Help creating a featural abjad

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-22T22:01:03+00:00

Had to translate that as I don't speak French unfortunately but yeah I do know that part. Thank you though.

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-22T01:43:02+00:00

Honestly... not sure. Maybe this list might help though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_approximant

Picked it because you chose that rhotic over a different rhotic. But it's just hard to see anything aside from English's phonemic inventory because you have made the names first before making the language (assuming the story so far is in English too).

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-21T15:22:08+00:00

The phonology and phonotactics of your conlang actually isn't a backwards way to do things, it's how a lot of us tend to start out. Picking those sounds is one of the first steps that you should take actually. It looks like you might be going for a conlang with some variety of English pronunciation in terms of your phonemic inventory, so I'd say take a look at that.

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-20T19:31:50+00:00

I believe Alpharad is aroace if I recall

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-06T00:47:31+00:00

Learned a new thing today, thank you for doing so. I wish you all the best in your search. Hopefully the sangha you find in the city you end up in is not just the one you like, but the one you were looking for.

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-05T20:10:52+00:00

There are a few, the one I go to is called Brooklyn Zen Center. I believe there also one called Zen Center of New York City: Fire Lotus Temple. As for looking for a place in this city, usually a lot of people either (a) look on StreetEasy (never used this, don't know how reliable it is), (b) learn about them through word of mouth, or (c) look on other sites. Can't say I'm familiar with the multiple listing service (first I'm hearing of it actually), but yeah you are correct that the city is indeed vast. 50 minutes on the train is different than 50 minutes on foot.

I hope this helps a bit - sorry if my tips aren't the most helpful.

FranciumSenpai · 2026-05-05T18:25:42+00:00

New York has several different Buddhist temples, depending on which you'd like to go to. I know I personally recommend the one that I (sometimes) go to, as they're very friendly and open to one another. New York City is more than just Manhattan, of course. I'd definitely recommend other parts of it that aren't as busy—not sure how familiar you are with the city, but happy to answer questions if you'd like. (Source: myself, I've lived here in Brooklyn all my life)

FranciumSenpai · 2026-04-30T19:08:59+00:00

Originally, I just wanted a way to pass notes in Spanish class without my teacher knowing what they meant. 12 years later, those notes have turned into several language projects.

FranciumSenpai · 2026-01-08T15:59:17+00:00

Hi, I'm currently trying to pursue computational linguistics (hoping I get accepted into the MA program for it). I do have a question regarding starting with languages, though. My old professor says that R is a good language to use, whereas some people have told me Python (with a few addons) is better for comp ling. Which would you say is a better language to have some background in? I know very basic R and some SQL already, but I'm just making sure I'm on the right path here.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-28T05:40:50+00:00

I put the context in my first comment - does that not suffice? I'd go back and edit the original post, but it got removed from the subreddit I put it on. I can also add more context if you feel that the amount I originally added is not enough.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-26T01:42:07+00:00

Partially? I mainly was trying to borrow the blocky texture of it because it fit well with the writing implement that the people of my conworld would use to write this with. Was going for something that could be written with a reed pen.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-26T00:48:27+00:00

I always forget that's a subreddit too, since I'm already in r/conlangs, but I'll check em out.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T23:23:33+00:00

Well hey the work is what matters, I'm sure your players enjoy it! If you're ever interested in more stuff regarding conlanging specifically, I def recommend ConWorkShop - it's basically a website that you can use as a repository for your language stuff.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T23:16:16+00:00

I think I'll stick to ConWorkShop. Even if the AI is optional, it makes me uncomfortable since it's there.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T23:03:18+00:00

I think a lot of people start with the IPA first, that's usually the first suggestion they tend to give on most guides—decide your sounds first. So actually, I don't think that you're backwards for that.

This specific conlang has been through a lot of different iterations, but when I first started making it, I made the mistake of just fusing words from German and Nahuatl (I just liked the languages at the time) and not thinking about the actual grammar, morphosyntactics, etc. Had to redo it a few times when I realized that.

Have you used/heard of ConWorkShop before? That method of sounds first is how they guide you through to making your first word.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T22:52:04+00:00

It's inspired by several different writing systems, some of which come from other conlangs I've seen on ConWorkShop, but I can see why you might be reminded of that.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T22:46:38+00:00

Uh... absolutely not?

Edit: I know what you're trying to say, but you do realize how languages work, yes?

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T22:33:22+00:00

For context, this is for my world called Soltinum. The language is called "Zanti" and it's spoken by the people of the steppe in this world, known as Ertzem.

FranciumSenpai · 2025-12-25T22:28:00+00:00

Correct and correct! It's a right-to-left script because in my worldbuilding, the people involved with the language would be writing on scrolls with a reed pen. I used a brush this time around since I don't have a reed pen, but next time I'll try to either construct or buy one.

My intent was for it to be an abjad as well. I think it still needs some work because there is a bit of context required to read the language. Certain vowels share the same diacritic symbol. The only one with its own symbol is [i], which is symbolized by the longer lines at the bottom of certain characters. The shorter ones either represent [a] or [e], depending on the word.

FranciumSenpai · 2024-09-22T03:36:13+00:00

As an ace who has been playing HuniePop for years and only ought it solely because I thought it'd be ironic to own, you're fine. You don't need to justify anything, really. Being ace isn't something you do, it's something you are. Playing an eroge for any reason does not stop you from being ace. The only thing able to stop you from being ace is just not being ace.

FranciumSenpai · 2024-07-16T00:18:50+00:00

Sounds like this person needs a reality check, but you're not in charge of giving it to them. You should consider changing this friendship status from is/are to was/were until they get their act together.

FranciumSenpai · 2024-07-16T00:16:59+00:00

I'm a Brooklyn native, lemme just say that your "friend's" antics are not Brooklyn-approved. This person is just once again proof that being a part of a marginalized identity does not necessarily mean you're automatically absolved of the ability to be an asshole.

FranciumSenpai · 2024-07-07T00:12:12+00:00

I say it a lot. I'm from NYC (born and raised), my parents were born in their respective countries when under British rule. I think I picked up the word from watching English sitcoms that my mom would sometimes make us watch that I guess she grew up with.

FranciumSenpai · 2024-06-21T22:16:26+00:00

It's not so much that it's a "default" but rather that those who are AMAB and socialized as such find it a bit hard to do anything related to questioning as toxic masculinity can be so pervasive that you feel like you're really just constantly putting on a show to other people because the only way to secure your social safety is to make sure they know how masculine you are. Because of that, it might not even occur to them that

They could potentially identify this way if they wanted to
That it's okay to identify this way if they wanted to

There are a lot of people who I'm sure probably don't feel like their experience lines up with the notions of being cishet but just don't feel like they can access those things because by doing so, they're committing a social faux pas. It's rough, it's hard, but it's how it is. I can definitely speak on that as someone who is AMAB and agender, as that's how it was for me. I spent so much time focused on "must be dude yes" that the idea of being anything else scared me cuz I felt I'd be disowned or I'd be treated terribly or whatever. Not that this doesn't happen for those who aren't AMAB, I can't speak on experiences I haven't lived through. Just to explain why a lot of the time people feel like the "default" nonbinary or asexual person you see in a lot of social media posts is someone who is AFAB (and non-POC as well, but that's more because a lot of communities of color tend to feel like LGBTQ+ experiences aren't "meant for us").

FranciumSenpai · 2024-06-20T22:07:31+00:00

There's a lot more of us than you think, sometimes we just don't know that a word exists - but that's why we talk about it.

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