Monthly Archives: March 2012

Barsoomian- Will it be a simple conlang?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by matthewdeanmartin

The first clues about Paul Frommer’s Baroomian are out. He mentioned that the language was going to be simple so that a hypothetical American on Mars could learn it as fast as the novel implies he could learn it. Easy … Continue reading →

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Fake Languages and Sign Languages

Posted on March 5, 2012 by matthewdeanmartin

N.B. Sign languages, like ASL, are real, complete languages. Manually signed English, finger spell, lip reading, and the other various systems forced upon the deaf community are fake. Now that we got that out of the way… [And if you … Continue reading →

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