Credited As: ConLangers (How to Create a Language)

Paul Frommer (Na'vi language in Avatar), Marc Okrand (Klingon language in Star Trek) and David Peterson (Dothraki language in Game of Thrones) take viewers through the process of what it takes to create an entirely new language for a film.

[michaeltnk]

When I was 8 I started making my own language called Zabric (I don't know, the name just came to me). I left the language alone for a year and then came back to it when I was 10. I have been working on the language ever since. I am now 12 (I know still really young) and have devolped a basic and simple vocabulary and grammar. I still add around 50 words to the language every day and I don't plan on stopping for years.

[mgpattison]

why learn a real like the one i have homework due for i could instead watch this delightufl video :^}

[rubiksself]

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog:
yäy lunü sümye älnü laeth meli laenü li

[mohammadostad]

3:45 "chayi khosh" in Persian means "Good tea" :D

[Shareenear]

That moment when you wanted to create something that sound alien and created a language that sounds like Dutch

[haileyroy]

I'm creating a language that is half of western and half of eastern languages. The idea came up when I tried creating my own world with my own language, then I was about 10 or so. I made some vocabulary at first but then deserted it cuz I didn't know how to work the grammar. Then I started again with 'Narakan'. I try making grammar rules that have never existed and try to remember whenever I have ideas for vocabulary. I usually watch videos in language that I don't know to have ideas. This is a fantastic work to do for a long term.

[CobaltLancer]

I’ve been trying to make a language called “Cybromian” with a friend, which is used modified English alphabets, but different vocabulary. I even tried to make the Splatoon Inkling and Octarian language into a way to make it understandable, which is going good.

[TV-swws]

I always thought, that are all movie languages are just combinations of randoms sounds.

[SelfBiasedCybernaut]

Now that is just some fucking dedication!

[fridaythevirgowitch]

I heard a story where this couple met at a Con and the only shared language they spoke was Klingon

[anyelacuadros]

Wow, this is very nice! I love it.
Koe, ¡Et es ether nana! Khae lanna et. (My conlan for my first book, "Kheish").

[orangejuice]

When I'm older I want to make a series of this story I'm writing right now and I kinda wanna try and make a secret language that was lost years ago but some people still know it and use it and yeah... I think I might try and make a language I don't know if I will.

[AcrimoniousMirth]

They said the first thing to do is create the grammatical system? From what vie learn the first thing to do is to identify the sounds and phonetics your language is built from.

[liminal.lizzie]

When I was ~5 I made a language I called “Lamp Language”. It was really weird and random objects replaced words

[thepsychocyborg]

Àlaak xullaa Thàrodír kàghuum translation: hello I am the dark goddess of destruction.

[thastayapongsak]

every language, like English, french, german, japanese, chinese, was a conlang, because the old guys created it, but have been developed into natlang, by sound change, grammar, evolution of human, trading and environment

[hglundahl]

Mark Okrand - I have bad news for you!

Recent reconstructions of PIE (if not _the_ most recent one by Jouna Pyysala) do resemble Klingon!


Now it is more like pxtehr (x=chi=ach-laut).

Usual writing in reconstructed roots is with H1 for h and H2 where I put the ach-laut, but the reconstructed probable sound values for these are such that "h" is very probable for H1 (non-specific as to position in mouth > does not change vowel qualities, just prolong vowels), and ach-laut is as probable for H2 (specifically back of mouth and low, tends to produce the low and extreme open vowel A).

So, by now your Klingon DOES resemble sth. I have of course made the point that this might argue there is sth wrong about the reconstruction, including idea of reconstructing a proto-language.

[kiwipear]

There is a Conlang Community channel called Conmunity, I recommend you guys check it out! It's really cool, and you can share videos about your language and teach it to people! It has just started up with literally 0 videos but it would be cooool!

[annahunjan]

I created a language called činund which has a really cool alphabet and easy syntax. Where could I share it?

[Ken]

How to Create a Language in 7 minutes or less.