Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@Rosemary I am inventing some amount of history, it just takes a long time to do all that!

@Rosemary I guess my point is "onomatopoeia doesn't help me if I'm coming up with words for things that aren't sounds, and word history doesn't help me when I have to actually invent that history myself"

@Rosemary yes, bouba-kiki is interesting!

But the effect isn't very strong - if it was, every language's vocabulary would sound somewhat similar.

@Rosemary well sure, you can trace back the history of the word and related words in a language.

But there's nothing in the real world that indicates that a book should be associated with the sounds "kitab".

My main problem is inventing words.

Coming up with grammar rules is easy. But words? They're just arbitrary collections of sounds. It's really hard to come up with sounds to associate with a concept.

Like, consider these words in English, Chinese, Arabic, and Tlueqto:

book — shū — kitab — wátɬym
rice — báifàn — 'arz — sø
lizard — xīyì — sahalia — çɛɻtɛɬá

It's all arbitrary sounds that we've decided means the thing it means! There's no reason for them to be like that!

conlang stuff is fun, but it always takes me a long time

@softgoat D::

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@chao such a good Chao

*Caresses and pets a whole bunch*

@chao *sits next to, pets softly*