Day 15, January 15
Goal: Compile IPA charts for your conlang
Note: You will make consonant and vowel charts to showcase your proto-inventory.
Tip: However you choose to document your work, keep these charts in an easily accessible location!
Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share
Day 16, January 16
Goal: Play around with syllable structures
Note: Syllable structure is a major step in creating the phonotactics and, thus, the aesthetic of your language.
Tip: Focus on a maximum syllable structure; only set minimums if you want stricter syllable structures.
Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try
Day 17, January 17
Goal: Create nonce forms of varying lengths
Note: As you work, decide how stress will be assigned to multisyllabic units.
Tip: Make sure you create a variety of permissible syllable structures and word-like units.
Work focus: Create/Make/List
Day 18, January 18
Goal: Write a section on syllables and stress
Note: This section focuses on your proto-forms only; these features can shift through sound changes.
Tip: Tonal languages can evolve from proto-forms bearing stress (rather than tone).
Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share
Day 19, January 19
Goal: Create five proto-forms for body terms
Note: Creating these forms necessitates finding a way to document them so you can keep a running list.
Tip: As you create these initial forms, strive for phonetic variety, both in sounds and syllable structures.
Work focus: Create/Make/List
Day 20, January 20
Goal: Create proto-forms for terrain features
Note: Using information you outlined about the terrain, select at least five to assign words to.
Tip: Focus on the most prominent features as you assign these roots.
Work focus: Create/Make/List
Day 21, January 21
Goal: Create five proto-forms for weather
Note: Begin with the most prominent weather phenomena your speakers experience.
Tip: For now, you can underspecify how the forms are used (e.g. “rain” could be a noun or verb).
Work focus: Create/Make/List