LangTime Chat

LangTime Chat, Episode 67: Working Plus Something New

In this episode we continue work on our beaver names to try to get things done on Sovála in time for Kopikon then announce a new fun thing at the end!

LangTime Chat, Episode 66: Suh Ankripton

In this episode, we chat about the Suh Ankripton language, which we created for James Gunn’s Superman movie. The presentation we use throughout the episode is attached.

LangTime Chat, Episode 65: Chatting with Jonathan about Conlanging

In this episode, we chat with Jonathan about the practice of conlanging in general, including how taking different approaches can be helpful! They talk about their experi

LangTime Chat, Episode 64: Chatting about Chielúú Dialects with Miles

Miles joins us for this riot of an episode, where we talk about the Western and Eastern dialects of Chielúú. As a forewarning, be ready for an earful of belly laughs near

LangTime Chat, Episode 63: Aspect in Nemo’s Isfasori

Nemo joins us for this episode to chat about aspect in Isfasori (the PDF discussed in the episode is attached to this post). Nemo did some really cool things in the syst

LangTime Chat, Episode 62: A Chat with Tabby about Orthography

In this episode, Tabby joins us to talk about one of her orthographies and ideas for developing the shapes of the glyphs in different ways to reflect the materials availa

LangTime Chat, Episode 61: A Chat with Jake Penny about Pánkáshku Comparatives

Jake Penny is our guest extraordinaire in this episode, where we talk about the comparative construction in Jake’s language Pánkáshku. Jake provides a quick introduction

LangTime Chat, Episode 60: Call for Conlang Review Volunteers and Some Informal Chatting

I struggled with what to title this episode… but that’s what it is. We start with David putting out a call for volunteers to be a part of our new conlang review series, w

LangTime Chat, Episode 59: LTS Mini Relay Live Reveal

This podcast episode was special because it was a surprise livestream for the Patrons who joined us for the end-of-month Patron stream! We reveal the results of the first

LangTime Chat, Episode 58: Conlang Relay Demo

In this episode, I give David a sample miniature relay text written in Vuochanad, and he works his way through translating the text, narrating his thought process as he w

LangTime Chat, Episode 57: A Posteriori Challenge: The Results!

We unveil the results of the a posteriori challenge introduced in episode 56. Patrons helped us create a whole family of Wokuthízhű languages for communities of kangaroo

LangTime Chat, Episode 56: A Posteriori Challenge

In this episode, we introduce the next LangTime conlang challenge: you get a chance to create an a posteriori conlang sketch built on Wokuthízhű! Tune in to find out the

LangTime Chat, Episode 55: A posteriori conlangs

In this episode, David and I discuss some of the a posteriori conlangs we have worked on. It is a brief intermission between two conlang challenges in our five-part mini-

LangTime Chat, Episode 54: Conlanging with Pre-Existing Material, Part 2

It’s the long-awaited episode, where we discuss results from the (in)famous FrameLang Challenge! This is a continuation of Episode 53, which introduces the challenge. Al

LangTime Chat, Episode 53: Conlanging with Pre-Existing Material, Part 1

This episode begins a five-part miniseries exploring ways to conlang using pre-existing material. In this episode, we discuss some of the processes we use when we need t

LangTime Chat, Episode 52: The Conlang Guide

I submitted the manuscript of the textbook I’ve been writing for four years now, so David chose the book as the topic for this podcast. We talk about the overall structur

LangTime Chat, Episode 51: Glyph Design

In this episode, we chat about designing glyphs. David designs two glyphs based on an image of a chicken that I drew as a starting point. One glyph is in the style of Hig

LangTime Chat, Episode 50: Delicious Ambiguity

This is a special episode of LangTime Chat based on a career-focused presentation I gave at Georgetown University in September 2023 (right before Kopikon). David has been

LangTime Chat, Episode 49: Dune 2, A Recap

We were finally able to see Dune 2 in the theater this past weekend, which means we finally saw and heard our work on the Chakobsa language in the film! And in this episo

LangTime Chat, Episode 48: Talking Tense and Aspect

In this episode, we chat about tense and aspect in this episode, and you get to witness the unveiling of a new LangTime animation! On a podcast! (What better way of podca