So I Invented a Language...

The nerdiest video I’m ever making on this channel, probably.
Thanks to my patrons!!

Note: The rules for phonemic stress I lay out in this video are very brief – as some of you may have noticed, I myself do not seem to adhere to them when I say words in Meyhendgar in this very video. Some additional things to note for those of you who care enough to read this:
- the letter “che” also shifts the stress onto the following syllable
- stress moves to the syllable before the verb ending (“-tu” or “-rar”) in verbs in forwards or backwards form
- stress moves to the syllable before the genitive ending for nouns in the primary genitive
- stress moves to the first syllable of the secondary genitive ending
- I did, however, mispronounce “tenepene”, which should have primary stress on the first syllable and secondary stress on the last syllable

Also I know my pronunciation is weird at times, especially of /x/. It isn’t supposed to be a pure velar fricative in Meyhendgar, I believe it’s a little guttural sometimes and it’s definitely labialised, at least before rounded or front vowels. I know what all this stuff sounds like in my head, you get me? Like I conlang first, deal with the science later.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:26 - A History of Meyhendgar
05:32 - Key Features of Meyhendgar
10:21 - Credits

The conlang presented in this video, its constructed script, its history within the world of Dycratus, any further facts about Dycratus, and the script and content of this video are created by myself exclusively, and are therefore my intellectual property and subject to Copyright. The digitalisation of the script and the maps of the fantasy land of Dycratus were created by kvd102 – this is his intellectual property and is also subject to Copyright.

YOU MAY REFER TO THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO IF YOU WISH, AND USE THE SCRIPTURE, AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT TRY TO PASS ANYTHING OFF AS YOUR OWN.

Written and created by me
Art by kvd102
Music by me.

Translations:
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
Le Napolitain - French
Fernit0505 - Spanish

#conlang #linguistics #worldbuilding

[James_]

Nobody will ever understand how happy I am that my favorite linguistics/favorite at all YouTuber has made a conlang

[LV-nbcs]

I (as a Hungarian) love it, when you say "as believable as Hungarian" and then proceed to explain to me, what a Hungarogerman language with it's own alphabet would look like.

[definitelyhuman]

Conlang creators are always those kind of people who have the absolute dedication to look for cure to cancer, and yet they use it to make a new language instead

[fernandoteitelbaum]

FOR SURE i'd like a series explaining a) the world and b) the languages of the world, bota in excrutiating detail

[stheno]

language was cool and all, but what you really got me interested in was that world. It seems so fleshed out, i would love a video on it's history, both political and linguistic

[hlibushok]

They legit made an entire world with long history and complex politics and then glossed over all of that to talk about a cool language they constructed. Love it.

[intangiblematter_misc]

You can't just leave us on a cliffhanger like that! Define le! Even if it takes a whole 5-hour video! I'm too invested! I want more!

[undeadpark]

as a history/worldbuilding nerd, I am suddenly very interested in hearing more about your fictional world lol. It's so cool to see how much thought you've put into the cultural progressions of your countries.

[lananghayomingbumi]

Yes! a Conlang!

edit: is it just me or does the right side of the map look kind of like eurasia?

[zalshaas]

When you mentioned that Meyhendgar is a lingua franca, it immediately reminded me of my country's national language, Bahasa Indonesia, which also used as a lingua franca!

Not many people know but Indonesia has over 700+ local languages, 1.300+ cultures, and 300+ ethnic groups. That's why our founding fathers decided to create a lingua franca, a unified language that can be used across the nation despite all of our differences 🇮🇩 ❤

[p.a.g]

Your pronunciation of the isolated words gives such swedish vibes. Just me hearing that?

[enterchannelname]

This may be the nerdiest thing I have ever watched (and that's saying something), and I'm all for it! Very cool!

[g_]

I love how naturalistic and detailed this is; the “double genitive” is pretty creative! Great work! (For the less experienced among us, might you ever give a tutorial on how to make such a fleshed-out conlang?)

[pomegranate]

K Klein can reinvent the entire universe and i would not be surprised.

[samuelrruiz]

we need a part two, also we need a video of you fully speaking in it

[theqthateducates]

“And then there’s the weird particle le that I don’t even know how to define”

As a Mandarin speaker, I felt that with 了 (Pinyin: le).

Wait a min…

[ken.the.person]

now i’m curios about the modern version

[roo.pzz]

i find it so fascinating how people can literally just make up their own entire language based on their extensive knowledge of existing languages. like genuinely so cool and impressive how much time you probably put into this

[maxiapalucci]

This video makes me so happy! Really fills the gap from the lack of new Biblaridion showcases and from such a great channel! Wonderful!

[pulverizedpeanuts]

"The Editor doesn't get paid enough for this"

"Edited by Also Me"