How to Make a Fantasy Language WITHOUT Linguistics

[@thatotherted3555]

This is surprisingly thorough. I wasn't sure what to expect when it says "without linguistics," but you kind of nailed it.

[@Amaiguri]

😍😍😍 Thank you so much!

[@henleeh2987]

This is an interesting take on Conlanging, and your video surely got the job done WITHOUT linguistics😹. So, people cannot and should not be so hard on you. But you did mix the indirect and the direct object around. So, that is a small note to make. But it overall is recovered by the vast number of other topics that you covered. Yes, the IPA may be difficult to learn, but its only purpose is so that collaboration between language enthusiasts, like you and me, can agree upon the sounds and so that other people, with linguistics backgrounds, can read your works and know exactly your desired sounds. The original purpose of the IPA was to make reading phonetics around the world more easily, but I can understand how from an outsider’s point of view, the IPA just created a tightly nit community for which only they understand…

[@Amaiguri]

Yeah, 100%. I'm learning it very slowly and I should def like... learn it. But I do think it's a bit of a barrier-to-entry. It's definitely something that can just be learned later after you understand its purpose more! 🥰🥰🥰 Also, THANK YOU for pointing out the Direct and Indirect Object mix up! AHHHHH! But at least I conveyed they were different XD

[@ryan-levy]

@@Amaiguri I, a conlanger who does use linguistics, do not actually know the IPA. I just look it up every time I do/read a phonology or phonetic/phonemic transcription.

[@the_dragons_rose]

"i...didn't swim...slowly"

[@Orincaby]

amaiguri: "in english we add 's' to pluralize nouns" the word ox: *you sure about that?*

[@Amaiguri]

I was defeated by ox and geese and moose

[@mikemagnus9447]

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[@mikemagnus9447]

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[@BertLeyson]

@@Amaiguri and don't forget mouse

[@Amaiguri]

WOW! Thanks so much for hanging out -- as always! If you have any questions or correction, please hit me up. I will do my best to answer!

[@tankerguy05]

Thanks for this. I've been trying to make a conlang for a few months, going through cycles of starting, putting in hours of work then restarting. Because I wasn't getting anywhere doing that I decided to take a break, a break which ended a few days ago. This time, I decided I wouldn't worry about focusing on any fancy linguistic terms, but since that was the only way most people explain conlanging, I haven't gotten very far yet. But, all the advice in this video is exactly what I've been looking for for my whole conlanging journey.

[@deithlan]

This is such a nice little video 😍 Super helpful for beginners! Thank you! I love seeing so many conlanging channels popping up lately, it’s so heartwarming to see our community of language nerds get bigger and bigger each day 😹

[@Amaiguri]

Yessss! I've been bugging all my friends to get into Conlanging for like 2 years. They all stare at me like I'm a little crazy 😂😂😂

[@_perza]

I’m am sort of luckier, as my second language is Esperanto so I understand conlangs and stuff but still I think this has the potential to help many people. Great job.

[@liamannegarner8083]

Ooh, fun challenge! 17:30 My biggest language, spoken by anthropomorphic cats. Most of their communication is body language, which influenced a lot of this. (Also, no B or P sounds. They have split lips. They can't make those.) Yo a ya lizmin. Ilum mlyo Lilakh ka. ("I acknowledge you with my whiskers. Name of-me Lilac is." The standard greeting is a wordless flick of the ears or whiskers. It's assumed that you would only say that in words if they can't see you.) Cjajd luroag ka. ("Life desirable is." The word for "good" or "desirable" also means "precise" or "well-understood," which should give you a picture.) Laiya i alud, shuzu shajreg. Lhadi shuzu. ("That thing that you can't see me pointing to, the one which is black [they're colorblind], extremely evil. Eviler than anything." The word for "That" is only used if you can't see someone pointing to it. Again, the language assumes that all communication is nonverbal unless it's too specific.) Te mhrima, shum tsijdo ya. ("From the morning, you'll go away from me and go into the capitol." Most prepositions encode direction of motion relative to the subject and whether the person is moving into, out of, up or down to something.) Slu yoya amma. ("It should be so, we should fight together.") De skol, samhaj ya yon? ("Bump: know you to me?") (Pronunciation guide in American accent: A as in Hot, E as Head, I as in Hit, O as in Spanish, U is a schwa (the A in "about"). J palatalizes letters, so "Aj" as in "Hay," "Ij" as in "High," "Oj" as in Boy," "Nj" as in "Canyon," "C" like a ç (or the H in British "Hue"). Lh is as in Láadan, Mh is like a "v" pronounced with both lips instead of your teeth.)

[@Amaiguri]

OMG CAT LANGUAGE 😻😻😻 I love this! Thank you so much for sharing, this is so cool!

[@kaydubsthekoifish]

This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you!

[@Amaiguri]

Awww, well, I'm glad to help. Happy conlanging!

[@milk_drinker]

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[@Amaiguri]

OMG You're waaaay too nice 😳😳😳 But thank you! I hope you enjoy the charcuterie board of fantasy-adjacent content! 🥰

[@freakpandor]

I speak portuguese we have 3 verbal moods, the Indicative Mood has 7 tenses, (Present, Simple Past, Imperfect Past, Perfect Past, More-Than-Perfect Past, Future of the Past, and Future of the Present. The Subjunctive Mood, it has 3 tenses (Present Imperfect Past and Future) and the Imperative Mood ,it has only Present but it has Positive Imperative and Negative Imperative. So yeah, languages...

[@freakpandor]

Also, about the tenses of the Indicative, the more interesting ones, in my opinion, I could explain them with the verb "to happen" on English. Present: it is happening (on this very moment) Perfect Past: It happened Imperfect Past: It was happening when... More-Than-Perfect Past: At that moment in the past we are currently talking about, it already happened Future of the Present: It will happen Future of the Past: It would happen if...

[@Amaiguri]

I love the phrase "It would happen if"

[@vvitch-mist20]

This video is going to be entirely useful, not only because I can build about two languages at once, I can then take those two and make a super secret third one lol. It's gonna take a while lol

[@Amaiguri]

That's so cool and exciting! Secret language, woot woot! I def recommend starting small, if you're just starting out. If you're anything like me, that helps keep the motivation up by making you feel like you "finished" 🥰🥰🥰 Just keep at it! 💜💜💜

[@vvitch-mist20]

@@Amaiguri Lol thanks. The story it's gonna be in is one of my biggest works yet. I plan on using what they already said as guides, and I already have a word in place for one of them so I'm gonna build on that.

[@azaanmohamed5071]

Loved the video, and I know I'm late, but I'm pretty sure there's a slight mix up around 06:54 In the sentence, "I give you my lunch", it's the lunch that's the direct object, not 'you'. The lunch is being given, 'you' is the indirect object since the lunch is being given TO you.

[@Amaiguri]

Thank you for pointing this out! I have, on my list of things to do, making a Short explaining the ACTUAL difference between direct and indirect objects

[@azaanmohamed5071]

@@Amaiguri No prob. Loved the vid overall and looking forward to seeing what else there is to see from your list of things to do

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

There are a few minor inaccuracies here. One that stood out to me is that you mixed up direct and indirect object. One way to test is to put the sentence in passive voice. The patient, the thing acted on, the thing that becomes the subject in passive voice, is the direct object. "I was given" doesn't mean anything by itself. "The book was given (to me)" does. The direct object of the verb _to give_ is a gift, not its recipient.

[@Amaiguri]

Yes, thank you so much for pointing this out! This is the sort of thing I'm still learning but I appreciate you taking the time to comment!

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

@@Amaiguri I appreciate your being so open to constructive criticism

[@metsfan1873]

There are many more word order possibilities. Biblical Hebrew is primarily VSO, which you do not list. "Eats the dog food." Or, if you prefer, "Said G-d to Moses...." Languages can also be partly free-order. You could make the case that Biblical Hebrew is V (SO) with S/O reversable (the object can be marked, so really the object can go anyplace. but it mostly doesn't). Or you could just say "mostly VSO" because the truth is: Most languages with a set word order really only MOSTLY use it. In English poetry, you can mess with it all kinds of ways. Also: "doobly-doo" - - - nice callout to Edgar!!

[@Amaiguri]

True! I appreciate you noting that -- it's definitely more rare, according to wikipedia. ALSO, fun fact: I believe John Green of Vlogbrothers fame was the pioneer of "Doobly-Doo"!

[@Igreatlyadmirecats]

I wanted to do sample sentences for a language I've already made, Ofil, silog yki Folyit. (Hello, my name is the Folyit) Poboz yki federsi folyd. (It is the life good) Pobozloz yki fadersi folyd. (It is currently the life good) Pobi si ro yki lo gaka dolyf. Pobi yki hilod. (It was that red the thing greatly bad. It was the death) Yki okaltilzizok zhol, lafenlok yki dily dezol. (The morning in, you will go/leave the city to) Kotoagy lotoyl yki fi zhep. (I need to fight the you with) Liodagy lotoyl yki fi zhep. (I want to fight the you with) Fholif zokola, pof hipiigy yki fi? (You listen now, am I I know the you)

[@weirdbuttruehmm-t6v]

wow I see this exactly 2 years later you got a new subscriber

[@Amaiguri]

Is it that time of year again? Haha! Thank you! We're still making a video once a month! 💜💜💜

[@Thereaperofcrows]

This is a really interesting video! I've been slowly learning conlang and I'm kinda getting a better grasp on understanding the development process. I'm one of those kinds of learners that needs to repeat info, so sometimes I need a way to simplify things. A couple years ago, I wanted to do what some writers do, which is just make up only a few phrases and sounds to showcase another language. But after a while, I kinda realized how lazy that sounded. Plus, I love worldbuilding and getting invested in fantasy worlds! Toylang seems pretty easy for people like me to get started! Thank you for making this! I'm super ambitious, so I'll try my best to take your advise to heart (the same goes for other conlangers of course, but you get it)

[@Amaiguri]

It's super exciting to hear you've got the foothold to get started! If you have any questions or anything, feel free to come back and ask anyone here for help 🥰

[@Andrewtr6]

I'm writing an otherworld fantasy story that starts on Earth back during the time of the Proto Indo-Europeans (or at least people they are direct descendants of them). These people end up becoming the dominate inhabitants of another realm which was created by a goddess they worshiped. Because of this, the culture including the religion and language are part of the PIE family. The language will be mostly based on what we've reconstructed of Proto Indo-European but with some consonant and vowel shifts. My biggest concern is it some words will be too similar to other PIE languages such as German, Dutch, or English. Since this language was isolated for so long it should be distinct but still clearly derived from PIE. An example is, the word for two would come from the PIE "dwoh" which is where we get the English "two", Spanish "dos", the Latin "dou", and the Dutch "twee". Depending on the consonant and vowel shift, I could end up with "dwee", "dwai", "tuo", etc. I'm not really sure what would feel more natural and if I avoid words being too similar to real PIE languages, it might feel even more artificial. Of course, PIE is missing words for certain things. I would solve this by creating new words from the reconstructed words. I also have to consider that this language will mainly be used for my magic system so it should sound magical.

[@Amaiguri]

That's a very cool objective for a language. It sounds difficult though! Good luck!

[@justClaya]

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL!!! I was reconstructing my world’s language because I realized that all I had was an alphabet I hated the look of and now I have all the grammar and everything! Thanks so much!!!

[@racquinox]

I've watched so many videos trying to get the momentum going on my conlang, and this by far has been the most helpful! Thank you for making this

[@Amaiguri]

I'm so glad! Ahhhhh! Conlanging is tough -- it has a pretty high barrier to entry in practice and beginners are either overwhelmed from having to learn linguistics or having to reinvent linguistics (if they're trying to actually start from scratch with no help, like I did when I was like 11 XD) So, there's no shame in getting stuck. If you just keep figuring out SPECIFIC questions, then you can find the answers and take the next steps! Everyone can take one step at a time. So keep going! I believe in you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@The_Fanfic_Guy]

This is very useful and has inspired me to develop the 7 languages for one of my original high-fantasy works. Something I've put together based on a few sayings I've constructed a few years ago are below, which are going to be said as is. *Rampani:* [ Ae'ma tz'an u'ta Vou'i ] *Pronunciation:* "ay-yeh-mah[] tsan[] oo-tah voh-ee" (Key: []= pause) *Literal:* "me think you i like" *Saying:* "I think I like you" **Rampani:* [ Ae'ma tz'an u'ta Vei'i ] *Pronunciation:* "ayemah[] tsan[] oo-tah vey-ee" *Literal:* "me think you i like" *Saying:* "I think I like you" An example of the opposite to "to like/to love" (Vou/Vei) would be [ *Dama Vei'ta* ] which is shorter, but basically means "I don't love it". ""Dama" meaning similar to "don't". I know the literal translation is likely ignoring one part of the video, but I like how the words flow in Rampani.

[@Amaiguri]

😍😍😍 I love this! That's so exciting! And don't stress about following the video exactly -- it's a jumping off point, not a law system!

[@The_Fanfic_Guy]

@@Amaiguri Thanks! 😄 I hope to evolve this language into a language that is much bigger and diverse with a level of uniqueness to it. 😁😁

[@ThePawsketeer]

This kinda helped me, most of the other videos always talk about things my 13 yo brain can’t comprehend and this kinda made it simpler. I even made my own stuff for some of it. Articles: -Ah=a -en=an -das=the Pronouns: -du/dus=you/your -De/dir=he/him -si/sir=she/her -I/min=I/me/my -Zu/zet=they/them -is/is’=it/its

[@Amaiguri]

Eyo I'm glad it was able to help you! I was about your age when I first tried making a language badly. But over time, I got better! With time, you will to

[@ThePawsketeer]

@@Amaiguri yeah, this is like the first time I’ve made a real conlang instead of using existing languages and renaming them or broken English with a funny accent. I do hope I can be as good as you in making conlangs someday but for now, I’ll just have this to work on.

[@rosalindmccollum6012]

This is so useful. I've been planning on making a webcomic in a conlang, and then doing a translation of it, with Translator Notes and everything for funsies and have been struggling to make one.

[@Amaiguri]

Conlangs are so hard! I struggled for so long trying to understand all the linguistics (and still don't really!) It's much nicer to just get started somehow and then learn the technical aspects later!

[@rosalindmccollum6012]

@@Amaiguri For sure. I tend to give up at the 'Make up words' part of the language, but this has made it infinintley easier to actually do it.

[@GreatlyHaider]

Im writing a book, sooo uh...THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO ILYSMMM❤❤❤

[@Amaiguri]

You're welcome! If your book has conlang elements, I'm already so excited. Pls @ me in the comments here or DM me somewhere if you ever have questions! Also, I'm always looking for new writing buddies so if you wanna like... trade chapters or something, hmu 😍

[@diamdante]

great guide. I appreciated that you didn't get too down in the weeds about all the micro details that make up an actual real-world language. sometimes you just wanna make a simple toylang and use it sparingly in your work if I were to be annoying about something I would say that a "postfix" is actually called a "suffix", but to be honest I think "postfix" is a more descriptive word so I appreciate it nonetheless (Y) if I may shill for the IPA a little bit, although I'm biased because I have a background in real-world linguistics, I like using it for conlanging as all the symbols that are latin alphabets are very close to what you would expect in the vast majority of real-world languages. then you only really need to learn five more really useful symbols in ŋ, ʃ, ə, ɛ, and ɔ, and this is pretty much enough to make a conlang, even a more elaborate one

[@Amaiguri]

Thank you so much for your feedback and kind words!

[@pikapuffin368]

Short and concise intro to something that I have spent so much time on by this point it’s probably funny. Currently doing my first evolved conlang for Goblins, it’s a wild time. Also, my roommates and I prefer ‘pikachus’ but the unmarked is fine as well. Or maybe ‘pikachee’ as they stare at you asking for breakfast…

[@Amaiguri]

Goblins 🥰 Good luck with your next conlang! And glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@SirAU]

I kinda understand this video and I'm into linguistics.

[@Amaiguri]

It sounds like you're a pretty smart cookie! 🥰

[@SirAU]

@@Amaiguri It was quite entertaining to see how conlanging sounds in non-linguistic terms. Overall, nice video!

[@lame8190]

I've Never Made My Own Language, And I Never Will Or Want To, But I Just Had To Watch This At 1:30 In The Morning. Also, hesitation noises (uhm, like) could be cool to look at

[@Amaiguri]

Appreciate the feedback! Ty ty! Glad to spark your interest also 🥰

[@rileydied]

As a conlanger, i agree with 99% of everythign

[@Amaiguri]

I'm glad you don't agree with everything 🥰

[@FrugWasHere]

THANK YOU! This video is the best Conlang tutorial video out there! Every other one is pretty hard to understand lol. This helps out a lot, thanks!

[@Amaiguri]

I'm so glad! Honestly, as you do this more and start realizing the possibilities of languages, you'll eventually be able to understand those other ones, I'm sure!

[@Sanitised]

One thing I love about my conlang is Na and Nu. Na, is good. Najejo (sun/day), Naje (world), Narei (help), Good/Okay (Napolo), you know. Nu is just their na counterparts but nu instead. Yeah. Thank you.

[@Amaiguri]

OOOOH 😍😍😍

[@ryan-levy]

Good video! If there's one criticism I must make it's that, although ergativity was brought up, it was not explained in full. I, personally, would explain the concept by first explaining morphosyntactic alignment and nominative-accusative. I'll provide an explanation as an example of how it could be explained in simpler terms. When it comes to morphosyntactic alignment, you have 3 parts of a sentence different from word order: - The agent, the subject of a transitive verb. A transitive verb has a subject and object. ("he walked the dog", where the agent is "he") - The object/patient, the indirect or direct subject of a transitive verb. ("the dog") - The sole, the subject of an intransitive verb. An intransitive verb only has a subject ("he walked", where the sole is "he") In nominative-accusative alignment, the agent and sole are marked as *nominative* while the object is marked as *accusative* In ergative-absolutive alignment, the agent and object are marked as *ergative* while the sole is marked as *absolutive* Like with grammatical gender, case-marking can mean any number of things, from particles to affixes, stem vowel changes, etc. There's also the concept of split ergativity, which I think has a lot of potential in conlanging. The idea is that you can have different alignments in the same language for any number of reasons. For instance, in informal speak, you could use nominative-accusative, and in formal speak, you could use ergative-absolutive. Either way, that is all I had to offer that other people hadn't brought up! I'm by no means good at conlanging but as someone with an obsession with ergativity, I felt I must comment on this. Thanks for the video.

[@cephalosjr.1835]

Split ergativity is grammatically conditioned, not conditioned on register. The other thing to note is that most languages which have ergative alignment exhibit nominative-accusative alignment in many or most patterns and also in syntax. Full morphological ergativity and syntactic ergativity are rare. In general, I would expect the formal and informal registers in a situation such as you describe to be different languages entirely, and their main speakers to probably be different ethnic and cultural groups from each other. (I could, however, see the extent of ergativity in a split-ergative language varying based on register and formality.)

[@zelokorLocalGodOfChaosAndBread]

this video is really great it also taught me that no I'm not missing anything about writing a language, it's just that it's very annoying to write one and I need to just power through it, though I think I'll save this video for later just as a reference anyways

[@Amaiguri]

Omg I'm glad it could be so helpful! Basically the only thing you're missing from this video is the words to describe what you're doing aka the entire field of linguistics 🤣🤣🤣 But just like art can be improved by learning the names of all your muscles, you don't REALLY need that if you just... look at people and draw them. Good luck on your language journey! You got this!

[@sundownermgr]

Glad i found this, trying to make a Cybertronian Language that isnt actually speakable by human mouths, but could be attempted (and failed), yippie 😊

[@Amaiguri]

Honestly, if you have a way to encode the information, you can make it happen. Good luck!

[@jordonus8018]

Thank you for your hard work pallio I'll be using this for help

[@Amaiguri]

I'm glad it could be helpful to you! 🥰

[@alargepileofash]

6:38 wouldn’t direct and indirect object be the other way around? the sentence “i give you my lunch” can be rephrased as “i give my lunch to you” so the direct object here would be the lunch, not you. i think the sentence “i sing you a song” makes it make more sense, in this sentence the song is the thing being sung, making it the direct object, and then the indirect object is the recipient of the verb phrase.

[@Amaiguri]

Yep yep, they definitely should be lol. I'm gonna have to pin a comment about this XD But thank you for clearing it up!

[@alargepileofash]

@@Amaigurino worries! the only reason i noticed is because i got so many migraines over indirect object pronouns when i was learning italian haha

[@no_one4586]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! Ive been meaning to creat my own language for a couple of years now, but could never get down to it since as an absolute bigginer, with very little understanding of how actual languages and their structures are created (even though I'm fluent in 2 languages and understand 2 others on a basic level XD) i find most conlang videos a bit too much. This gave me a new found hope that i might actually succeedXD!

[@Amaiguri]

I'm so glad you found this helpful! When you're teaching yourself (which, Conlangers always are) it's so much easier if you have a smaller scope and an imperfect product as a starting point. When your first conlang is done, feel free to discuss it here or ask for further advice or whatever!

[@ryrieee]

this is so much better than most conlanging tutorials

[@Amaiguri]

When I was first starting out, it was SO DIFFICULT to figure anything out! So I definitely wanted to make something more friendly for the average person just starting out -- and then it's easier to get into the more advanced tutorials later. I'm glad this was helpful for you!

[@qondonyon]

5:41 WHAT THE DOG DOING

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Color conlang(syllabary) Red Warm:a pa ta ka ha Cool:wa ma sa na ya Orange Warm:e pe te ke he Cool:we me se ne ye Green Warm:i pi ti ki hi Cool:wi mi si ni yi Blue Warm:o po to ko ho Cool:wo mo so no yo Purple Warm:u pu tu ku hu Cool:wu mu su nu yu Black long p t k n Lighter:null,p Darker:h,k Voicing:tone

[@Amaiguri]

😍😍😍

[@Dusticulous]

How is this the best video on making a conlang with only 15k views?

[@Amaiguri]

😍😍😍 Thank you so much! I'm so honored. I I definitely got a couple of things wrong so check out the comments so you've got some guidance there. Otherwise, happy conlanging!

[@Caffeinepirate-oc2hc]

Tried making video on "How to make conlangs without linguistics", actually made a video "teaching you linguistics, while making your conlang" /lh nice video

[@Amaiguri]

Most people learn best when you don't tell them they have to learn things. It's like getting children to eat bitter veggies -- you act like it's not a big deal and they'll just eat it without question

[@Amaiguri]

Right?! For me, it's like how beginner artists should leadn anatomy -- but you CAN DRAW cool characters without it. They might not look as good or be harder to do but like... you can do it. I see the IPA the same way!

[@Caffeinepirate-oc2hc]

(Just to make this clear. This is my opinion on a same topic yall are talking about. Just wanted to put in mine contribution as well) As a person, who sees different forms of creative/art/crafts as forms of communication, IPA is really more like something that's supposed to help you get your 'message' across. Sure you can type out "Sound that's like standard German rhotic sound but also kinda like the Scottish English "ch" in Loch." or you can say "uvular fricative" or [χ]. It's like creating a calendar but lacking knowledge on how rotations of planets around star may not align with day-night cycles (i. e. creating leap year and other shenanigans) and as such creating calendar, which in 'professionals' eyes may look basic or unrealistic. However in grand scheme of things there's nothing wrong with it. It's just very specific part of word-building. I don't really want to compare conlanging with other non-word-building forms of 'communication', since in my opinion they work very differently (for example: drawing being visual communication and conlanging being part of word-building, which i guess would be setting/fictional universe communication(?)), so I hope this got my point across. Basically these things are supposed to help you relay a 'message' but they aren't necessary part to the process and you shouldn't just be pressured into learning them.

[@shi_no_kurai_kage]

My elves has you to thank when I update their language

[@Amaiguri]

I'm so glad! Haha! I'm very excited for your elves

[@lrgogo1517]

A Kaybop reference?? In my beginners' tutorial? It's more likely than you think

[@Amaiguri]

OMG Someone else knows what's up 👀

[@vardar_editzz]

blud literally explained my goals

[@Amaiguri]

Uh, I hope this means I helped! 🥰🥰🥰

[@kori228]

6:45 you flipped the Direct and Indirect Objects the direct object is the object being acted upon, whereas the indirect object is the recipient of the direct object "I give you my lunch" my lunch -> direct object you -> indirect object 8:15 "posftix" I've never heard that used, I think the usual term is "suffix" 19:58 iirc what defines an abugida is that the system marks consonants, but each glyph has an inherent vowel, and other vowels are marked either through additional markings, or by modifying the consonant glyph. 20:33 most Chinese characters aren't pictographic, they're phono-semantic-made of a sound-glyph combined with a meaning-glyph. Usually not pictographic. Some pictographic characters do exist, but they're like 4% or something. if you went full pictographic, it would become horrendously complicated, as demonstrated by the game Heaven's Vault

[@Amaiguri]

Yepppppp 😅😅😅

[@depresso_espressooo]

I'm sick, I took a day off from school, I learn how to make conlang

[@Amaiguri]

Lololol please feel better soon!

[@szymecki3617]

Thanks sis

[@Amaiguri]

Welcome 😊

[@zerareota1560]

I’m being insane and just doing a written language right now, cuz I like text. I’m probably just gonna a sign sounds that work well with the pre-made words

[@Amaiguri]

Honestly, from a reader perspective, the average person will be fooled and think that's cool

[@madokanever6386]

Here’s a sentence can I have water “yâ våhkjæ låįyn sétä

[@Amaiguri]

Woot woot! Sentencessss

[@zarkthemuffin]

Aaaaaaaa this was a good video but I’ve been struggling with figuring out cvc type stuff. In a syllabary how would you mark something as a consonant or vowel

[@Amaiguri]

Good question! But a syllabary is a WRITING STYLE, not a phonosyntactic rule. It is the difference between saying "Hiragana, one of the writing systems of Japan, is a syllabary" versus "Japanese uses CVCVCV structure" (which I don't know if that's quite right, but it is ballpark correct to explain the difference). So, in Japanese the vowel sounds A I U E O are vowels while the consonant that modifies them (The K in Ka-Ki-Ku-Ke-Ko or the N in Na-Ni-Nu-Ne-No) is the consonant. So what I'm saying is the syllable sound な has BOTH the consonant N and the vowel A. Even though it is one character, it is not onr phonological sound -- thus な is neither vowel nor consonant aka. Neither C nor V. It is CV -- where the C is N and the V is A. I hope this helped and wasn't too confusing!

[@EunjiArt]

This is gonna look weird but imagine do (cv) meaning c & v are optional also meaning I can make any order of words and I'll change it over time

[@Amaiguri]

I think I understand your comment and the answer is yes, possibly. For example: You can do like CV(CV) which means you MUST have a consonant and a vowel but then the second consonant is optional. If you made the language, at its root, (CV), I think that just means all sounds are optional. You could have words with no consonants or vowels which... I mean... 🤷🏻‍♀️ (Valid!)

[@Horo8448]

This is so awesome! However as a Polish speaker I sometimes think I could just use our grammar and it would sound CRAZY-fantasy like 😹💚 this video is a huge help tho, really needed it 💚💚💚

[@Amaiguri]

This is a valid strategy. One of my Jewish friends just uses cursive Hebrew as her fantasy alphabet 🤣🤣🤣 I've never checked out Polish grammar myself so consider me intrigued for whenever I do language-building next 👀👀👀

[@Horo8448]

@@Amaiguri hahaha that's absolutely brilliant! My english speaking boyfriend is trying to learn the basics so he can speak to my mom easily but uhhh.... It's not easy at all! :D I can't wait to see what you come up with 💚

[@Amaiguri]

Wait, okay, so I'm actually high-key working on a conlang for a friend right now and that might be a really cool thing to include. Cuz, right now, the language is very much "JUST REAL LIFE GERMAN" and obviously, in a fantasy setting, that's not the vibe we want. I started on changing the words but I don't think it's there yet... So mixing in Polish specifically I think would make it feel more different than German-Fantasy Version ... I will look 👀👀👀

[@Horo8448]

@@Amaiguri OKAY BUT WHY AM I SO EXCITED NOW 👀 hahahah good luck 😻💚 (This video is what got me back to writing today after about 3+ years of not doing anything in this field 💚)

[@Amaiguri]

NO WAY, FOR REAL? OMG! 😍😍😍 I'm so excited for you! Don't burn yourself out i.e. Don't treat it like a job, don't hold yourself to unrealistically high standards, etc. Also also, if you're just getting back into it, you're going to want to stick around cuz TOMORROW, I have a video coming out about how I taught myself to write. So, it'll be a great refresher of all the things! :DDDD

[@finnkay2832]

thank you!!

[@Amaiguri]

You're welcome!

[@llumimoon6184]

I can't wait!

[@Amaiguri]

Ahhhhh! Thank you! 🥺🥺🥺 Also, you're the first person who's ever commented BEFORE one of my videos before it went live so thank youuuuuuu

[@llumimoon6184]

@@Amaiguri ^^ dankon!

[@nyelvbabycakes]

OMG UR EXTREMELY UNDERRATED im subbing

[@Amaiguri]

Thank you so muchhhhh! Ahhhhhh! 😭😭😭

[@julianocg]

If you want to get into conlangs, study some linguistics. And IPA is a basic thng to learn.

[@Amaiguri]

Alright, buddy, this is the second comment of yours I've gotten and I don''t particularly cared for your tone. Consider this your formal warning. Apparently you missed it so I'll spell it out for you: The point of this video -- and many of my other ones -- is that it's valid to do things and be subpar at them, if you are having fun. In fact, this is my creative creed in general. If you disagree with this concept -- if you believe people are only allowed to create if they want to get good -- you are legitimately unwelcome on my channel.

[@julianocg]

@@Amaiguri, In fact this comment came first. But, ok, you don't have to block me or any think. See ya!

[@Amaiguri]

See ya!

[@sofanna-gedmana]

omw to create the most painfully spoken language (its inspired by indo european, west germanic and kartvelian languages)

[@Amaiguri]

Are you aware of the Cursed Conlang Circus? If not, you should search for it on KZbin -- you would love it

[@sofanna-gedmana]

@@Amaiguri thx for the recommendation! ill check it out

[@hasbi1832]

5:04 kay(f)bop(t) reference?

[@Amaiguri]

Not to CLOUT DROP or anything, but I met kay(f)bop(t) man once, offered to collab with him, and then promptly got sick 😭😭😭 I love his work so much tho

[@soweli3033]

it seems it is harder to create a language than just learning an already existing one, in case you only want it to just write in code. i was very upset with trying to create a language which nobody can understand (kind of like the voynich manuscript) so i can write my deepest secrets in it, but it is hard guys, i failed miserably lmao

[@Amaiguri]

It took me years, on and off, and many failures before I finally got good enough to even make something with which I was mildly satisfied... So don't give up!

[@sodinc]

Your assumption about all your viewers being native english speakers is false! Nice video, btw

[@Amaiguri]

Eyoooo I have reached the OTHER SIDE of KZbin! Hell yeah! Also thanks for watching! Appreciate you!

[@widojay2048]

Was the intro a reference to let’s game it out?

[@Amaiguri]

I've never heard of them... I'll have to check them out 👀

[@widojay2048]

@@AmaiguriI think it’s the one where he plays KZbinr’s life.

[@aronmarkovits5396]

English speakers watching the video: Meanwhile me who is hungarian and therefore is slow to learn any language:

[@Amaiguri]

Okay but I am also so slow 😭😭😭

[@aronmarkovits5396]

@@Amaiguri, but your language at least basically resembles anything other than itself

[@Amaiguri]

I think that's a compliment. So thank you

[@aronmarkovits5396]

@@Amaiguri It actually is, just my broken English ruining my answers again

[@Amaiguri]

Your English is actually very good! Don't worry. It's better than my Hungarian 🤣🤣🤣

[@gayperson1236]

Wiat I have a question when you said pick your own word like do you mean to make up words that would be used to represent things in the language your trying to make ?

[@gayperson1236]

*wait*

[@Amaiguri]

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. If you could timestamp the video or rephrase your question, I'll try to answer!

[@gayperson1236]

@@Amaiguri oh no it’s fine now I just needed to re watch the video 😭 sorry for bothering you

[@underthedice1231]

The grammatical gender system, if present, often includes the number system. Something to keep in mind.

[@Amaiguri]

That's not something I knew! Good to know!

[@underthedice1231]

@Amaiguri Most romances and Saxon languages are like that actually. English is just the wierd kid with no grammatical gender system to concretely speak off.

[@legofanguyvid]

I still feel like I'm just not getting things, like I need a conlanging guide for complete brainlets, especially since I start with a script and have an idea for what something should sound like but no real way to write it out or generate words for things as succinctly as you have.

[@Amaiguri]

It sounds like one of your hang ups may that you're not throwing enough spaghetti at the wall. Have you tried randomly generating all your words, and maybe tweaking them later? This can really kickstart your process -- especially if you're going off my list But don't get discouraged--it took me literally years of trying to penetrate conlanging before I was satisfied with what I was doing at all

[@llumimoon6184]

I'm here!

[@Amaiguri]

Welcome to here! 🥰🥰🥰

[@llumimoon6184]

@@Amaiguri ^^

[@Nuezi672]

What about auxlangs?

[@Amaiguri]

Mate, the title of this video is "how to make a fantasy language"... why do you think it's gonna include IRL auxlangs? 🤣🤣🤣

[@LaTortuePGM]

>"WITHOUT Linguistics" >proceeds to use linguistics lmao (/pos tho bcs i really don't see how you could decently conlang without linguistics so the title made me worry of the quality of the video quite a bit lol)

[@Amaiguri]

I have smuggled linguistics in front of the non-linguists... heh heh... 😈

[@jan_Masewin]

Be aware that your imagination is fundamentally limited by the things you’ve already encountered, and creating genuinely new ideas is slooow. If you’ve done little research, you’re guaranteed to make what is unmistakeably an English-speaker’s idea of what a language is. Other European languages like French, Spanish or German are …not actually that different and will give you limited perspective. Go too far and you end up never finishing anything and endlessly going down rabbit-holes in an attempt to replicate the richness of living culture 😅 There are good purposes for any creation along that scale. Don’t let anyone tell you your creation is worthless because it’s not fecking Vötgil

[@Amaiguri]

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[@OfficialAgathaSS]

Me and my female best friend Amanthi want to make a conlang so we can cheat on exams without the teachers knowing what we say

[@Amaiguri]

That's valid XD But learning things is important so don't cheat on your exams too much. Good luck! Study hard! 🧑‍🏫🧑‍🏫🧑‍🏫

[@akale2620]

Such a bait thumbnail, video had nothing to do with cognac.

[@Amaiguri]

You're either trolling or you need to read the thumbnail again 🤔

[@VictorSirna-s3i]

With chat gpt this was easy

[@Amaiguri]

Sure. Some of us like making things, learning things, and being creative. Some of us use ChatGPT to do all that for us.

[@VictorSirna-s3i]

Literally me

[@Amaiguri]

Ok lol

[@lrgogo1517]

What? Hold on. That example of indirect objects can't be right. "my lunch" is the direct object, not indirect, it's the thing that the subject is giving. There's a _reason_ "I give you" stops making sense on its own!

[@Amaiguri]

That's correct -- I mixed them up 😅😅😅 This is why I shouldn't be allowed to teach linguistics 🤣

[@MatthewMcVeagh]

I appreciate what you're trying to do here, but you get some things completely wrong and so end up misinforming, although I guess most people learning from this vid aren't going to go too far wrong in a way that can't be easily corrected later. The most egregious example for me is ergativity - it's nothing like what you described it as. It really seems like you've just come across the word in some particular context and misunderstood it in terms of that context. This is the problem with imagining you can create realistic languages without absorbing the understanding generated by the scientific study of language. I try to imagine what the equivalent would be with natural sciences and it would be like trying to invent substances and materials with no knowledge of chemistry, or new organisms with no knowledge of biology. Nobody would take it seriously or even really attempt it. I understand there is an issue with absorbing reams of technical concepts and the terminology that goes with them, especially when it's not the real focus of interest and people want to get to the creative part. I can think of a way the patterns of natural and constructed languages could be explained without these things. It would involve creating English sentences to demonstrate grammar points without naming them or going into theory or abstraction, or sounding out particular sounds with descriptions of where to put your tongue etc.

[@Amaiguri]

I appreciate your perspective on this! Thanks so much for taking the time to point out errors! I'm always looking to learn more about my craft but I'm also not always going to get it perfect. I can tell you know a lot about linguistics so I'm sure these errors seem like I'm completely leading inexperienced linguistics astray -- but what's more important to me is that people find the crafting of fictional languages more accessible, rather than getting every piece of vocabulary right! But that's why I rely on my community -- who are filled with waaay more educated linguists and conlangers to help communicate these finer points to people who know literally nothing. You seem super cool, so I hope even with my mistakes, you'll stick around and help us too! 🥰

[@gabi4559]

Thank you lady 🥲 that video gives me all that I want to know! I was taking so long to learn how to do this, but you teach me! Thank you! I appreciate your help ❤️

[@Amaiguri]

I'm so glad this helped you out! I find that this process works nicely for me so I hope it works nicely for you

[@CherokeeRoses]

You are so fun to listen to! Love your vibes. This is also a great introduction to creating a fantasy language. (: I think I’m gonna give this a shot for the nasty troll- and goblintypes in my fantasy story. 🧌

[@Amaiguri]

I'm so glad! Also, good luck! You got this! :DDDD

[@julianocg]

And in the sentence "I give you my lunch", "you" is the indirect object, it woul be the dative case (I give TO you, my lunch is the direct object. Why didn't you mention that VSO is around 10% of world's language? Language=/langwaʒ/ CVC.CCVC. (learn IPA!)

[@Amaiguri]

I appreciate your linguistics knowledge. I didn't mention these things or learn IPA because then people like you can tell me about it in the comments! 😋

[@bennie7217]

p͓̽r͓̽o͓̽m͓̽o͓̽s͓̽m͓̽

[@Amaiguri]

K lol

[@ok1025]

really wanna know how to get that diacritic

[@OilyGluey]

I created a language with just 14 letters !! A , ñ, s , m , n , c , u , r(soft) , hh , o , , i , v , cl-uœ

[@OilyGluey]

And a special letter wich is infinite "Fffff...."

[@OilyGluey]

Btw the only letters of this alphabet i can write ar "cl-uœ - ིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིིུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུུ" "hh - -" and " - ்"

[@OilyGluey]

And "Ffff.... - ∫ "

[@OilyGluey]

I added another letter , that is more similar like a character "pulisci - ்shi (clean it) "