As a practical matter, in this secular world full of entertainments more numerous than ever before, how long can one maintain enthusiasm for a conlang which...
... The Sona and Ro lists at YahooGroups seem to be pretty well moribund. There was a brief flurry of activity, and then little to nothing. I am wondering if...
... entertainments ... maintain ... months ... well ... Hang on to it a little longer, please? I'd like to familiarize myself with Sona a bit more and then...
I wanted to discuss the psychological phenomenon in general. A conlanger comes across an abandoned project, thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread, and...
Ditto and Amen. Sona's an elegant little creation, it's just I haven't yet had time to get through it. If the mailing list goes, do retain the SonaUiki....
... I think that it's a mixed situation. Some people may be able to maintain enthusiasm on their own, and some not. I can think of at least a couple of...
... This is correct, but there are other factors as well. The main thing that remains an obstacle for all conlangs is the fact that almost all of them ...
Next question: In the Babel Text, we encounter, for example, the word "latoisi", evidently meaning "said to each other", from the radicals "la" (say), "to"...
... I have the idea that Sona was never really a finished product. Searight published the one small book, and that seems to be about all, except for references...
... Searight's book used Latin letters exclusively (I have a copy), so I presume that his intention was to use the Latin alpahbet. It seems adequate for the...
... Quite frankly, I suspect very few except for those who are interested in offbeat auxiliary langauges, and most of them probably do not have access to the...
... In my opinion, for whatever it's worth (probably not much), trying to create a unique script would be deadly for any serious proposal for an IAL. I...
... Dunia borrows multi-syllable words from various languages in recognizable forms. Sona's basic vocabulary consists of one-syllable items. Although many of...
There's a group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DuniaBahasa Dunia is extinct - Dunia Lingua/Bahasa is being created now. There's still files of Dunia and some...
... I looked at the description in YahooGroups and am a little skeptical. I don't know who is behind it (I didn't join to try to figure out who the listowner...
Could I ask what Suma is? I was skeptical at first, but I took a look at the description and it seems ok, except for the name - maybe they should change that. ...
... Suma was Yet Another Auxlang, devised by Barnett(sp?) Russell. He published at least three editions, the third in 1966, under the subtitle "A Neutral...
