So I Invented a Language...
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The nerdiest video I’m ever making on this channel, probably.
Thanks to my patrons!!
Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=73482298
Note: The rules for phonemic stress I lay out in this video are very brief - as some of you may have noticed, I myself do not seem to adhere to them when I say words in Meyhendgar in this very video. Some additional things to note for those of you who care enough to read this:
- the letter “che” also shifts the stress onto the following syllable
- stress moves to the syllable before the verb ending (“-tu” or “-rar”) in verbs in forwards or backwards form
- stress moves to the syllable before the genitive ending for nouns in the primary genitive
- stress moves to the first syllable of the secondary genitive ending
- I did, however, mispronounce “tenepene”, which should have primary stress on the first syllable and secondary stress on the last syllable
Also I know my pronunciation is weird at times, especially of /x/. It isn’t supposed to be a pure velar fricative in Meyhendgar, I believe it’s a little guttural sometimes and it’s definitely labialised, at least before rounded or front vowels. I know what all this stuff sounds like in my head, you get me? Like I conlang first, deal with the science later.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:26 - A History of Meyhendgar
05:32 - Key Features of Meyhendgar
10:21 - Credits
The conlang presented in this video, its constructed script, its history within the world of Dycratus, any further facts about Dycratus, and the script and content of this video are created by myself exclusively, and are therefore my intellectual property and subject to Copyright. The digitalisation of the script and the maps of the fantasy land of Dycratus were created by kvd102 - this is his intellectual property and is also subject to Copyright.
YOU MAY REFER TO THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO IF YOU WISH, AND USE THE SCRIPTURE, AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT TRY TO PASS ANYTHING OFF AS YOUR OWN.
Written and created by me
Art by kvd102
Music by me.
Translations:
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
Le Napolitain - French
Fernit0505 - Spanish
#conlang #linguistics #worldbuilding
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The system you are presenting is the most unique system I have seen however I feel the a umlaut will become like a as in apple as this is how I and many other speakers of my native language approach this
What's the music in the credits please? It's calming.
@@Ggdivhjkjlthat's just me playing guitar lol
@@nafismubashir2479yeah the romanisation is bad
btw the ä sounds that way in Swedish which is where it comes from.
I've just recently started creating a couple of languages for my fictional world and so far it's nowhere near as complex as yours, all I know is that it's an abugida and spoken by an island nation of people. I love that meyhendgar is structured this way and that there is so much to it that it feels like a language someone can actually speak somewhere in the world today...this is the level of conlang I want to achieve, even though I'm not quite the linguist as you are.
Nobody will ever understand how happy I am that my favorite linguistics/favorite at all TH-camr has made a conlang
that's so sweet ahahaha
@@kklein im arab, ngl that conglang looks really similar to arabic
same!
@@zan821 The script is similar or the language itself?
@@user-pakshibhithi10 the writing looks like arabic
I (as a Hungarian) love it, when you say "as believable as Hungarian" and then proceed to explain to me, what a Hungarogerman language with it's own alphabet would look like.
Hungarian is one of my favourite languages lol but damn would it fit well into a fictional world 😂
Hungarian was made by aliens to confuse humans
@@eestimarksist pretty sure that's why Halo Reach used it as the language spoken on "Reach"
@@eestimarksist why are Marxist as an Estonian 😰 we need to move back to our tribal way and eat kal / hal with our bare kéz / kesi 🇭🇺🇪🇪
Bojler eladó
Conlang creators are always those kind of people who have the absolute dedication to look for cure to cancer, and yet they use it to make a new language instead
They really are some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Next to great theoretical physicians, chemists, inventors, etc. Modern geniuses.
See creating a conlang is completely free (even if it takes a lot of time), going to med school and researching a cure for cancer is decidedly not
@@thediplomaticentertainer1785you probably mean theoretical _physicist_, but I like the idea of a doctor who just works out cures to diseases that might exist.
One is more entertaining than the other
language was cool and all, but what you really got me interested in was that world. It seems so fleshed out, i would love a video on it's history, both political and linguistic
me too
I second this
fr
I neeeed it
Right? The several states and their relationships, the effects of classism too. It was all very engaging to see a language grow from such an area of turbulence
I love how the writing system looks
Yes the script is great!
@@TheGreatestBanana I think that because they are connected from below
It looks like a mixture of arabic and Japanese
@@achoch tbh to me it looks like if english, greek and arabic had a baby lol
@@toxictric5ter155 ta isn't, also arabic letters have more than 1 form
FOR SURE i'd like a series explaining a) the world and b) the languages of the world, bota in excrutiating detail
nice to hear, you never know when i'll dump more L O R E
I would love to learn more about the history as well.
same. the more excruciating the better
That would be great!!!
We must learn of le
They legit made an entire world with long history and complex politics and then glossed over all of that to talk about a cool language they constructed. Love it.
Yes! a Conlang!
edit: is it just me or does the right side of the map look kind of like eurasia?
it's not just you! this world started off as a version of our world so thus its original geography was quite similar - i've sinced changed it quite a lot because I've moved to making it a complete a priori conworld, but the base is still there. i didn't really want to change it, wanted to stay true to my 6 year old self haha
@@kklein I'm more curious about the perfectly circular island in the south (man-made?)
Your profile picture got me surprised for a moment hahaha
trgame
Ada org indo juga ternyata
Your pronunciation of the isolated words gives such swedish vibes. Just me hearing that?
They're swedish and it's their first lang, this is actually a common situation that someone's native language influences their conlang.
@@elaqgarahulelpon1479 i have a swedish accent when trying to pronounce my conlang ahahaha
@@elaqgarahulelpon1479 I am looking at you, Esperanto xD.
@@kklein I actually find this is quite normal, people tend to use the accents of their secondary languages (ie. spoken less often) when reading a new language, natural or not!
@@fitzthedragonwell they have an entire video about italian and swedish sounding similar to some people
K Klein can reinvent the entire universe and i would not be surprised.
You can't just leave us on a cliffhanger like that! Define le! Even if it takes a whole 5-hour video! I'm too invested! I want more!
yes, he need define le[not that le/liao particle from chinese which makes words go into past]
as a history/worldbuilding nerd, I am suddenly very interested in hearing more about your fictional world lol. It's so cool to see how much thought you've put into the cultural progressions of your countries.
Someone get jan Misali on the phone
When you mentioned that Meyhendgar is a lingua franca, it immediately reminded me of my country's national language, Bahasa Indonesia, which also used as a lingua franca!
Not many people know but Indonesia has over 700+ local languages, 1.300+ cultures, and 300+ ethnic groups. That's why our founding fathers decided to create a lingua franca, a unified language that can be used across the nation despite all of our differences 🇮🇩 ❤
I love how naturalistic and detailed this is; the “double genitive” is pretty creative! Great work! (For the less experienced among us, might you ever give a tutorial on how to make such a fleshed-out conlang?)
the double genitive was invented by k klein in 2023, when they tried to own something twice at the same time
AMONG US📮📮📮📮
“And then there’s the weird particle le that I don’t even know how to define”
As a Mandarin speaker, I felt that with 了 (Pinyin: le).
Wait a min…
💀fr i was so triggered
mandarin 了 is mostly just perfective aspect though?
For me as a mandarin learner it’s ba (don’t have my Mandarin keyboard on my iPad 😢 but I feel yk what I mean)
it also looks like 'le'
wish it were that simple :( @@JoshTsukayama
This may be the nerdiest thing I have ever watched (and that's saying something), and I'm all for it! Very cool!
now i’m curios about the modern version
t͡ɬ
@@kklein tell us more lol
@@amberwingthefairycatLlanfairpwllgwyngyll, now having consolidated Earth, invades the planet and makes everyone speak Welsh.
@@colonelcorn9500 honestly I wouldn’t mind that (as some who enjoys Welsh a lot) that would be *Click noice.*
we need a part two, also we need a video of you fully speaking in it
i find it so fascinating how people can literally just make up their own entire language based on their extensive knowledge of existing languages. like genuinely so cool and impressive how much time you probably put into this
"The Editor doesn't get paid enough for this"
"Edited by Also Me"
This video makes me so happy! Really fills the gap from the lack of new Biblaridion showcases and from such a great channel! Wonderful!
ahh, fellow biblaridion fan
Right! Biblaridion was amazing when he uploaded more reguarly, but life goes on eh 🤷
@@eestimarksist His "How to make a language series" helped me a ton. I'm creating a conlang called "Tokanese", known natively as "Tokan Ilūchiya."
Woah this is my first time watching one of your videos, and I’m so so impressed. When my brother and I were kids, we ended up making our own language because we were alone so often. Nobody could understand us. When we got older and forgot our language, my brother and I used to spend hours making up cyphers and language puzzles.
This video reminded me of that joy so strongly, your language is breathtaking. You really make me want to get back into conlags. Thank you!
I know there's some guidelines to create conlangs, but it would sound like a good idea if you make your own version of those ideas. I find it really hard to make a conlang that I really enjoy how it sounds, and I find the idea of "mixing" languages to make them feel more natural very very hard
Actually there are no guidelines to create a conlang, it's completely up to you.
@@dimanyak373 there are no *rules* for creating conlangs, but there *are* general guidelines. for example, if you're making a naturalistic conlang, you don't *have* to add any irregularity into the language, but most would argue that doing so is generally recommended for a naturalistic conlang; its not a rule you *have* to follow, but a guideline most'd recommend you follow here
Creating an in-universe auxlang is such a cool idea! It gives you a very defined starting point with freedom to develop the both the earlier, more irregular parent language and later, secondarily naturalized versions as you go. Well done!
I'm a nerd for lore. IDC what lore, as long as it's good lore. Love these kinds of videos.
Nice orthography hope to see more of your Conlangs in video form (also wouldn’t mind some more bits of worldbuilding)
Time to add another language to my list of languages to learn
Imagine the transphobic jokes in this world: "if I had one dollar for every gender, I'd have 3 gender"
@Batt LOL FR
@Batt The country has a strict 3-gender system: man, woman, and priest (presumably eunuch).
Eunuchs arent women
@Batt pretty much just that transphoic ppl say that there is only 2 genders when they mean sex which is what your born as where gender is more apart of your identity and what you might identify more with
Hope that helps i tried 2 keep it short but clear👍
Edit: OOPS wait I didn't make anything clear joke is that transphones think that saying that trans ppl have like 30 genders is funny
@Batt It’s common rhetoric for people who are against the notion of there being more than two genders, male and female, to say “there are only two genders” to provoke or dismiss those who subscribe to the notion that there is more than the binary two. Others believe that there are more ways to express yourself outside of male and female: nonbinary being an example.
“if I had a dollar for every gender, I’d have two,” is a phrase used to deny the existence of genders beyond male and female.
However, in his universe, those same people would instead say 3 genders because it is probably a normalized sentiment in their culture to include the priest gender, and for any other gender to be dismissed.
Hi! New subscriber here.
Firstly, I've had to play your video back about six times, not for lack of understanding, but for falling head over heels in love with it. I command you on how well versed you are in linguistic structure and how passionate you are about your craft. Very well done!
I, too, tried creating a language back in 2008 when I first began writing before I gave up on it. Thanks to you, that fire has started to burn again.
I am SO here for this nerdy world building stuff! People showcasing their world building is one of my favorite genres of TH-cam videos and I couldn’t be more excited that this channel is dipping a toe in that pond!
Everyone has a conlang except for me 💀
I’m working on my own languages for stories and have always been hesitant to share them with people. This video helped me to get out of my shell and share with the world! Videos soon to come
I am absolutely in love with the orthography! This has officially made my day.
Your writing system is very beautiful! This is a very cool conlang honestly feels very believable
as someone who also creates a language for my own story that might be longer than my life-story at this point.. i find this video very inspiring and interesting just to see you so interested in your own world and language. i wish you and everyone else good luck with creating cool stuff like that!
Meko namu dake shoiinor!
(i like your video!)
edit: its cool since i’ve noticed some similarities in your language and the one that i’d started creating (i mean sure it is still pretty rough at this point lol), but it’s still very interesting!
keep going!! good luck with your creations :))
Le! Le! Le! Le! Le!
Les go! Give me the le!
As a fellow conlanger, I need the le!
Everything after and including that secondary genitive bit was really interesting!
Yes, please do talk about it more!
Instantly subscribed, fascinating topic. I need more videos about your world building, it's so creative and interesting. I could never come up with these! Great video.
I want to get this good, or at least good enough to get a popular fan base around it
Hearing you speak the language so fluently was bonkers man. Great video!
Inspiring stuff! Solidly built with it's own rich history; it's marvelous work, Klein!
Happy to see more stuff from you 💜
I adore this video. Its rare that conlanging videos are capable of making complete and total sense on all areas. Most videos can go pretty fast, acting like we're already familiar with the conlang and conworld, but this video is honestly the best one I've seen yet (without prior explanation on the world)!
i love that he explains what conlangs are for people who don’t know. just nice to see people not immediately assume you know everything they do.
They*
K actually goes by they/them pronouns
@@Zayren_ Who cares?
@@LangThoughts Yep and everyone calls him a he so it doesnt really matter
@@myspleenisbursting4825 Plus, we live in a world were people will scream at people trying to make sense of a Tɾɑɠedy for "Daɾing" to "Mɨsɠendeɾ" a ʙleeping SCʜOOʟ SʜOOTEʀ!
seeing you make a little universe with such detail to history and language is really cool man!
Very nice video! I like that you created this language for a world with it's own history. And your writing system is just pleasant to see!
I would really love to hear more about your world and it’s languages. For example the two giant archipelagos in the east and west (How did they possibly come to be so extensive) and the languages being spoken there would be interesting to me. And what on earth is up with these thousands of lakes on the southeastern continent????
I'm not enough of a linguistics nerd to create a conlang unfortunately but I have thought some time about how cool it would be to create an ideo/logographic writing system for english in the same vain as chinese characters...
This is so awesome! I need to know about the particle Le and the world and the other languages you've made 😍
I could listen to you talk about this for hours, this is so fascinating to me. Im only in highschool and Im really not smart enough but I was always into complex world building and wanted to make my own language. This is just super insanely cool to me.
Duolingo: It's free real estate!
gotta say, I don't understand a lot of the terminology, but the fact that you made a language is pretty awesome
i would *love* to see a series or something on this!!
I really love your conlang, as someone currently making conlangs for a world building project as well. Also as a fan of Vexillology, I'd like to here the meanings behind the flag of Meyhend!
Havent even watched yet and i know its a great video
damn how did you make your language sound so defined yet like nothing we have on earth?
This gave me the motivation I needed to keep working on conlangs I've been sitting on for a while
pls make this a series, i'd LOVE to learn more about the lang and the world omg
conlang critic gotta be revived now ong
Is there a word for "Hello"? I'd like to add this to our Hello in Every Way collection!
I want this level of explanation with existing languages, this was fantastic! Super cool stuff!
Wow found this video and promtly started making a language for a country in a story I haven't worked on in years
Thanks for the idea, it was so usefull!
Please make a history video of the world!
Le me: watched the K Klein video
Le le: not described in the K Klein video
Tfw
We want more of this!! Please make another video about that!
I love conlangs so so so much, please keep going with these!
One of the two people who paused the video to read the romanization note, checking in!
So that means I'm the other one, hi
@@Mercure250 someone tell TH-cam to disable the pause button, no one else can use it now
@@Mercure250 Wait. I did it too
I humbly request *M O A R*
I would love to see more videos about your conlangs, and the world itself in general! I also liked how people looked like at the time, I really wanna make some fanart now..
I’ve always thanked it was interesting the development of different languages over time and how they evolved.
Very cool, I like the topic-prominence thing. Kind of Japanesey. And the idea of a strict gender trinary also sounds interesting. Gotta wonder how people are assigned. At birth? After coming of age?
coming of age. before the age of fourteen you're genderless - gender is something assigned as an adult. and teyak is something people get assigned to whenever they're too non-conforming as a kid or if the stars are aligned in a certain way lol
@@kklein can you change your gender later in life or you have do ceremony to assign your gender
@@kamikazeblackjack there's a gender assignment ceremony and switching afterwards is very difficult, but becomes more allowed with the evolution of the language
HOW DO WE GET THIS ON CONLANG CRITIC
instantly subbed. This is the nerdy stuff I’ve been looking for my whole life
Wow that was so cool. Please make more from this world, this is so interesting!
I'm making my own language too (ki ajj määkmen ajk voghës zü)
your unemployed friend on a tuesday night
Amazing! always glad to see more conlang stuff on youtube, and a bonus that its coming from a linguistics channel i like so much. any desire or future plans to showcase more stuff about the world you've built? seems fairly thought out, and i know i would personally be intrigued to learn about con- histories, religions, politics and parties, etc...
absolutely fantastic, the language and its evolution is so indepth
forward and backward forms of the verbs are so interesting haha, topic prominence is so efficient I love that, shout out to the temporal system, ned to know about that weird particle!
also, the prononciation often reminds me of swedish :)
i have autism too
😂
I can’t tell if their being jokey about it or being honest (I say that as a person on the spectrum myself)
@@Denneth_D.blud going on every single comment mentioning autism just to try to make himself the center of attention for having autism
4:25 💀
wholesome 100
I love this video! I need to learn more of... everything from your world! 🤩
Wow, really liked the language and its simple rules of adding suffixes/endings to the words to change aspects!
I am kinda new to linguistics, so it very much amazed me.
Also, I read the note☝️
SJW conlang 💀
lmao
4:34 ; WOKE ALERT, TOO WOKE 🤮🤮🤮
Yeah. Gender binary represents the sex binary, it has nothing to do with language. I don't know why he'd put that in.
It's a different culture. There are many real life cultures that have 3+ genders, many native american cultures are an example. Just say you are too fragile instead of complaining about cultures different than your own.
@@bredcubed1161 I haven't complained about anything, and stop making things up. Too many propaganda woke you see.
@@danielhuerga495 "WOKE ALERT, TOO WOKE 🤮🤮🤮" is most certainly a complaint (and a stupid and nonsensical one at that). I'm not making things up either; there are hundreds of real life cultures with 3+ genders, but you are too lazy to research and stuck in the mindset of "Everything that challenges my weak and fragile worldview is woke propaganda". The funniest part of this is you liking your own comments to make yourself seem like the correct one. Come up with an argument other than, "That's fake, trust me bro it's woke propaganda"
@@easy8690 yeah
This is amazing, I would love to see an in-depth look at the world and language
I love creating conlangs, I basically set a base for a new one every day
this is so cool! I'm learning a different language for the first time and its so neat seeing a language built from scratch.
Cool Conlang! I'm so glad that one of my favourite linguists Youtbers makes conlangs. Seeing this inspires me to make my own videos on my conlangs like this one :)
Conlangs are fun. I've made many just writing in the fog on the shower door. Make a cool symbol, make more that would fit it, then construct a method of usage.
Your language is so awesome! I love it and would like to hear more about it!
ooh this inspired me to make my own conlang! + the world itself sounds really interesting, maybe another video on it?
That is soo cool and entertaining! I would gladly hear a little (or a lot) more about your language and some particles like "la"!
I didn’t understand a thing you said but I watched from start to finish, your playing on the outro was great by the way! (I checked to see if I could add it to my playlist). I would love to see another video on your worldbuilding, is there a magic system?
you most do more videos like this one I really appreciated it
Absolutely great conlang K, from one conlanger to another this is super impressive
This was a great afternoon video to vibe to. Loved it, now talk about your numeral system ;]
Super cool! hope you do more videos on this world!
I've always loved your content talking about linguistics but man this is next level
Go down on a detour now and create the Meyhend's census enumeration sheets to prove your timeline!