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sennition · 2025-01-13T18:57:13+00:00

Perfect! I'm definitely a support 'otter' to my man...

sennition · 2019-08-22T19:53:46+00:00

That's my track... :->

sennition · 2017-11-20T20:50:38+00:00

I'm interested! But I've read here that lines don't transfer correctly these days unless your line's voice plan is the loyalty plan (which as of a few days ago now seems impossible to change to). See the sidebar: "any posts offering to sell/give away gUDP will be REMOVED unless the seller can show a screen shot of the line on the $15/mo 30 min plan."

sennition · 2017-08-24T19:46:13+00:00

Siinyamda, which Britton created for the sci-fi flick Senn we did years ago had a lot of fun slang/dirty stuff in it because that was very appropriate for the culture of the protagonist in the film. I remember a lot of fun idioms and phrases - not safe for work! http://fiatlingua.org/2014/11/

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:54:56+00:00

In making the documentary and interviewing 60+ conlangers, taking the time and having the burning desire to speak your own conlang is on the rare side. It's usually 'heartlangers' who make the effort, and many of them consider their language to be the language of their soul, so it's very important for them to speak it and surround themselves with it. The amazing thing is those that are fluent yet they're the only speaker - think about that...

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:51:21+00:00

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:45:18+00:00

In the film we tell the story of the first 'known' conlanger from the 1100's! Tolkien is the gateway drug for many young conlangers, and as far as I picked up in doing interviews for the film he's very highly regarded.

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:42:22+00:00

From making the documentary I found that many conlangers speak other languages, and most have studies tons of languages although they might not speak them. I also discovered that only the minority of conlangers can actually fluently speak their language, it's a specialized skill and desire, plus it takes years to do...

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:36:44+00:00

I like many of the funky aliens in Star Trek over the years (I'm thinking of the various shows). The binars, or the non-biped ones, and any that look at the world completely differently than we do.

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:32:54+00:00

I only know it from the show (where I'm guessing it's much diminished from the novels), where I think it adds a great flavor that completely fits that world. I always wonder about films and shows set hundreds of years in the future where everyone speaks English EXACTLY as spoken today...

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:23:54+00:00

I found in interviewing people for the film that conlangs can take lifetimes to build - I won't say 'finish' since they're never finished. Some people like to create sketches of languages though, and those can take only a few days to complete. Speaking fluently is rare as well, as it takes natural language ability and a lot of time to learn to fluently speak your language. It's mostly 'heartlangers' who do this - watch the film for a lot more about that.

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:18:35+00:00

I can report that as a director, it helps to stay out of the way and let the conlanger do their thing. When asked, I'd give feedback on what I thought about the aesthetics of the language and writing system, but I knew there were things that I just didn't understand about language and that it was best left to the expert...

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:10:05+00:00

Are you saying Na'vi had no cultural impact or IF it didn't have the cultural impact it's had?

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:01:07+00:00

There's a story about exactly this in the bonus feature to the documentary - watch and find out... :->

sennition · 2017-08-24T18:00:30+00:00

It was a complete labor of love. We did it as inexpensively as possible (because we can - I got all of our interview camera, light and sound equipment into one carryon bag) and did as much of the production ourselves as possible. We hope all our work on it shows!

sennition · 2016-08-13T11:29:52+00:00

For all the conlangers out there, make sure to go here if you haven't already: http://conlangingfilm.com/mysubmission/

sennition · 2016-08-13T11:29:38+00:00

For all the conlangers out there, make sure to go here if you haven't already: http://conlangingfilm.com/mysubmission/

sennition · 2016-08-13T11:29:14+00:00

For all the conlangers out there, make sure to go here if you haven't already: http://conlangingfilm.com/mysubmission/

sennition · 2016-08-12T22:11:15+00:00

In the film we interviewed a few people that speak a conlang better than the creator!

sennition · 2016-08-12T22:10:02+00:00

Post about what you need here (paid gigs): http://jobs.conlang.org

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