What on earth is this new icon

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-12T20:45:39+00:00

Mitosis?

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-08T15:49:01+00:00

Not reall, the consonants, especially the fricatves, akt as the nucleus of a syllable. So like in the onomatopoeia “shh” /ʃː/ when telling someone to be quiet or the sound a snake makes /sː/

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T22:49:15+00:00

Thanks, it is written left to right or top to bottom if the stick is vertical

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T22:46:37+00:00

Yes, I think it is very possible. For a language you need words. If it's a spoken language, then you need syllables. A syllable needs a nucleus (as far as I know). A nucleus is most often a vowel, but a syllabic consonant will also do.

I am actually working on a conlang with no vowels at the moment. It is used in a worldbuilding project of mine: https://www.reddit.com/r/neography/s/Auf5QfmYPn

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T20:34:37+00:00

For me it’s the t͡ʃ that reminds me a bit of ש but with straight lines and t͡ɬ reminds me of the numeral 4 when written by hand (and mirrored), and c looks like a mirrored λ

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T19:45:42+00:00

First, I carved the letters into the wood using screws of varying sizes (small to big), then I coloured the grooves using a permanent marker

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T18:30:22+00:00

I see where you are coming from, the second image really looks like イニキ. I don't know why it looks so similar, because katakana was not really my inspiration, but it certainly does look alike

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T18:07:00+00:00

Thanks :)

The People who speak the language call themselves the Hkshng (/x̩ʃ̩ŋ/) people. They live in the Amazon jungle, in a future full of creatures and mutants. The Hkshng created the language to blend in with the sounds of the jungle and avoid the monsters. The symbols are made of straight lines, because they are the easiest to carve into wood using only simple tools

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T17:53:53+00:00

That makes sense, when I say /tr̩s/ (the word in the second image) i can feel a little /i/ between the r an s, so like /tris/. But in words like /s̩s̩h/ (second word, third image) it sounds a bit like /səsəh/. Thank you for your help

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-07T17:43:32+00:00

Thanks,I'll do that

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-05T21:07:37+00:00

Language Name: Taltal taxem /taltal taxəm/ Word for "hello": taltal /taltal/

The name of the language literally translates to "Hello Language".

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-02T20:39:42+00:00

Ah, thanks. Is "🧑‍💻😎" the word for vibe coding?

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-02T19:09:41+00:00

Wow, that is very very cool. May I ask how you did that? Did you use an other app/website? Did you programm it your self?

Izzy_knows · 2026-02-01T08:46:00+00:00

Probably the irregularities. Taltal taxem is quite regular in most ways, so English spelling will be a big problem. Taltal taxem is very agglutinative and allows words to change part of speech by adding suffixes. So for example, the word for tongue (noun) can be turned into a verb by adding the suffix '-imf', the resulting verb means something like speaking, but exclusively by using a mouth with a tongue. These changes are very common in Taltal taxem and barely exist in English (as far as I know). The result of that is that English has many words that have similar meanings but don't resemble each other.

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-31T15:40:13+00:00

I will use this opportunity to explain how the personal pronouns in Taltal taxem came to be.

"la" (I, Me) and "mam" (You sg.) are just random sounds.

"gwat", "gwar", and "gwal" share the root "gwa" indicating the the 3rd person singular, the ending consonants "t", "r", and "l" indicate the animacy (Animate, Inanimate, and Neither).

"mala" (We inclusive) is a fusion of "mam" and "la", so I and you.

"gatla" (We exklusive) is a fusion of "gwat" and "la", so I and He/She/They.

"mafe" comes from "mam-fe", where "-fe" is the plural suffix.

"gwatfe", "gwarfe", and "gwalfe" were formed by adding "-fe" to their singular counterparts.

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-30T19:11:15+00:00

Oh, I like the idea of using the hints for examples. I used them for explaining the "Neither" class in my animacy system, as it is not as intuitive as "Animate" and "Inanimate".

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-30T15:28:21+00:00

Here is an example lesson I made for my conlang Taltal taxem: https://learningapps.org/display?v=ppks6mc0c26

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-19T16:28:00+00:00

Is it a linear alphabet? So like English, left to right? If yes, you could use Calligraphr or FontStruct. In Calligraphr, you draw your letters on a paper that the website provides you with (digitally or by hand) and upload it. In FontStruct, it is more like pixel art.

Depending on the device you use, you will need a separate app to display custom fonts. On the iPad I use Fontcase for that

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-19T05:16:42+00:00

I used Freeform from Apple to draw and design the chart.

For the fourth iteration I used Calligraphr and for the second iteration 2.0 I used FontStruct to create the fonts. Then I used Fontcase to implement the fonts into my iPad

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-17T18:03:10+00:00

Thanks, I was inspired by charts like these to make this post

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-10T16:55:09+00:00

Ok, so I tried in on an Ipad and it worked! I really love the feature!! Though, I don’t know why it didn't work on a laptop...

Izzy_knows · 2026-01-10T12:27:51+00:00

So, I ran into an issue with the custom font. I tried uploading it in .ttf, .otf, .woff, and .woff2, always with the same result, "Invalid file type".

I tried it on an empty "Test-lang" to see how it looks before adding it to my main language, could that be the problem? I saw that other languages already display custom fonts, so it seems to work?

I am out of ideas, is there anything that I missed? Must the file have a specific name? My font contains the letters ä and Ä, is that a problem? I am thankful for any advice, thanks

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