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Welcome to !conlangs@mander.xyz! This community is geared towards people who seek to discuss artificial languages or create and showcase their own.

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For worldbuilding discussion check out !worldbuilding@lemmy.world (Kbin link) Feel free to discuss the setting of your conlangs in our community, though.

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Has conlanging ever helped you understand and learn real languages better? (discuss.online)

submitted 4 months ago by OmegaLemmy@discuss.online to c/conlangs@mander.xyz

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For me, yes, an example I could use is transforming a generic language using an alphabet, formed using Turkish as the base, and evolving it based on Chinese influences and attempting to adopt logographic styles

This made me theorise on how Chinese works and the absolute role of context, where I could apply it and what not

But what about you?

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[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

It definitely helps, it helped me understand various linguistic concepts and it led me to learning the IPA, which is a HUGE help for learning languages, especially when figuring out how to make new sounds.