#+TITLE: Language

Thoughts about language, generally.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19661852-fluent-forever
https://firstchurchofspacejesus.blogspot.com/2010/06/iikuse-toy-conlang-with-postfix.html?m=1

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/alphavetist.html a tool to learn new alphabets
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/lietal.html an experimental synthetic language

[[https://www.instagram.com/p/CDFAcjnps4h/][cat learning how to speak]]
https://github.com/legesher/legesher-translations
https://github.com/bjascob/LemmInflect [[file:python.org][Python]]
[[https://www.textrazor.com/][TextRazor - The Natural Language Processing API]]
[[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20883169][programming without typing; using sound and voice]]

[[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-child-language/article/abs/early-vocabulary-development-in-danish-and-other-languages-a-cdibased-comparison/D12A283664A8BA4A695D0DDF3378555A][linguistic development in danish relative to other language]]

[[https://www.reddit.com/r/neography/][Neography: constructed writing systems]]
[[https://proycon.anaproy.nl/post/colibri/][Context as Linguistic Bridges [PhD thesis] | Proycon's Website]]

** TODO [[https://www.thelocal.se/20180522/is-anglicization-a-threat-to-the-swedish-language][Analysis: Is Swenglish a threat to the Swedish language? - The Local]]

Captured On: [2020-09-01 Tue 14:18]


https://bellard.org/textsynth/sms.html lossless compression of english
https://proycon.anaproy.nl/posts/colibri/

* TODO emulating how language is learned naturally?
virtual assistant that progressively increasaes vocab
https://github.com/kantord/LibreLingo good language learning platform

* ConLangs
Definition is subject to discussion - an initial conlang that is later developed by a native population may or may not be one. Simplified Chinese is not one.
** Lojban
A logical language with no grammatical ambiguity.
[[https://blog.bgcarlisle.com/2014/09/24/heres-some-materials-for-learning-lojban/][Materials for learning lojban]]
[[https://www.quora.com/Lojban-is-a-language-that-nearly-eliminates-ambiguity-in-words-Why-do-so-few-people-speak-it?top_ans=17108936][Why do so few people speak lojban?]] Seems to have a lot of overlap with those interested in type theory, but in general the context is valuable to many languages, and by speaking lojban you are empowering yourself to communicate with others who also chose to learn Lojban.
[[https://wiki.c2.com/?LojbanicJars]]: A good read on lojban, English and communicative precision.
* Dialects
[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish][Singlish]]: Singaporean english, complimented by slang from a wide variety of language deriving from the British occupation of the country.