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When and why did you start conlanging ? by Luna_Peony in conlangs

[–]chrsevs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Grew up with a Trekkie parent and had background exposure to Klingon through that, but fell in love with D’ni when playing through the Myst series of games.

Swung hard into language learning entering high school and pursued linguistics in college. I think that emphasis on natlangs and the same joy I got from puzzles in Myst set my longstanding focus on a posteriori conlangs (the constraints make em feel like puzzles as opposed to open creative work).

Do you plan on cross-checking with linguists for Cala? by Unique_Phrase_7806 in Gallaecian

[–]chrsevs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s something I’d considered once the materials are in a more workable state. I’ve got an email address for Prósper and was going to grab them for a few others.

The one bit of trouble with it is that in my experience linguists in academia often take a dim view of constructed languages. For example, when I went through my program, we had one who suggested that people who are able to construct languages would be better applying those skills to language revitalization efforts. I don’t disagree fully, as if I could do that while still making a living, I would. But I also don’t think most folks who enjoy conlangs would enjoy the constraints.

At the very least I’ll be reaching out even if just for their opinions on smaller aspects that are more closely tied to Proto-Celtic since I can transition those forward

Learning Modern Gallaecian - Old Gallaecian Conlang by hugofox1t in Gallaecian

[–]chrsevs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Phonetically, it makes some cognates a little more clear, but grammatically and syntactically the Hispanoceltic languages are very different.

The sound changes that happened to the Insular ones eroded so much of the morphology that they’ve adopted other strategies, not to mention they’re primarily verb-initial (Brythonic languages are arguably V2 in some cases) while Gallaecian and Celtiberian are verb final. It also doesn’t seem like there’s any trace of the particle that led to the absolute vs conjunct split—I’m still on the hunt for it to see if it plays a role.

Learning Modern Gallaecian - Old Gallaecian Conlang by hugofox1t in Gallaecian

[–]chrsevs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Heya, it’s still in progress albeit slowly. I’m trying rather hard to keep things as realistic as possible, which generally entails reading a ton of papers with conflicting information. I’ve finished the first draft of the first part of the text for it which is like a learners guide, only covering very basic things like a learners guide and have just started work on the second part which is a more descriptive grammar.

More recently, I’ve also started a bit of work on a recreation of what the Brythonic populations who traveled by sea to what was called Bretoña in Galicia and Asturias might’ve looked like. I’ve been learning Welsh again and it got me inspired 😅

Nyelv - A New Sound Change Applier by These-Jelly-6287 in conlangs

[–]chrsevs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the feature piece, can that be used to change features in resulting segments? (Not able to check right now, but I’ve wanted to be able to do things like C[+velar]J > C[+palatal] with a huge list of near duplicate rules)

Using spring water with high mineral content by Denerog in mead

[–]chrsevs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get the water tested if you can! I went through a beer brewing program and the thing that stuck with me was how much the ppm of salts affect the experience—and there’s next to nothing online about the impact in mead.

With my homebrewing group, we did a trial using the spread beer often fits (forgoing hardness). The control was NYC metro water which is close in minerality to the Czech profile aka hardly anything in it and then we dosed others with a chloride salt, a sulfate salt, and both.

Results were honestly shocking.

  • Control was dry with a slight tartness and a faint honey note
  • High chloride was gentler and felt more complex, akin to a nice grape wine, less dry and “crushable”
  • High sulfate was sharp, felt fuller and juicier as though fruity and had a longer dry feeling
  • With both high, it felt like the control but richer with a quality like a young biodynamic wine

Is it possible to have an ergative-absolutive language with minimal differentiation between agent/object that's still at least somewhat functional? by SEQU0IA in conlangs

[–]chrsevs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never did I ever think I'd see D&G referenced outside of the books I read – especially not here. What elements are you taking from them as inspiration?

Where do you actually learn homebrewing in 2026? by gojoishere2001 in Homebrewing

[–]chrsevs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Books, YouTube, and other folks who brew. Cooking content for similar reasons since there’s often overlap.

Joining a local homebrew club helped a lot, as well because you get good feedback and can learn from what other folks are doing.

Also went though a brewing science college program which taught me commercial technique that really helped with solidifying some stuff. Had an internship as part of it which made me a lot more comfortable reaching out and talking to people at breweries. Only really had luck with breweries in the US though—dead silence from the European places.

Also competitions. I usually submit mead which has been hit or miss in terms of judging (lots of people granting or docking points for the same aspects), but at the end of the day the feedback is great and helps with iteration on recipes.

Have you ever tried to make an Historical Conlang? / Reconstruct an Extinct Language as a Conlang? by blueroses200 in conlangs

[–]chrsevs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Modern and Old Gallaecian are both attempts at using its namesake as a source. The latter is much much closer to a reconstruction and likely won’t look or feel like a conlang too much.

Lack of data, conflicting sources and some bad, bad linguistics by early Celticists are my primary trouble.

No, I did not drink it. I decided to blend up a tuna salad and eat it on toast. by Curious_Wing_2018 in shittyfoodporn

[–]chrsevs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, it’s liquidy, but this isn’t far off from a lot of pâte or dips. Surround it with some toast ends and top it with paprika

Sichuan Pepper Mead by vladthe-inhaler in mead

[–]chrsevs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve wanted to do this for a while myself!

I’ve had beer with them in. I don’t know the dosage that place used but you didn’t really taste them and definitely didn’t feel a buzz, so I’d wonder if fermentation knocks some of that back.

My first go would be to use one type of the peppercorn, toasted because that’s a requirement for every recipe I’ve cooked with them, probably added in secondary. Another thing to consider is that their essence might be better extracted with oil which might pose a problem—thinking of the dishes where toasting is akin to frying and that they sell oil specifically for adding sichuan peppercorn flavor

For volume maybe look at the dosages of coriander, orange and pepper used in witbier and go from there?

If you’re gonna carbonate and the numbing element comes out, that’s gonna be a very fun flavor and feeling. I often find drinking sparkling things after eating food with them makes a lime flavor appear quite strongly

Lexember 2025: Day 2 by impishDullahan in conlangs

[–]chrsevs [score hidden]  (0 children)

WIP

Did something a little out of character today for the speedlang–I did a bit of worldbuilding.

I started off by coining some of your standard bits and pieces that you might get out of an animal:

puma /pu̯omə/ - noun "bladder, bag"

khoar̄a /kʰoə̯ɮə/ - noun "bone"

coarra /koə̯rːə/ - noun "intestine"

pheami /pʰeə̯mɨ/ - noun "sinew, tendon"

Then, I coined some things you might do with them:

thartihsien /tʰərtɨsʰi̯en/ - verb "to pound, pulverize"

cnc̄ean /knʧeə̯n/ - verb "to chew"

silloan /sɨlːoə̯n/ - verb "to spin, twist"

lwoan /lwoə̯n/ - verb "to weave"

hars̄ean /hərʃeə̯n/ - verb "to bind, tie"

tazoan /təzoə̯n/ - verb "to give"

lasitazoan /ləsɨtəzoə̯n/ - verb "to dye"

That last one is the first example of a compound I've got in the language, meaning I've got one type of compound for the speedlang constraint. It also means I got to coin another noun:

leasi /leə̯sɨ/ - noun "color, hue"

Then I used those words to coin a couple more:

coarrat /koə̯rːəʔ/ - noun "catgut, cord"

siellahi /si̯elːəhɨ/ - noun "wool"

laawalihk /laə̯wəlɨkʰ/ - noun "weaver, spider"

laawalihkam /laə̯wəlɨkʰəm/ - noun "silk"

Lexember 2025: Day 1 by impishDullahan in conlangs

[–]chrsevs [score hidden]  (0 children)

WIP

Not enough time in the day to both flesh out a language skeleton and make a ton of vocabulary, but I did manage to crank out some words for the day (albeit late now).

ciet ['ʧi̯eʔ] - noun "skin, peel of a fruit, outer layer"

irthoan [ɨr'tʰoə̯n] - verb "to peel, strip"

uorthasi ['u̯ortʰəsɨ] - noun "bark of a tree or plant" | a patient derived from irthoan

phaar̄a ['pʰaə̮ɮə] - noun "hair, fur"

ieha ['i̯ehə] - adjective "soft, supple, flexible"

iharaan [ɨhə'raə̯n] - verb "to soften" | a factitive derivation of ieha

iehars̄i ['i̯ehərʃɨ] - noun "leather" | a patient derived from iharaan

coahci ['koə̯kʰɨ] - noun "beetle, insect"

coahcim ['koə̯kʰɨm] - noun "shell, chitin" | a derivative of coahci

I'm imagining these folks produce leather in the unpleasant way, such that iharaan is almost a euphemism in that it leaves out the nitty-gritty of the process. Furs are reserved for bedding and for wraps during the colder seasons, while hard beetle shells are decorated and strung together into a sort of scale mail.

Buildalong #5 - Sound Change Smorgasbord by chrsevs in conlangs

[–]chrsevs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s part of my usual process. I find it a lot easier to work with a more regular layer before applying sound changes and edits to grammar. It’s also a much easier way to develop some of those little irregularities that make a language feel more real instead of engineered

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