interesting, i love highly agglutinative and synthetic languages, and also love logographies, too bad many conlangers don't use them. This might be one of my favorite conlangs out there, i love orthography and phonology, grammar is also good. Pls keep working on it.
This is super cool and impressive! I've tried conlanging many a time, but have never had the patience or dedication to make it this far. One subscription from me!
I think it's really cool how you made a polysynthetic language that uses a logography! I had the same idea but I'm not good at making writing systems so I haven't gotten around to making the writing system yet.
I'm still believing there should be such an award or recognition for the ones who create a conlang so it's a linguistics enrichment what we do. There is a bunch of relly good proposals.
Very nice! Have you considered changing the Romanisation system from using plain IPA for /œ/ and /j/ to the more intuitive (in my eyes) and ? Either way, I love the Maya-like orthography. Absolutely gorgeous.
I chose to avoid letters like ö as the diacritical system which already exists in Mapi indicates tone. Having diacritics do multiple unrelated things isn't that intuitive and more importantly I'd rather avoid the horror that is the letter ö́. I chose to use j over y simply because I'm a latin fan and think it looks nice.
@@grapsebad5338 Hmm, makes sense. But how about a digraph? Since you don't have the vowel /u/, and you write /w/ with a , perhaps the french would be better? (I'd suggest the more intuitive german , but it could be confused for consecutive vowels) Then you'd have for /œ/ and for /eʊ̯/, and you (or indeed, anyone) could type it on a regular keyboard
1:58 I would change the "cqu" with ""qqu" and write the "africate" in some way, since it can be confusing that a t changes to a ss randomly when a prefix is applied, maybe z "t" and zz "ss"? idk. Good conlang overall
the map with all of the languages related to mapi bears a striking resemblence to the dravidian languages, especially with the motif of emigrants like rath kjumo speakers from the north. was that intentional? i would also love to see a video about the worldbuilding and an overview of all the people groups you have made and their history. also, the language sounds wonderful. sounds like a cross between spanish and polynesian languages.
I didn't directly take influence from Indian linguistic history or the Dravidian family. The growth and then eventual decline of the language family is mostly based on languages spread via agriculture in the real world (i.e., the Sinitic & Niger-Congo expansions), but on a much smaller scale. The Rath Kjumo speakers originate from heavily mountainous regions and their invasion was caused by the same problems that led to the Piltelic collapse in the peninsula, in a way influenced by the Sea Peoples' invasion during the Bronze Age Collapse.
Seeing this video for the first time and seeing the similarities to my own conlang Dagyzuunian (e.g pronouns existinb but being expressed in the verb, incorporated nouns becoming the object or intrasitive subject) is funny
Probably not in the near future. Right now I have started studying linguistics at university, and am spending most of my free time on projects aside from language and this account. I have the beginnings of a third conlang and an incomplete video about coins and money in the world that might come out in the future, but I also haven't touched either in some time.
How do you make your videos? I like the style and I'm considering making a video like this for a conlang I'm about to make. Also any tips for conlanging? This conlang I'll be making will be my first full attempt at a conlang since the others weren't as successful since I didn't find a fully-fledged tutorial series until recently.
All the visuals are made in microsoft paint, I record the audio using voice memo on my phone and then import that into Audacity to edit together, before putting the audio and visuals together in premiere. In terms of making a conlang, I'd say start with giving it a goal, even a completely arbitrary one, and using that to start out the language, even if it doesn't completely follow that goal later on. For example, with Mapi I intended for it to be something which I could translate songs into, so I made it with relatively few vowels, no difficult consonants, and a grammar that means there's usually several ways to phrase something.
@@grapsebad5338 the best I could do was pʬ and bʬ, with p and b you close your lips to make the sound, the other best thing I managed to do was to round the vowel after
The pixel work and visuals were made using (classic) Microsoft paint, the audio was recorded on voice memos and edited in audacity, and the video was edited together in Adobe premiere.
@@pyrenees2695 I haven't sorry. If you want you could probably copy out the small font from what's in the video. I also didn't make this as a proper functioning font I just drew out the letters in MS paint and put them together into words as needed
Lowering ≠ approximant Yes it can be used on fricatives to turn them into approximants, but that’s not its canonical use It’s quite literally a lowered [w] where [o] would be
I'm just so impressed by who well the conlang works with the pixel style. So much potential...
Yes! I wish there were more conlang videos in this style
5:25
YOU BEEN HIT BY
YOU BEEN STRUCK BY
A *cool* criminal xD
I've watched your videos over and over I genuinely love this style and lang and all of it😭😭😭i wish there was more!!!
interesting, i love highly agglutinative and synthetic languages, and also love logographies, too bad many conlangers don't use them. This might be one of my favorite conlangs out there, i love orthography and phonology, grammar is also good. Pls keep working on it.
It's a very pretty sounding language. It's so cool how you've created a rich history for it.
This is super cool and impressive! I've tried conlanging many a time, but have never had the patience or dedication to make it this far. One subscription from me!
Great work ! I used to make pixelated maps for my fantasy world , I thought it wasn’t normal until now , and using a nuahtl-style script is awesome.
Very high quality video for such a small channel! I wish you good luck in achieving success with this.
I think it's really cool how you made a polysynthetic language that uses a logography! I had the same idea but I'm not good at making writing systems so I haven't gotten around to making the writing system yet.
that orthography is so pretty to look at 😍😍
very nice aesthetic to this language!
quite impressive ngl
using pixels for logographic char's is indeed ingenious
The pixel art is beautiful
I'm still believing there should be such an award or recognition for the ones who create a conlang so it's a linguistics enrichment what we do. There is a bunch of relly good proposals.
This is one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile
this is a really awesome conlang :) i’m excited to learn more about it
7:44 lmao that one caught me off guard
Very cool clang, also love the use of pixel art for explanation
Charming and charismatically presented :)
Very nice!
Have you considered changing the Romanisation system from using plain IPA for /œ/ and /j/ to the more intuitive (in my eyes) and ?
Either way, I love the Maya-like orthography. Absolutely gorgeous.
I chose to avoid letters like ö as the diacritical system which already exists in Mapi indicates tone. Having diacritics do multiple unrelated things isn't that intuitive and more importantly I'd rather avoid the horror that is the letter ö́. I chose to use j over y simply because I'm a latin fan and think it looks nice.
@@grapsebad5338 Hmm, makes sense.
But how about a digraph? Since you don't have the vowel /u/, and you write /w/ with a , perhaps the french would be better? (I'd suggest the more intuitive german , but it could be confused for consecutive vowels)
Then you'd have for /œ/ and for /eʊ̯/, and you (or indeed, anyone) could type it on a regular keyboard
great conlang with wonderful presentation!
Lol how weird. I created a German/Nahuatl hybrid with this exact vowel system (minus tone.) The language looks cool and I like the script!
IS 7:42 A YOUR MOM JOKE???
(nice)
1:58 I would change the "cqu" with ""qqu" and write the "africate" in some way, since it can be confusing that a t changes to a ss randomly when a prefix is applied, maybe z "t" and zz "ss"? idk. Good conlang overall
I actually like the idea of using z for the ts phoneme, however I will be keeping cqu on the legal basis of it looking nice
Methinks you should make a video about the worlds your conlangs exist in and what the speakers are like if they take place in the same world.
the map with all of the languages related to mapi bears a striking resemblence to the dravidian languages, especially with the motif of emigrants like rath kjumo speakers from the north. was that intentional? i would also love to see a video about the worldbuilding and an overview of all the people groups you have made and their history.
also, the language sounds wonderful. sounds like a cross between spanish and polynesian languages.
I didn't directly take influence from Indian linguistic history or the Dravidian family. The growth and then eventual decline of the language family is mostly based on languages spread via agriculture in the real world (i.e., the Sinitic & Niger-Congo expansions), but on a much smaller scale. The Rath Kjumo speakers originate from heavily mountainous regions and their invasion was caused by the same problems that led to the Piltelic collapse in the peninsula, in a way influenced by the Sea Peoples' invasion during the Bronze Age Collapse.
youtube recommended once again singaling to me that i need to make a conworld
Seeing this video for the first time and seeing the similarities to my own conlang Dagyzuunian (e.g pronouns existinb but being expressed in the verb, incorporated nouns becoming the object or intrasitive subject) is funny
Really cool language!
you have a wondderful way of presenting your languages, maps, and all the things surrounding it
When will there be an another video?
Probably not in the near future. Right now I have started studying linguistics at university, and am spending most of my free time on projects aside from language and this account. I have the beginnings of a third conlang and an incomplete video about coins and money in the world that might come out in the future, but I also haven't touched either in some time.
How do you make your videos? I like the style and I'm considering making a video like this for a conlang I'm about to make. Also any tips for conlanging? This conlang I'll be making will be my first full attempt at a conlang since the others weren't as successful since I didn't find a fully-fledged tutorial series until recently.
All the visuals are made in microsoft paint, I record the audio using voice memo on my phone and then import that into Audacity to edit together, before putting the audio and visuals together in premiere.
In terms of making a conlang, I'd say start with giving it a goal, even a completely arbitrary one, and using that to start out the language, even if it doesn't completely follow that goal later on. For example, with Mapi I intended for it to be something which I could translate songs into, so I made it with relatively few vowels, no difficult consonants, and a grammar that means there's usually several ways to phrase something.
@@grapsebad5338Thanks for the reply! I'll try and see what I can do with this and I'm sure trial and error will definitely be needed.
cool 👍
I like the sounds, it reminds me of South American indiginous languages
It was amazing
can i suggest u to use less saturated colors for the background, the red background is not very comfortable to look at for a extended period of time
Cool and good
good job and 2nd like
7:45 haha
Kinda agree with this guy.
Based????
I really like this but I can’t but ask, how do you labialise a LABIAL consonant (pʷ,bʷ)?
You round the lips while making it
@@grapsebad5338 the best I could do was pʬ and bʬ, with p and b you close your lips to make the sound, the other best thing I managed to do was to round the vowel after
Can someone please tell me what font this is?
I drew the fonts myself in MS paint they aren't available anywhere
@@grapsebad5338You did a very good job with it. Have you ever thought about making your font available somewhere?
what program do you use to make these videos? they're amazing!
The pixel work and visuals were made using (classic) Microsoft paint, the audio was recorded on voice memos and edited in audacity, and the video was edited together in Adobe premiere.
Awesome video! What fonts did you use ?
I made the fonts myself!
@@grapsebad5338 They're amazing, did you publish them somewhere ?
@@pyrenees2695 I haven't sorry. If you want you could probably copy out the small font from what's in the video. I also didn't make this as a proper functioning font I just drew out the letters in MS paint and put them together into words as needed
@@grapsebad5338 Thanks for replying, I can't wait to see more from you
First sentence hit: Japanese
The whole thing: Italian
I’m just confused with myself
you should showcase your stuff off more, it rules
Half a year, only not
No need to put the lowering diactric on /w/, it's already an approximant
Lowering ≠ approximant
Yes it can be used on fricatives to turn them into approximants, but that’s not its canonical use
It’s quite literally a lowered [w] where [o] would be
the translations bro😂
Your conlang sounds like old English or Italian language 😅
yet another awful natlang
Your days are numbered auxxer