and we’re back! We’re going to have a shortepisode today, just to catch y’all up on what I…

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Conlangery SHORTS #28: Fuzzy Phonetics 19:59

7+ y ago19:59

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George gives a short talk about how phonology affects phonetic transcriptions and why the narrow “phonetic” transcription of your language does not have to be overly specific (especially with vowels!). We should have a regular episode again next month. ORIGINAL SCRIPT: There is a tendency in the conlanging community to hew toward more narrow, stand…

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Conlangery #136: Nymeran with Colm Doyle 57:20

7+ y ago57:20

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Colm Doyle comes on to talk about his Nymeran language, created for the comic series Glow, as well as some of the process and challenges of making a conlang and script for comics. Top of Show Greeting: Vaq’ǫ̀ʔ Nąśą /vàqʼõ̀ʔ nã̀ʃã́/ Glow issue 2 KickstarterBy Podcast – Conlangery Podcast

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Conlangery #135: Using Linguistic Theory for Conlanging 1:13:15

7+ y ago1:13:15

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Joey Windsor and Christophe Grandsire-Koevets join George to discuss what tools we can get from more advanced linguistics theoretical frameworks. What tools do they provide the conlanger, and where do you have to be careful about applying them. Top of Show Greeting: Gidurguyt [ɡɪ-ərdɡuː-jɪt] LCC Presentations: Doug Ball’s Talk Unfortunately, the vi…