#lcc10 Brian B. Bourque - Evolving a Script with a Conlang

details & slides: https://conlang.org/lcc10/#bourque
speaker: Mastodon @bbbourq@lingo.lol, Reddit u/bbbourq, Discord @bbbourq#4561, email bbbourq@gmail.com, Fiat Lingua papers https://fiatlingua.org/tag/brian-bourque/

A specific niche of conlangers have a drive to create a unique writing system for their conlang.

However, not all conlangers focus on the writing system. In fact, it is not uncommon to see conlangers use a modified version of the Latin alphabet and consider it largely—if not completely—finished. Many conlangers will focus on the diachronic linguistics of their respective conlangs, but neglect the possibility of its writing system also experiencing changes.

This presentation takes the viewer through possible scenarios and best practices that will help the conlanger evolve a script through subtle changes over time. Thus, giving the creator a possible proto-script from which to spawn other writing systems, or just to have a historic account of the extant one.

References

@cosmiclife2421, 18 August 2022, “The Secret History of Writing – BBC Full Documentary”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fuXitEwhk
Bowman, C., 2021, “Cheryl Bowman – Techniques for Script Development”, #lcc9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1YP_EB5fU&list=PLOSXnL88bvWuBy5opqX1_2wru3x_l27Jy&index=19
@Biblaridion, 2018, “How to Make a Language – Part 8: Writing Systems”, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g14nAF-IA
@Artifexian, 2016, “Creating a Writing System”, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9tGLyJBRw
clawgrip, 2015, ”How to design your own script”, CBB Forum, https://cbbforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=178480#p178480
@NativLang, 2015, “Thoth’s Pill – an Animated History of Writing”, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdO3IP0Pro8

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