So I Invented a Language...

[@kklein]

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[@nafismubashir2479]

The system you are presenting is the most unique system I have seen however I feel the a umlaut will become like a as in apple as this is how I and many other speakers of my native language approach this

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

What's the music in the credits please? It's calming.

[@kklein]

@@Ggdivhjkjlthat's just me playing guitar lol

[@kklein]

@@nafismubashir2479yeah the romanisation is bad btw the ä sounds that way in Swedish which is where it comes from.

[@kyalamwakanema354]

I've just recently started creating a couple of languages for my fictional world and so far it's nowhere near as complex as yours, all I know is that it's an abugida and spoken by an island nation of people. I love that meyhendgar is structured this way and that there is so much to it that it feels like a language someone can actually speak somewhere in the world today...this is the level of conlang I want to achieve, even though I'm not quite the linguist as you are.

[@James_7118]

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

[@kklein]

that's so sweet ahahaha

[@zan821]

@@kklein im arab, ngl that conglang looks really similar to arabic

[@maxiapalucci2511]

same!

[@user-pakshibhithi10]

​@@zan821 The script is similar or the language itself?

[@zan821]

@@user-pakshibhithi10 the writing looks like arabic

[@fernandoteitelbaum]

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

[@kklein]

nice to hear, you never know when i'll dump more L O R E

[@EyeOfEld]

I would love to learn more about the history as well.

[@junerae]

same. the more excruciating the better

[@deithlan]

That would be great!!!

[@alexzgreat133]

We must learn of le

[@stheno7312]

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

[@ThePaulista]

me too

[@williamcarlisle7156]

I second this

[@georgemann3760]

fr

[@jadrobe3492]

I neeeed it

[@simeonwashington9995]

Right? The several states and their relationships, the effects of classism too. It was all very engaging to see a language grow from such an area of turbulence

[@definitelyhuman4510]

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

[@thediplomaticentertainer1785]

They really are some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Next to great theoretical physicians, chemists, inventors, etc. Modern geniuses.

[@mexa_t6534]

See creating a conlang is completely free (even if it takes a lot of time), going to med school and researching a cure for cancer is decidedly not

[@henrikoldcorn]

@@thediplomaticentertainer1785you probably mean theoretical _physicist_, but I like the idea of a doctor who just works out cures to diseases that might exist.

[@FlopgamingOne]

One is more entertaining than the other

[@INV12-y6c]

You got me laughing

[@Zayren_]

I love how the writing system looks

[@gamaltk]

Yes the script is great!

[@toxictric5ter155]

@Bozo830 I think that because they are connected from below

[@achoch]

It looks like a mixture of arabic and Japanese

[@toxictric5ter155]

@@achoch tbh to me it looks like if english, greek and arabic had a baby lol

[@mumtazniazi9877]

@@toxictric5ter155 ta isn't, also arabic letters have more than 1 form

[@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!

[@埊]

yes, he need define le[not that le/liao particle from chinese which makes words go into past]

[@lananghayomingbumi2782]

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

[@kklein]

it's not just you! this world started off as a version of our world so thus its original geography was quite similar - i've sinced changed it quite a lot because I've moved to making it a complete a priori conworld, but the base is still there. i didn't really want to change it, wanted to stay true to my 6 year old self haha

[@katakana1]

@@kklein I'm more curious about the perfectly circular island in the south (man-made?)

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

Your profile picture got me surprised for a moment hahaha

[@froginabox]

trgame

[@WannzKaswan]

Ada org indo juga ternyata

[@undeadpark6980]

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.

[@LV-nb9cs]

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.

[@lukkamr]

Hungarian is one of my favourite languages lol but damn would it fit well into a fictional world 😂

[@theyeeterman7080]

Hungarian was made by aliens to confuse humans

[@rankena4926]

​@@lukkamr pretty sure that's why Halo Reach used it as the language spoken on "Reach"

[@mysteriousDSF]

​@@lukkamr why are Marxist as an Estonian 😰 we need to move back to our tribal way and eat kal / hal with our bare kéz / kesi 🇭🇺🇪🇪

[@Archive_HU]

Bojler eladó

[@pomegranate10017]

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

[@zalshaas3640]

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 🇮🇩 ❤

[@ken.the.person]

now i’m curios about the modern version

[@kklein]

t͡ɬ

[@amberwingthefairycat]

@@kklein tell us more lol

[@colonelcorn9500]

@@amberwingthefairycatLlanfairpwllgwyngyll, now having consolidated Earth, invades the planet and makes everyone speak Welsh.

[@Denneth_D.]

@@colonelcorn9500 honestly I wouldn’t mind that (as some who enjoys Welsh a lot) that would be *Click noice.*

[@p.a.g3357]

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

[@elaqgarahulelpon1479]

They're swedish and it's their first lang, this is actually a common situation that someone's native language influences their conlang.

[@kklein]

@@elaqgarahulelpon1479 i have a swedish accent when trying to pronounce my conlang ahahaha

[@8is]

@@elaqgarahulelpon1479 I am looking at you, Esperanto xD.

[@goombacraft]

@@kklein I actually find this is quite normal, people tend to use the accents of their secondary languages (ie. spoken less often) when reading a new language, natural or not!

[@swaree]

​@@fitzthedragonwell they have an entire video about italian and swedish sounding similar to some people

[@g4_61]

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?)

[@appleoxide4489]

the double genitive was invented by k klein in 2023, when they tried to own something twice at the same time

[@arthurgabriel2625]

AMONG US📮📮📮📮

[@enterchannelname8981]

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

[@samuelr007ruiz9]

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…

[@ionlygroommymy2cats]

💀fr i was so triggered

[@JoshTsukayama]

mandarin 了 is mostly just perfective aspect though?

[@mercurycures8204]

For me as a mandarin learner it’s ba (don’t have my Mandarin keyboard on my iPad 😢 but I feel yk what I mean)

[@pomelo9518]

it also looks like 'le'

[@christopherb.2986]

wish it were that simple :( @@JoshTsukayama

[@roo.pzz4380]

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

[@PaperThin_]

Someone get jan Misali on the phone

[@maxiapalucci2511]

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

[@WannzKaswan]

ahh, fellow biblaridion fan

[@lukkamr]

Right! Biblaridion was amazing when he uploaded more reguarly, but life goes on eh 🤷

[@RSRFan_]

@@lukkamr His "How to make a language series" helped me a ton. I'm creating a conlang called "Tokanese", known natively as "Tokan Ilūchiya."

[@INV12-y6c]

Yeah

[@INV12-y6c]

@RSRfan_ the name sounds familiar

[@ElizabethWarne390]

Creating an in-universe auxlang is such a cool idea! It gives you a very defined starting point with freedom to develop the both the earlier, more irregular parent language and later, secondarily naturalized versions as you go. Well done!

[@80yearsold23]

Woah this is my first time watching one of your videos, and I’m so so impressed. When my brother and I were kids, we ended up making our own language because we were alone so often. Nobody could understand us. When we got older and forgot our language, my brother and I used to spend hours making up cyphers and language puzzles. This video reminded me of that joy so strongly, your language is breathtaking. You really make me want to get back into conlags. Thank you!

[@maximofernandez196]

I know there's some guidelines to create conlangs, but it would sound like a good idea if you make your own version of those ideas. I find it really hard to make a conlang that I really enjoy how it sounds, and I find the idea of "mixing" languages to make them feel more natural very very hard

[@dimanyak373]

Actually there are no guidelines to create a conlang, it's completely up to you.

[@nibbletrinnal2289]

@@dimanyak373 there are no *rules* for creating conlangs, but there *are* general guidelines. for example, if you're making a naturalistic conlang, you don't *have* to add any irregularity into the language, but most would argue that doing so is generally recommended for a naturalistic conlang; its not a rule you *have* to follow, but a guideline most'd recommend you follow here

[@Nae_Ayy]

I'm a nerd for lore. IDC what lore, as long as it's good lore. Love these kinds of videos.

[@pulverizedpeanuts]

"The Editor doesn't get paid enough for this" "Edited by Also Me"

[@Denneth_D.]

Nice orthography hope to see more of your Conlangs in video form (also wouldn’t mind some more bits of worldbuilding)

[@fuzzytheduck]

I am SO here for this nerdy world building stuff! People showcasing their world building is one of my favorite genres of KZbin videos and I couldn’t be more excited that this channel is dipping a toe in that pond!

[@myuniyt]

Time to add another language to my list of languages to learn

[@wozzle311]

i love that he explains what conlangs are for people who don’t know. just nice to see people not immediately assume you know everything they do.

[@thisgirlhasclinicalstupidi7756]

They*

[@Zayren_]

K actually goes by they/them pronouns

[@LangThoughts]

@@Zayren_ Who cares?

[@WannzKaswan]

​@@LangThoughts Yep and everyone calls him a he so it doesnt really matter

[@LangThoughts]

@@WannzKaswan Plus, we live in a world were people will scream at people trying to make sense of a Tɾɑɠedy for "Daɾing" to "Mɨsɠendeɾ" a ʙleeping SCʜOOʟ SʜOOTEʀ!

[@KN_MA]

I am absolutely in love with the orthography! This has officially made my day.

[@salimmajdi6076]

Hi! New subscriber here. Firstly, I've had to play your video back about six times, not for lack of understanding, but for falling head over heels in love with it. I command you on how well versed you are in linguistic structure and how passionate you are about your craft. Very well done! I, too, tried creating a language back in 2008 when I first began writing before I gave up on it. Thanks to you, that fire has started to burn again.

[@maritime9297]

Hearing you speak the language so fluently was bonkers man. Great video!

[@wowzaabean]

The large clusters of islands reminds me of exploration-era maps of southeast asia

[@kariimora]

I’m working on my own languages for stories and have always been hesitant to share them with people. This video helped me to get out of my shell and share with the world! Videos soon to come

[@PopCorniesRealm]

I love creating conlangs, I basically set a base for a new one every day

[@KurzZ_Sen]

as someone who also creates a language for my own story that might be longer than my life-story at this point.. i find this video very inspiring and interesting just to see you so interested in your own world and language. i wish you and everyone else good luck with creating cool stuff like that! Meko namu dake shoiinor! (i like your video!) edit: its cool since i’ve noticed some similarities in your language and the one that i’d started creating (i mean sure it is still pretty rough at this point lol), but it’s still very interesting!

[@kklein]

keep going!! good luck with your creations :))

[@TheStickCollector]

I want to get this good, or at least good enough to get a popular fan base around it

[@Wonderland_Jutomi]

Le! Le! Le! Le! Le! Les go! Give me the le! As a fellow conlanger, I need the le!

[@Dionysus784]

the script looks very cool, so realistic!

[@NormanTheDummy_YouTube]

Realistic?

[@thelastpeacelord1584]

Your writing system is very beautiful! This is a very cool conlang honestly feels very believable

[@kosovoiskosovoproductions7001]

Go down on a detour now and create the Meyhend's census enumeration sheets to prove your timeline!

[@blehbleh8552]

gotta say, I don't understand a lot of the terminology, but the fact that you made a language is pretty awesome

[@realityglitch2688]

You can’t just LEAVE us on “‘Le’ would take to long to get into.”! That just makes me want to hear about it MORE!

[@no.7893]

I'm not enough of a linguistics nerd to create a conlang unfortunately but I have thought some time about how cool it would be to create an ideo/logographic writing system for english in the same vain as chinese characters...

[@akokoloko5199]

I adore this video. Its rare that conlanging videos are capable of making complete and total sense on all areas. Most videos can go pretty fast, acting like we're already familiar with the conlang and conworld, but this video is honestly the best one I've seen yet (without prior explanation on the world)!

[@joetrapana9523]

I would really love to hear more about your world and it’s languages. For example the two giant archipelagos in the east and west (How did they possibly come to be so extensive) and the languages being spoken there would be interesting to me. And what on earth is up with these thousands of lakes on the southeastern continent????

[@corslibrary]

I could listen to you talk about this for hours, this is so fascinating to me. Im only in highschool and Im really not smart enough but I was always into complex world building and wanted to make my own language. This is just super insanely cool to me.

[@teakivy]

Havent even watched yet and i know its a great video

[@volvagianintendo6465]

I love the sooth that, at 6:48, thou hast brooked the fitting twoth leed onefold leedish byname “thou” rather than brooking “you (onefold)” 🥳🎊🎉❤❤.

[@kklein]

justice for thou

[@volvagianintendo6465]

Hell yeah, o @@kklein! Soothly!

[@im-radio]

conlang critic gotta be revived now ong

[@Kraxel-North]

This is cool as hell, I want a history book from that world now!

[@hoangkimviet8545]

Duolingo: It's free real estate!

[@harrycook9041]

Absolutely great conlang K, from one conlanger to another this is super impressive

[@shrivak]

Conlangs are fun. I've made many just writing in the fog on the shower door. Make a cool symbol, make more that would fit it, then construct a method of usage.

[@smogzone2719]

Please make a history video of the world!

[@sebastians7346]

seeing you make a little universe with such detail to history and language is really cool man!

[@chao3948]

damn how did you make your language sound so defined yet like nothing we have on earth?

[@michaelsreviews]

I’ve always thanked it was interesting the development of different languages over time and how they evolved.

[@R74n]

Is there a word for "Hello"? I'd like to add this to our Hello in Every Way collection!

[@purple_purpur7379]

the little bit of swedish that is in your pronunciation is so

[@pulverizedpeanuts]

3:14 cz it sounds like the word "Magyar" (Hungarian for Hungarian)?

[@snibo1024]

you most do more videos like this one I really appreciated it

[@AJTheInvisibleGirl]

Everyone has a conlang except for me 💀

[@hugonegrete6325]

Conlanging is my favourite hobby, but I've lost the creative spark I used to have like 2 years ago, I've had this video in my watch later for months now but I choose to watch it today because the only thing I do now is see other people's conlangs & conscripts & say to myself “man I wish I could do something as awesome as them” I feel I need to know more about linguistics as that's what I'm gonna dedicate my life to, I'm 16 & I know quite a fare share of things about linguistics but not enough for me, you're an inspiration to continue doing what I love most

[@julianb188]

Very cool, I like the topic-prominence thing. Kind of Japanesey. And the idea of a strict gender trinary also sounds interesting. Gotta wonder how people are assigned. At birth? After coming of age?

[@kklein]

coming of age. before the age of fourteen you're genderless - gender is something assigned as an adult. and teyak is something people get assigned to whenever they're too non-conforming as a kid or if the stars are aligned in a certain way lol

[@kamikazeblackjack]

​@@kklein can you change your gender later in life or you have do ceremony to assign your gender

[@kklein]

@@kamikazeblackjack there's a gender assignment ceremony and switching afterwards is very difficult, but becomes more allowed with the evolution of the language

[@ZachNagy]

I want this level of explanation with existing languages, this was fantastic! Super cool stuff!

[@spinaltap526]

One of the two people who paused the video to read the romanization note, checking in!

[@Mercure250]

So that means I'm the other one, hi

[@spinaltap526]

@@Mercure250 someone tell KZbin to disable the pause button, no one else can use it now

[@dimanyak373]

@@Mercure250 Wait. I did it too

[@milyrouge]

I so love such a full-on speculative linguistic nerd-out. Huge fun! I also love how when you speak Meyhendgar, you have a much stronger Swedish accent than when you speak English! 😊 I alla fall, jättekul!

[@theenigmatichaze4782]

Le me: watched the K Klein video Le le: not described in the K Klein video Tfw

[@karszunowicz]

Very nice video! I like that you created this language for a world with it's own history. And your writing system is just pleasant to see!

[@AshtonSnapp]

I humbly request *M O A R*

[@ValentineTheCat]

I really love your conlang, as someone currently making conlangs for a world building project as well. Also as a fan of Vexillology, I'd like to here the meanings behind the flag of Meyhend!

[@joaovitormatos8147]

Imagine the transphobic jokes in this world: "if I had one dollar for every gender, I'd have 3 gender"

[@Hallandfan847]

@Batt LOL FR

[@zephlodwick1009]

​@Batt The country has a strict 3-gender system: man, woman, and priest (presumably eunuch).

[@oz_jones]

Eunuchs arent women

[@samsbonesss1486]

​​@Batt pretty much just that transphoic ppl say that there is only 2 genders when they mean sex which is what your born as where gender is more apart of your identity and what you might identify more with Hope that helps i tried 2 keep it short but clear👍 Edit: OOPS wait I didn't make anything clear joke is that transphones think that saying that trans ppl have like 30 genders is funny

[@slurplie]

@Batt It’s common rhetoric for people who are against the notion of there being more than two genders, male and female, to say “there are only two genders” to provoke or dismiss those who subscribe to the notion that there is more than the binary two. Others believe that there are more ways to express yourself outside of male and female: nonbinary being an example. “if I had a dollar for every gender, I’d have two,” is a phrase used to deny the existence of genders beyond male and female. However, in his universe, those same people would instead say 3 genders because it is probably a normalized sentiment in their culture to include the priest gender, and for any other gender to be dismissed.

[@lukekelly7286]

aw man, I hate it when I accidentally make a whole fantasy world with languages that are fully fledged and evolved... in all seriousness: I love this video and your channel. I've watched this video many times and enjoyed it each time.

[@Mori_Kaida]

No because if I could just go on KZbin and explain my make up world and language without getting absolutely slandered… I would.

[@Calmacalma11]

Same

[@fredfondler7281]

Do it lol

[@Mori_Kaida]

@@fredfondler7281 I can’t, I’ll get canceled 💀

[@Mori_Kaida]

@Yellow Hexagon because of some stuff in my made up world is cancel worthy, why else?

[@siyacer]

​@@Mori_Kaidaexplain

[@muffatoons]

I feel like a little child listening to their grandparent tell the craziest story ever-I may not understand everything, but wow, I’m real impressed!

[@Britishadow]

I'm making my own language too (ki ajj määkmen ajk voghës zü)

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

You have given me inspiration to create a language based off of pre-existing words in old Dutch (1400s-1600s), some Frisian, old and medieval German, some old Norse, and of course old English. This would be a comprehensive mix of Germanic languages from as far back as Porto-Germanic but with newer words from current dialects.

[@ruaridhusher4373]

HOW DO WE GET THIS ON CONLANG CRITIC

[@shpho]

I would really like to see a video made in this language. It's awesome

[@kakahass8845]

The fact you're a fellow conlanger makes me so happy.

[@sponkebwob]

your unemployed friend on a tuesday night

[@alkischrysanthopoulos5712]

We better see an extensive grammar of Meyhendgar uploaded in the nearish future. And I mean *including* all the unique, difficult to describe in english bits.

[@rateeightx]

4:28 So, I notice you only mentioned 2 gendered words for parent, But there are 3 genders in this society, Are the Teya not allowed/expected to be parents? Or would you just use either term for them? Or would you generally use a longer form literally translating to "Parent Teya" or something?

[@kklein]

the teya aren't allowed to be parents. becoming teya in Renral Desert society is generally seen as "giving something up". after the priestiness of the class died down through the centuries, it became more about a way to escape from gender roles. but in exchange, you give up gender privileges. it's really not until the success of pro-teya movements towards the end of, and in the aftermath of the fall of, the GRM that teya people are allowed to become parents, political leaders, etc

[@akkar8726]

Finally! One of the best language youtubers has made a conlang!

[@ceruxi9209]

i have autism too

[@Calmacalma11]

😂

[@Denneth_D.]

I can’t tell if their being jokey about it or being honest (I say that as a person on the spectrum myself)

[@siyacer]

​@@Denneth_D.blud going on every single comment mentioning autism just to try to make himself the center of attention for having autism

[@simeonwashington9995]

This is so awesome! I need to know about the particle Le and the world and the other languages you've made 😍

[@Yoth9290]

4:25 💀

[@siyacer]

wholesome 100

[@mrsteamie4196]

Bro you just *stopped it there* right after you teased us with the weird particle? Evil! I really liked this video, please do more about your language. I loved hearing you speak it.

[@_blank-_]

SJW conlang 💀

[@siyacer]

lmao

[@clubsandwich559]

i would *love* to see a series or something on this!!

[@danielhuerga495]

4:34 ; WOKE ALERT, TOO WOKE 🤮🤮🤮

[@easy8690]

Yeah. Gender binary represents the sex binary, it has nothing to do with language. I don't know why he'd put that in.

[@bredcubed1161]

It's a different culture. There are many real life cultures that have 3+ genders, many native american cultures are an example. Just say you are too fragile instead of complaining about cultures different than your own.

[@danielhuerga495]

@@bredcubed1161 I haven't complained about anything, and stop making things up. Too many propaganda woke you see.

[@bredcubed1161]

@@danielhuerga495 "WOKE ALERT, TOO WOKE 🤮🤮🤮" is most certainly a complaint (and a stupid and nonsensical one at that). I'm not making things up either; there are hundreds of real life cultures with 3+ genders, but you are too lazy to research and stuck in the mindset of "Everything that challenges my weak and fragile worldview is woke propaganda". The funniest part of this is you liking your own comments to make yourself seem like the correct one. Come up with an argument other than, "That's fake, trust me bro it's woke propaganda"

[@Zombxst]

@@easy8690 yeah

[@CatInABaseballCap]

this is the kind of content I’ve been searching for-youtubers’ conlangs.

[@MrPillowStudios]

Surprisingly good and original.

[@belcarra]

I love conlangs so so so much, please keep going with these!

[@AmberPearls]

I want to see an entire video about the weird particle Le

[@Defektyd]

You don't understand how long I've been waiting for you to nerd out about your conlang.

[@dizzydaisy909]

This gave me the motivation I needed to keep working on conlangs I've been sitting on for a while