Rivkele dos Ketsele 
Header art by Daniyal Maqsood. This week I’m writing about Wenedyk, a Polish-inspired Romance conlang set in the Ill Bethisad universe. Ill Bethisad is a shared alternate history universe used by many conlang creators starting in the mid-1990s, containing far more Romance languages than our universe. The first conlang set in it was Brithenig, a … Read more
This is the first installment in what will hopefully be a weekly series, spotlighting (infodumping about, really) different constructed languages with a focus on non-IALs. When I get the energy, I intend to start a separate “auxlang of the week” or “auxlang of the month” series. Belter Creole or Lang Belta is a language created … Read more
Toki Pona is not a substitute for professional therapy, medication, medical care, crisis support, or a supportive environment. It should be used in conjunction with therapy from a licensed professional therapist. Therapists learn all sorts of things that go beyond the scope of any hobby, and they know which to apply to which situations. Nevertheless, … Read more
It is a view commonly alluded to by amateur linguists, among whom I count myself, that Modern Hebrew is a constructed language “invented” by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. The official Tumblr of the Language Construction Society once alluded to this, sparking a discussion on the LCS list which introduced a number of equally ridiculous claims, such as … Read more
Here’s the continuation of my comparison of Esperanto with Globasa using a translation of Esperanto’s Ekzercaro. This blog post is devoted entirely to La feino; the intervening sections will be translated in the next part in this series. Peari (La feino) 11 Unu vidvino havis du filinojn. La pli maljuna estis tiel simila al la … Read more
The three-part Fundamento de Esperanto forms the basis of how people speak Esperanto. It begins with a 16-rule grammar, but the Ekzercaro is where most of the practical details of Esperanto are really hashed out. It’s thanks to the Ekzercaro that grammarians are able to derive most of the other rules of Esperanto grammar. As … Read more
I’ve been Jewish my whole life, but I was a spiritual seeker in my 20s and explored all sorts of different religions, whether to learn more about them or see if they offered something better. I came to learn there was no such thing as better when it came to religions: that they all offered … Read more
Saadia Gaon’s Judeo-Arabic translation of the Tanach, the Tafsir Rasag, has been available at Sefaria for years now, and it’s fascinating in many ways. Today I want to talk about how the Gaon translates the word “Elohim” and the tetragrammaton. As would be expected by any unbiased person, the Hebrew word אלוהים (Elohim, God) is … Read more
Four years ago, I was thinking about the threats faced by the LGBTQIA+ community throughout the world, and got the idea to make a chai symbol in the colors of the pride flag. The Hebrew word חי, meaning “living” or “alive,” is a Jewish symbol for life, and is worn by many Jews as a … Read more
It’s that time of year when all the Discord servers say “Happy Pride” and give a long spiel about it. The Globasa Discord server was no exception. Despite reading their pride speech, I was inspired to create some pride flags mashed up with that of Globasa. Globasa comes from the current generation of international auxiliary … Read more