From 1a469b6cd3db078f6394a62a5d375c4e2f584190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christine Dodrill Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 17:09:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update mapatei-2019-09-22.markdown --- blog/mapatei-2019-09-22.markdown | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/mapatei-2019-09-22.markdown b/blog/mapatei-2019-09-22.markdown index 483fe7b..69cab8b 100644 --- a/blog/mapatei-2019-09-22.markdown +++ b/blog/mapatei-2019-09-22.markdown @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ tags: I've been working on a project in the [Conlang Critic][conlangcritic] Discord with some friends for a while now, and I'd like to summarize what we've been doing and why here. We've been working on creating a constructed language (conlang) with the end goal of each of us going off and evolving it in our own separate ways. Our goal in this project is really to create a microcosm of the natural process of language development. -**## Why** +## Why One of the questions you, as the reader, might be asking is "why?" To which I say "why not?" This is a tool I use to define, explore and challenge my fundamental understanding of reality. I don't expect anything I do with this tool to be useful to anyone other than myself. I just want to create something by throwing things at the wall and seeing what makes sense for _me_. If other people like it or end up benefitting from it I consider that icing on the cake. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ A language is a surprisingly complicated thing. There's lots of nuance and cultu So, like I mentioned earlier, I've been working on a conlang with some friends, and here's what we've been creating. -**## mapatei grammar** +## mapatei grammar mapatei is the language spoken by a primitive culture of people we call maparaja (people of the language). It is designed to be very simple to understand, speak and learn. @@ -368,4 +368,4 @@ Creating a language from scratch is surprisingly hard work. These resources help Thanks for reading this! I hope this blogpost helps to kick off mapatei development into unique and more fleshed out derivative conlangs. Have fun! -Special thanks to jan Misali for encouraging this to happen. \ No newline at end of file +Special thanks to jan Misali for encouraging this to happen.