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Profoundly PointlessLanguage Creators (Conlangers) David J. Peterson and Jessie PetersonFrom Dothraki in Game of Thrones to Chakobsa in Dune, Language Creators (Conlangers) David J. Peterson and Jessie Peterson have created dozens of new languages for many of your favorite movies and TV shows. We talk what goes into creating a new language, anthropomorphic beavers and plot secrets hidden in languages. Then, we unveil a new Candle of the Month and countdown the Top 5 Fish.David J. Peterson and Jessie Peterson: 01:16Pointless:27:48Candle of...2025-04-021h 16
Whiskey with WitcherTranslating Sirens of the Deep with David J. Peterson and Jessie PetersonWhile we've been known to occasionally make up our own words, our guests in this week's special episode do it for a living. David J. Peterson and Jessie Peterson are professional linguists and conlangers—those are people who construct their own languages—and you've heard their work in Dune, Shadow & Bone, Elemental, Game of Thrones and, of course, The Witcher. What's involved in creating an all-new language? How long does the process take? How difficult is it to teach it to actors? And have they created any swear words of which they're particularly proud? (Look, you knew we were going to a...2025-02-261h 05
The Artifexian PodcastAP #90: Xmas Quiz VI | To Bryce AndersonSubscribe: iTUNES, RSSSupport us on PatreonDiscuss this Episode on Reddit or DiscordEmail UsLINKS:David Peterson (Bluesky)David’s BooksJessie Peterson (Bluesky)Langtime StudioConlang YearGeorge CorleyConlangery (Youtube)Conlangery.com (Website)Madeline James Writes (Youtube)Madeline’s Worldbuilding GuideBiblaridion (Bluesky)Biblaridion (Youtube)Freelance Worldbuilder (Bill’s Blog)Name ExplainLichen the Fictioneerjan MisaliMusic:Udo Grunewald2025-01-032h 15
What in the WorldHow to make a fake language for movies and TVA lot of films and TV shows like Game of Thrones, Dune, and Shadow and Bone have their own languages, and some are so complex that they have lore and history. But have you ever wondered how languages like Dothraki are created, or if the actors are just making it up as they go along?We take our questions to married couple Jessie and David Peterson whose shared love of linguistics and making up languages has led to them working for some very famous shows. They talk us through how they come up with languages....2024-09-0614 min
Imaginary WorldsWhen All Is Said in DuneBack in 2018, I interviewed language creator David J. Peterson about how he invented Dothraki for Game of Thrones and other fictional languages in fantasy worlds. David and his wife Jessie just finished a huge project – developing the Fremen language for Dune: Part Two. I talk with the couple about their creative process and the challenge of imagining simple English phrases in the Chakobsa language that Frank Herbert imagined in his Dune novels. We also hear my 2018 episode, “Do You Speak Conlang?” where I also talked with Marc Okrand, inventor of the Klingon language, and Robyn Stewart, a language consultant for St...2024-03-2747 min
The Colin McEnroe ShowFrom ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to ‘Dune,’ a look at the world of constructed languagesConstructed languages have existed in popular culture for a long time, but they've reached a new level of ubiquity today. This hour, we talk with professional conlangers who have created languages for Game of Thrones, Dune, and many other worlds. We'll learn about the art of constructing languages, and the appeal of learning one of them. GUESTS: David and Jessie Peterson: Professional conlangers whose work appears in Dune: Part Two, Elemental, Shadow and Bone, and more. They co-host the weekly livestream “LangTime Studio” on YouTube. David also created languages for Game of Thrones Gregory Danielson III: Experienced T...2024-03-2749 min
The Artifexian PodcastAP #83: Between a Baguette and a Soda BreadSubscribe: iTUNES, RSSSupport Us On PatreonDiscuss This EpisodeEmail UsLINKS:AP #82: Christmas Quiz 2023 - ft. David & Jessie PetersonName ExplainConlang YearLangtime StudioAfter the LiberationAbheski Reference GrammarVoiced Alveolar Fricative TrillNumber by Greville G. CorbettPodcast PatreonMain Channel PatreonOutlanderBaldur’s Gate 3AgonMusic: Deep Ocean 2 by Frank SchroeterFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7730-deep-ocean-2Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Elev...2024-01-161h 26
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In this episode, we talk about linguistic theory and its place in conlanging. As a spoiler alert, we specifically talk about how theoretical approaches are not so helpful to the art of language invention.
I’ve attached the PDF of slides we use throughout the episode, some of which have visual examples of theoretical approaches to show how language is analyzed in that particular approach.
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The Artifexian PodcastAP #82: Christmas Quiz 2023 - ft. David & Jessie PetersonSubscribe: iTUNES, RSSSupport Us On PatreonDiscuss This EpisodeEmail UsLINKS:Biblaridionjan MisaliLichen the FictioneerDavid’s TumblrDavid’s WebsiteDavid’s InstagramJessie’s InstagramLangtime StudioKopikonThanks for listening, everyone. ❤️2023-12-222h 06
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In this episode, we chat about tackling academic linguistics articles, providing strategies for approaching articles and figuring out if they will be helpful to you or not. This episode is especially dedicated to anyone who has tried picking up linguistics articles but then feels overwhelmed because, well, academic articles are generally kind of notoriously cumbersome to get through. Our goal moving forward is to have episodes dedicated to specific articles that maybe you want to have read but don’t want to read–we will read them for you and tell you what they’re about!
I have a...2023-12-021h 00
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This is a Jessie-only kind of episode. In it, I walk through my thought processes as I attempt to get ready to translate a passage into Zhwadi. It focuses on how I’m thinking through decisions rather than on the actual creation of roots/words/items. The goal is to demonstrate just how much translation can help when you’re at a stage with your language where you’re ready to expand its features but aren’t sure what direction to go. Translation as an exercise can really push you to better understand your language and the features you most wan...2023-11-011h 05
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We give a recap of our glorious day of conlang fun, otherwise known as Kopikon. In this episode, we give a rundown of the speakers and their talks from the day, which we hope will be especially useful for anyone who couldn’t attend and wants to know more about what went on that day. We give some behind-the-scenes info throughout, and we let you know why you should go watch each and every talk from the day! (Eventually, those videos will be separated out so you can watch them individually on YouTube instead of scrolling through a full da...2023-10-051h 25
Show Me Today - The Voice of MissouriImagine being responsible for creating an entire languageA handful of language creators attended Westminster College’s 18th Annual Hancock Symposium to host a workshop on how to create fictional languages. Jessie Sams and David Peterson, language creators who have worked on projects such as The Witcher Series and Dune movies, join Cameron Conner to discuss the visit to Westminster College and how to create a language. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2023-09-2609 min
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David and I discuss common expressions in languages, including greetings and thanks. We hope it inspires you to think about some of these kinds of expressions in your own languages!
(The slides used during the episode are attached here, though they really just provide the words we talk about. You can, however, see just how weird “Thank you” looks in the Noto Serif font!)
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2023-09-021h 07
Falcons Today by Chat SportsLATEST Atlanta Falcons Roster Projection After NFL PreseasonFalcons news and rumors regarding their roster cut down is heating up and now that the Falcons 2023 preseason is in the books Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot have seen everything there is to see to build the 2023 Atlanta Falcons roster. Falcons vs. Steelers preseason highlights are not worth watching, trust us. Check out our Falcons 53-man roster projection for 2023 on today’s show! Grab the best Atlanta Falcons hats right now using our link: https://chatsports.com/FalconsSLHats. Keep your finger on the pulse of the Atlanta Falcons with Falcons Today by Chat Sports. Ge...2023-08-2614 min
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In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of some best practices and other advice for Romanizing a conlang. While chatting, we used a Pages document to take some random notes, and a PDF of that document is attached here. (When I say random, though, I mean it. The notes won’t make sense without listening to the episode.)
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2023-08-011h 06
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In this episode, we begin a discussion on Romanization, talking about goals for Romanization and differences between an orthography, phonetic transcription, and Romanization. The PDF of the slides we used in the beginning of the episode is attached here.
We didn’t quite make it to the “best practices” portion, so we are extending this discussion into a two-part series that will continue in next month’s episode!
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In this episode, we talk about the kinds of information that make a conlang’s written grammar more helpful and accessible to other conlangers who want to learn about your language. (And also that make it better for you to keep track of your own language!) We provide examples from conlangers’ grammars to show strategies you can use in your documentation.
The PDF of the Keynote presentation we use is included as an attachment (where you can see the fonts David was so excited about!).
Happy documenting!
***SPOILER ALERT!***
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Jessie put together a trivia game for David based on language features provided in Grambank’s database (https://grambank.clld.org/)! You can play along as you listen, and you can also download the attached PDF to see all the features and examples discussed.
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2023-05-1151 min
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We wrap up our discussion of types of borrowings in the history of the English language and end with some book recommendations for anyone interested in learning more!
At one point, we discuss the ampersand, so I’ve attached a fun poster here to show what we mean.
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2023-04-011h 05
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This episode is (quite accidentally) the first of a two-part discussion on borrowing and the history of the English language. We talk about different types of borrowing into English in the hopes that it might inspire you as you think about ways your conlang may borrow from another language.
The PDF of the slides used for this presentation are attached to this post!
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2023-03-011h 03
STORYBEASTEpisode #18: On language, consistency, & popcorn-flinging roombasWelcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests that are an expert within their area of storytelling.
David J. Peterson is an author and language creator. He's created languages for many television shows and films, such as HBO's GAME OF THRONES, the CW's THE 100, Netflix's THE WITCHER, and Marvel's DOCTOR STRANGE. Lately he has been doing all his work with his amazing conlang partner, Jessie Sams, including projects like Freeform's MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM, Amazon's PAPER GIRLS, Peacock's VAMPIRE ACADEMY, and Legendary Entertainment’s DUNE. They both work together on the weekly YouTube series LangTime Studio.
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In this episode, we discuss conlang relays, providing an introduction to what they are and what participants can expect from them. We use some past conlang relays to give examples of how texts shift as relays progress.
One of the relays we discuss specifically is the LCC5 Relay. If you want to check out the full relay texts, you can find them here: https://conlang.org/language-creation-conference/lcc5/lcc5-relay/.
You’ll find the PDF of the slides we used for the episode attached to this post.
***SPOILER ALERT***
What I’m ab...2023-02-011h 11
Linguistics CareercastEpisode #14: David Peterson and Jessie Sams“There are jobs that you could never have imagined – and they’re possible.”
David Peterson received a master’s degree in Linguistics from UC San Diego in 2005 and he’s been creating languages since 2000. He served as a cofounder and original board member of the Language Creation Society, and served as its president from 2011 to 2014. He has worked as a language creator on numerous television shows and films, including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Netflix’s The Witcher, the CW’s The 100, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. In the fall of 2015 he published his nonfiction work The...2023-01-3157 minLinguistics CareercastEpisode #14: David Peterson and Jessie Sams“There are jobs that you could never have imagined – and they’re possible.”
David Peterson received a master’s degree in Linguistics from UC San Diego in 2005 and he’s been creating languages since 2000. He served as a cofounder and original board member of the Language Creation Society, and served as its president from 2011 to 2014. He has worked as a language creator on numerous television shows and films, including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Netflix’s The Witcher, the CW’s The 100, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. In the fall of 2015 he published his nonfiction work The...2023-01-3157 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Positive Independent Journalism for a Just WorldFull Conversation: Ask Angola Prison: What difference can a play make?Description: In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a play in the middle of a performance. What happened in that audience of incarcerated men that got guards so concerned? That’s the subject of “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison," (2023 Oscar Short-Listed) a new MTV documentary directed and edited by Cinque Northern (My Name is Pauli Murray) and produced by Catherine Gund. Award-winning actress and writer, Liza Jessie Peterson, (HBO’s Def Poetry, Ava Duvernay’s 13th), whose one-woman show was shut d...2023-01-2640 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Positive Independent Journalism for a Just WorldFull Uncut Conversation: What difference can a play make? Ask Angola PrisonOur Patreon supporters receive early access to listen and download the full uncut conversation from our weekly episodes. Description: In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a play in the middle of a performance. What happened in that audience of incarcerated men that got guards so concerned? That’s the subject of “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison," a new MTV documentary directed and edited by Cinque Northern (My Name is Pauli Murray) and produced by Catherine Gund. Award-w...2023-01-1240 min
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David leads this episode where we discuss the many options for expansion animals that Patrons are currently voting on. We hope this helps inform your decisions about what animals you’d like to see in future seasons of LangTime!
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2023-01-0353 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Positive Independent Journalism for a Just WorldWhat difference can a play make? Ask Angola Prison In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a play in the middle of a performance. What happened in that audience of incarcerated men that got guards so concerned? That’s the subject of “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison," a new MTV documentary directed and edited by Cinque Northern (My Name is Pauli Murray) and produced by Catherine Gund. Award-winning actress and writer, Liza Jessie Peterson, (HBO’s Def Poetry, Ava Duvernay’s 13th), whose one-woman show was shut down that day...2022-12-0430 min
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In this episode, we focus on Kezhwa, the conlang we created for Amazon’s Paper Girls TV series. We are excited to share details about the language with you because we had so much fun working on it!
A PDF with the slides we used throughout the recording is attached.
Enjoy!
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2022-12-0128 min
Retrieving the Social SciencesEp. 31: The Social Science of Invented Languages w/ David J. Peterson & Dr. Jessie SamsOn today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of a 2022 UMBC Social Science Forum Lecture, organized by the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication and cosponsored by the Department of Media & Communication Studies; the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; the Department of Information Systems, and the Center for Social Science Scholarship.
The lecture, which took place in October, featured the work of two linguists, David J. Peterson and Dr. Jessie Sams. David and Jessie currently work full time as "conlangers," or creators of invented languages.
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In this episode, David turns the tables on me and provides a list of words I need to create through compound, derivation, and grammaticalization strategies from the same root list used in Episode 32. You can see the words David selected for me to create in the attached PDF of the presentation we used, and I have re-uploaded the root list here so you can more easily find them!
(As a side note, we were recording this in Seattle, and… um… the audio is not its usual quality.)
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2022-11-011h 10
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In this episode, titled “Create That Word!”, we play a new LangTime Chat game!
We play a game where I provide David with a list of words that are basic roots in a not-as-yet-created language (all roots are English counterparts—not phonological forms), and he has to create strategies for forming new words. They aren’t just any words, though, that he’s creating: I provide specific words for him to create from those existing roots.
We have three rounds of the game, focusing on different strategies: compounds, derivations, and grammaticalizations.
If you want to pla...2022-09-301h 07
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In this episode, we talk about strategies for creating a conlang language family. The presentation slides we use throughout the episode are attached to this post so you can follow along if you need visual references. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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2022-09-011h 06
Big Gay Energy: An LGBTQ+ Media PodcastDavid J. Peterson & Jessie Sams Interview (Language Creators) | Motherland: Fort SalemEver wonder how languages are created? David and Jessie give us insight into the world of fictional languages and share their experiences working on projects such as Motherland: Fort Salem, The 100, and Paper Girls.
This episode along with all our other episodes are now available on YouTube: Check out the BGE Channel
As always, please feel free to reach out to us on all the things. We love hearing from you!
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In this episode, we chat about ways you can use your conlang once you’ve developed it, and I’ve attached a PDF of the Keynote presentation we use during the podcast to keep our discussion (mostly) organized. We hope you enjoy and find ideas in here that resonate with you and inspire you!
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In this episode, we talk about some difficult phrases to translate, focusing the entire discussion on the many uses of “to have X” in English. We had recently needed to translate a line with such a construction and wanted to talk about other ways you could tackle taking apart some more idiomatic phrases when you translate them.
Attached to the post is the list I had open during our discussion (which also had David’s entries, apparently). Even though it isn’t organized in the best way possible, you’ll see exactly what we were staring at as we discu...2022-07-021h 00
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This episode is quite different from all the others because, as you’ll quickly see, David isn’t in this one. Instead, you just get me talking to you about conlanging and my struggles with imposter syndrome. I titled the episode “Art and Anxiety” and was so nervous about the whole thing that I wrote everything I wanted to say in an essay to read aloud while recording the episode. And, of course, I made an accompanying presentation to keep on the screen while I talked. I attached both the written essay (which is essentially a transcript for the episode...2022-06-0241 min
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In this episode, we have some fun with fauna! We talk about different ways speakers come up with names for animals beyond having basic roots for them, and we hope it can inspire your own animal-name creation fun!
During our conversation, David mentions a thread on Reddit about butterfly names, which you can find here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1chmc4/eseneziri_im_david_peterson_the_creator_of_the/.
And I created a Keynote presentation for our discussion, which I’ve attached as a resource. When it gets to the discussion on...2022-05-101h 03
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In this episode of LangTime Chat, we discuss triconsonantal roots, including natlangs that have them, historical origins of triconsonantal systems, and how to approach creating one as a conlanger. Enjoy!
2022-04-0258 min
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In this episode, we discuss the results from our LangTime Chat proto-sketch we began in Episode 24. Not only did we have our own modern forms to compare, but Patrons also submitted work, so we have a whole family of modern forms based on the same proto-sketch. To keep our discussion organized, I made an accompanying slideshow, which is attached to this post as a PDF.
This episode was a lot of fun for us, and we hope you enjoy it, too!
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2022-03-021h 00
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We have officially been podcasting for two full years!! This episode is the first of a two-part series and is based on a Patron suggestion, and we are quite excited about it!
In this episode, we work together to create proto-forms of a conlang sketch and discuss why we made particular decisions along the way. We settled on a sound system, created a series of basic roots, and decided on a basic word order for the proto-language. Over the course of the next month, David and I will each work separately with the proto-forms, selecting our own...2022-02-021h 02
Much Language Such TalkS2 E8: ConLangs - David J. Peterson and Jessie SamsHappy new year everybody!
For this episode, we will talk about language invention! We are delighted to welcome two of the world’s most renowned conlangers, Jessie Sams and David Peterson.
Jessie Sams is a Professor of Linguistics at Stephen F. Austin State University at the Department of Languages, Cultures and Communication. She generally teaches linguistic courses such as English grammar and the history of English, but she also established a course on language invention at the University where students get to create their own languages throughout the semester. Her research primarily focuses on syntax and sem...2022-01-201h 09
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After getting a question from a Patron about how to select an area of specialization in graduate school, we decided to devote this month’s podcast to that topic. We hope you enjoy!
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In this very informal podcast episode, we discuss Jessie’s first experience at San Diego Comic Con!
(Note: This was the condensed SDCC held during Thanksgiving weekend, 2021, so it wasn’t the full experience. Still, though, it was something!)
2021-12-0258 min
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SPOILER ALERT! In this episode, we discuss the signed communication system David created for Dune. Because we talk about how it’s used in the movie, there are some (minor) spoiler alerts.!
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For this episode, we took a suggestion from our Patron Miles on Discord and decided to talk about food! We talk about words for various types of food in natural languages and how to go about coining food words in a conlang. So grab a snack and enjoy!
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In this episode, Jessie totally says the wrong episode number at the beginning… sigh. Eighteen is such a good number, she wanted to use it twice! In terms of content, we talk about our experiences with graduate school and linguistics programs.
Also, if you’re ever in Boulder, CO, you should try out Half Fast Subs!
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In this episode, we take a suggestion from Jason, one of our Patrons in Discord, and chat about Avatar: The Last Airbenderand strategies we would take for creating conlangs for that world. Avatar famously didn’t employ any conlangs in their fantasy world, but instead minimally utilized bits of real world languages here and there for style. We discuss what we would have done differently!
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In this episode, we finish our four-part focus on tonogenesis in the language sketch we created to explore the introduction of tone. The PDF of the sketch with the information we worked on is included as an attachment to this post so you can see the final products of our sound changes that introduce tone!
Also, when you get to the part near the end where we disagree about whether David said “romanize” or “harmonize,” he totally said “romanize.” Just as I said I would, I went back and checked.
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In this episode, we finally introduce sound changes that incorporate tone into our language sketch! During the episode, we reference an article on tonogenesis by Michaud and Sands, which is attached as a PDF to this post. We hope you enjoy listening!
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2021-06-011h 11
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In episode 14, we began a language sketch that will eventually incorporate tone as a way of addressing tonogenesis in language. We continue that language sketch in this episode, as we add more details to the phonological inventory and sound shifts. While we don’t quite make it to tone (there is always more to add as you conlang!), we end in a place where we are fairly certain tone will be the focus of episode 16. We are getting there!
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In this episode, we start a new conlang sketch to target Mike K.’s suggestion that we focus on tones in the podcast. Rather than just talking about tone, we are crafting a language with tone in it, taking opportunities to discuss options and reasons for making particular decisions along the way. This will be a series of episodes, and in this first one, we introduce the sound system and create some preliminary sound changes. You can check out the work we completed in the attached PDF, too!
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2021-04-0159 min
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On our Patron Discord server, Jasmine suggested an episode focusing on gaming, and we were very happy to spend an hour talking about games! We also managed to talk about language at various points during this episode.
We hope you enjoy the game-centric discussion!
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This episode focuses on how to create fanlangs, or conlangs created for existing fantasy worlds. The episode provides advice for conlanging within an existing framework and things to think about as you work, such as remembering that fanlangs don’t have to be true to every aspect of the canon, especially where the canon has incongruities.
If you’d like some examples of fanlangs for inspiration, you should check out Nina-Kristine Johnson’s Va Eheniv (http://va-eheniv.conlang.org/gerudolang1.html), a language for the Gerudo in Legends of Zelda (you can also find her on Twitter: @Gerudo...2021-02-0158 min
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In this episode, we talk about teaching and conlanging (otherwise known as conlang pedagogy)!
After recording this episode, David let me know that my terminology may not be universally known, specifically my use of “made” in a sentence like “The course made.” For me, that means the minimum number of students enrolled in the course to allow it to run—every university has a minimum standard for enrollment that will allow a course to run, and for Stephen F. Austin State University (where I teach), the minimum is 10 students. So when I say the courses made, it means I ha...2021-01-011h 09
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Neither David nor I can believe we have already reached episode 10 of our podcast! That fact will become pretty evident in the opening 15 seconds when we try to remember how long we’ve been recording these episodes. This episode is titled “Jessie’s Conlangs.”
In this episode, I introduce five of my conlangs, which are all at different stages in how developed they are, but they all have enough structure that I can translate sentences into the conlang. I briefly introduce each conlang, providing a bit about the speakers and the language’s typological information, and then I send Davi...2020-12-011h 04
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In this month’s podcast, we play a round of “Name that language!” where I read language facts and have David try to guess the language being described. In honor of National Indigenous Peoples Day, all languages discussed are native to North America.
SPOILER ALERT!
If you want to play along with David, don’t scroll down because the resources I provide below give away the languages.
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Navajo Spatial Terms (Navajo Language Academy), which is mentioned in the podcast and is the article I shared with Dav...2020-11-011h 11
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Welcome to LangTime Chat! In this episode, Jessie creates a language-based game for David to play called LINGsanity (if you’ve ever seen Winsanity, then you’ll know the gist of what David’s in store for).
In terms of gameplay, contestants are presented with numerical-based facts and must “stack” those facts in the correct order to win. For instance, a contestant might be asked to stack “Number of times David has sneezed during the live stream” and “Number of times Jessie has sneezed during the live stream.” Of course, the correct ordering is to put Jessie’s sneezes on top sin...2020-10-011h 14
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Not to build up too much hype, but this episode will be an instant classic! It features a “conlang” game that David had no idea was coming.
As resources for the episode, here is a link to the Wiki mentioned:
https://wiki.languageinvention.com/index.php?title=Main_Page.
And here is a photo of the cards used during the game:
We hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did!
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Welcome to the sixth episode of LangTime Chat, where we discuss childhood ambitions and other random memories! We recently discovered that we both had dreams of being cartoon artists when we were kids, so we decided to devote an episode to exploring our young dreams. We hope you enjoy!
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This episode’s focus is dictionaries–a favorite topic of mine! Throughout the episode, we talk about several resources, including…
The ConWorkShop: https://conworkshop.com/
Polyglot: https://draquet.github.io/PolyGlot/
David’s Language Creation template (Pages): https://artoflanguageinvention.com/papers/djp_template.pages
David’s Language Creation template (PDF): https://artoflanguageinvention.com/papers/djp_template.pdf
And an image from the self-published grammar of my first conlang (Hiutsath), which provides a dictionary in a spreadsheet format:
We hope you enjoy listening and pondering the many wonde...2020-07-011h 02
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This episode is a wild ride beginning with a story about a vent and ending with a story about raunchy pizza. In between those two points, we discuss children’s language use and basic vocabulary in conlangs. There are several resources to accompany, including some photos and PDF documents.
One discussion takes us into the territory of snow-covered gloves. In case you are like David and have no experience with snow sticking to your gloves as you play outside, here is a photo of a very young Will in the snow. If you look closely at...2020-06-011h 06
LangTime ChatLangTime Chat
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This episode’s theme was “inspiration,” and David and I were so inspired that we managed to abandon all plans I had made for the podcast and talked about everything from music to breviloquence, from airport mishaps to our initial enemy-ship. It’s a wild ride!
This episode also comes with resources: there are two pictures discussed in the podcast that we decided you just had to see, so you can see for yourself the psychology behind our first-ever photo together.
DAVID AND JESSIE’S FIRST PICTURE TOGETHER: 2013
DAVID AND JESSIE ARE NO LON...2020-05-0158 min
Podcast – Conlangery PodcastConlangery 146: LangTime Studio
George brings on David J Peterson and Jesse Sams to talk about their new livestreaming adventure, LangTime Studio.
Top of Show Greeting: Nekāchti
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{00:00:00}
{Greeting}
{Music}
George: Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m George Corley. In plague-ridden California we’ve got David J. Peterson.
David: {Clears throat several times} We have who?
George: What?
David: I mean, you weren’t even going to say the “illustrious,” the “respectable,” uh, the “fragrant”?
George: It’s probably not actually a good joke to be using beca...2020-04-061h 06
LangTime ChatLangTime Chat
For this month’s episode of our podcast, David and I discussed conlang communities, focusing on online communities that offer conlangers the ability to connect from afar. Since David is much better educated than I am on this particular topic, he gave me a bit of a history lesson before diving into what’s available now. Along the way, we also managed to fit in discussions on everything from Brooklyn 99 to Men of a Certain Age. It all connects–I promise!
These resources/images are mentioned in the podcast; here they are so you can check them out fo...2020-04-011h 02
LangTime ChatLangTime Chat
After finishing our first live stream video, David and I sat down (actually, we continued sitting down) to record our very first podcast episode. This first episode includes discussions on how we became interested in linguistics and conlangs, what lessons we learned from our first conlangs, and how we almost could have met ten years before we actually met. Oh, and balloons. You never know where discussions will go in LangTime Chat!
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Keith Price's Curtain Call2019 DRAMA DESK NOMINEE RECEPTION PART 2The madness continues with : Liza Jessie Peterson (THE PECULIAR PATRIOT), David Korins* (BEETLEJUICE), David Yazbeck* (TOOTSIE), Rick and Jeff Kupperman (ALICE BY HEART), Damon Daunno* (OKLAHOMA), Zainab Jah (BOESMAN AND LENA), Peter Mills (THE HELLO GIRLS) , Joe Iconis & Charlie Rosen (BE MORE CHILL), Sydney James Harcourt (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY).2019-05-1746 min
Keith Price's Curtain Call2019 DRAMA DESK NOMINEE RECEPTION PART 2The madness continues with : Liza Jessie Peterson (THE PECULIAR PATRIOT), David Korins* (BEETLEJUICE), David Yazbeck* (TOOTSIE), Rick and Jeff Kupperman (ALICE BY HEART), Damon Daunno* (OKLAHOMA), Zainab Jah (BOESMAN AND LENA), Peter Mills (THE HELLO GIRLS) , Joe Iconis & Charlie Rosen (BE MORE CHILL), Sydney James Harcourt (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY).2019-05-1746 minPodcast – Conlangery PodcastConlangery #138: Jessie Sams and Conlangs in the Classroom
Jessie Sams comes on the show to talk to us about how she uses conlanging in the classroom. We discuss how these courses can be designed, what fields of linguistics they address well, and the results she saw from the course. Jessie also requested the following message be added to the notes:
I would also like to thank David J. Peterson, who has visited with my conlang students the last three times I’ve offered the course. His visits have been incredibly beneficial for both my students and me. Students don’t often have the chance to spea...2019-04-0852 min
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Maxamoo Theater & Performance PodcastSeptember Theater Beyond Broadway PreviewWe're back from summer break with our September preview of theater beyond Broadway. Liz, PennyMaria, and Lindsay discuss what they're most looking forward to seeing this month: KPOP conceived by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim, book by Jason Kim, music and lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon from Ars Nova in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective On The Shore of the Wide World by Simon Stephens at Atlantic Theater Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jiréh Breon Holder from Roundabout Theatre Trump Lear by David Carl at Under...2017-09-0639 min
Maxamoo's New York City Theater PodcastSeptember Theater Beyond Broadway PreviewWe’re back from summer break with our September preview of theater beyond Broadway. Liz, PennyMaria, and Lindsay discuss what they’re most looking forward to seeing this month:
KPOP conceived by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim, book by Jason Kim, music and lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon from Ars Nova in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective
On The Shore of the Wide World by Simon Stephens at Atlantic Theater
Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jiréh Breon Holder from Roundabout Theatre
Trump Lear by David...2017-09-0600 min
Sub PopShabazz Palaces - Shine a Light (feat. Thaddillac) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star' (release date: July 14, 2017)
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The Next Round Boxing Show: Gennady "GGG" Golovkin vs. David Lemieux PreviewMondays at 4 pm PST/ 7 pm EST join Steve Kim and Gabriel Montoya for The Next Round on the LeaveItIntheRingradio.com Network.
This week, Steve and Gabriel preview the Saturday night HBO PPV middleweight title unification bout between Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and David Lemieux and it's co-main event Roman Gonzalez vs Brian Viloria.
Plus, they look ahead to the rest of this action-packed week including:
Tuesday
(FOX Sports 1): Gerald Washington vs Amir Mansour
Wednesday
(ESPN): Devon Alexander vs Aron Martinez and Lee Selby vs Fernando Montiel
Friday
(Spike): Andrzej Fonfara vs Nathan Cleverly
(truTV) Sean Monaghan vs Don George
Saturday
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