#lami lioa

[thegaylinguist]

si lala so nai lo nana ka iala sako lo kila la hina si lai mi sako sai si lia oala mi koko

[thegaylinguist]

so in light of all this tumblr destruction, where do you think people will be able to go for info on that lgbt conlang you were making a while back? idk if you're still progressing on it or anything either maybe i'm super out of the loop in that area and you quit that a while ago who knows

+ ANON: so what ever happened to that lgbt interlang y'all were making? it seemed like a very good idea–is it still going strong or has it been discontinued?

the good news is YES, we* are still working on the LGBT+ inter/conlang

most of us have been very busy with Life stuff (eg i’ve been struggling w housing, employment, debt; many of us are students, &c), but in the past few months we’ve been going through cycles of a few weeks of lots of productivity & then a few weeks (like rn) of hiatus

i know many people are excited about it (SO ARE WE!) so i will give a little bit of an update on where we’re at:

at this point we mostly consider the interlang itself “done”; the main work rn is making as many (ACCESSIBLE!) resources as possible before we “debut” the interlang:

while the main writing system is just gonna be the 10 letters out of the roman alphabet the language uses, we’ve also made some optional scripts – one aesthetically-motivated syllabary, a shorthand alphabet based on the syllabary, & a Braille-inspired system

we’re almost done with a big dictionary with example sentences (we only have 1 letter to go!) - this is the Biggest Thing rn

we have a 4-page quick-phrasebook geared towards basic conversation, & we’re working on a 2nd one that focuses specifically on LGBT+ identities & culture

we have an outline for a textbook we plan to flesh out as soon as the dictionary & phrasebooks are done

we’re working on a small series of mini-articles in the language on important LGBT+ figures throughout history

we have some LGBT+ children stories & folktales translated into the language for reading practice & we’re working on more

we’re drafting scripts for quick video/audio lessons

we’re working on some different options for vocabulary-practicing programs

eventually, we want to start a little LGBT+ newsletter in the language

i’m sorry i’ve been kind of silent about the language on here recently - i’ll try to post more frequent updates on where we’re at

honestly knowing other people are excited about this is what keeps us motivated!

*by “we,” i mean myself & the other linguists & language-enthusiasts who’ve been working together to make this language a fun & useful system to use for LGBT+ folks

[thegaylinguist]

nima na mao ki komo

lo sioa ka haoa ni koi koko lia mao

io kami la malo mao mana ni nolo ·

ka nolo so hai la lia kiso

la loi loma na la lono pamo mao ·

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ka mini so koi loi nilo

lo noli komo na lo nipo mao ·

ka loi mo hai io kao hali

ni loa pana na lo noli hilo ·

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lo hapi mini ka iami ni mo hasa

lo io laka ni malo mao koi

li nipo mao · lo poli sai ma mini holo

ni hasa nilo lo moli holo ·

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lo oala ko kami

ni nima komo

mo koko mao pi poli ·