I'm enjoying that project also. I'm not sure how much we're supposed to promote it yet, though; ask Ellen. None of the stuff is audience-ready yet, but the bits so far are looking nifty.
I think this is the first time I've seriously collaborated on a conlang. It's fascinating. In some ways it's a challenge because I can't just jump in and do everything myself, however I want to -- I have to wait for other people's input, especially Ellen's because she started this whole thing and has an ear for the languages. But I think the end result will be a lot more like a natural language, because it will have core input from different people. Eventually we should be able to codify some content and rules that will allow later contributors to take that stuff and create a new, related language.
I am really, really looking forward to this new exploration of xenolinguistics. It's so getting added to my panel next time I go to a con. (I've been doing xenolinguistics panels for ... gosh, about 13 years now.)
Yay!
I think this is the first time I've seriously collaborated on a conlang. It's fascinating. In some ways it's a challenge because I can't just jump in and do everything myself, however I want to -- I have to wait for other people's input, especially Ellen's because she started this whole thing and has an ear for the languages. But I think the end result will be a lot more like a natural language, because it will have core input from different people. Eventually we should be able to codify some content and rules that will allow later contributors to take that stuff and create a new, related language.
I am really, really looking forward to this new exploration of xenolinguistics. It's so getting added to my panel next time I go to a con. (I've been doing xenolinguistics panels for ... gosh, about 13 years now.)