How to invent five conlangs in 45 mins

and still leave ample time for discussion

Njenfalgar

The art of sketchlanging

the con-analogue of borsht con sushi or Milwaukee Quidquid Elphense dictum sit, altum sonotur.
My credentials: more that a hundred languages, most of them quite worthless.

Conlang nr. 0: Engwish

Conlang nr. 0 bis: Lalltnidor

Quilldquidor Elllphine dictullm sitor, alltumidor sollonollotudor.

Conlang nr. 0 bis: Lalltnidor

Quilldquidor Elllphine dictullm sitor, alltumidor sollonollotudor.

Conlang nr. 1: Orkish

tharik: to cause to bring -ed: future ian r r -l: them Hu -ok: fully

Conlang nr. 1: Orkish

tharik: to cause to bring -ed: future ian r r -l: them Hu -ok: fully thrak-: to bring -at: jussive future -ul: them -k: all

Conlang nr. 1: Orkish

tharik: to cause to bring -ed: future ian r r -l: them Hu -ok: fully thrak-: to bring -at: jussive future -ul: them -k: all

thrakatulk thrak-at-ul-k bring-JUSS-them-all to bring them all

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

Requirements: name of language, people boys name girls name kings name translate wise saying by that king random words: lion, but, zebra, hyena, penguin, simple

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

root of some placename: p insuj class 1/2: wu-, q aclass 7/8: a-, aclass 14: a-

hlaPinsui is spoken in aPinsui by the qaPinsui

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

class 5/6: sa-, piw-, often null, piw bright: xatun velvet: anmaw lion: miank u boy s name: Khwatun (cfr. Minh) girl s name: Anmau (cfr. Nhung) king s name: Miank u (cfr. Simba)

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

class 9/10: k a-, k a language: k a-liaan polite conj: -kan 1pp: ji with: ni but: lant i zebra: k a-kupian and: qiw friend: wu-in hyena: k a-wiu in new: qiaj penguin: k a-jianq ujsun beautifying part: -i simple: t ijan

Conlang nr. 2: hlaPinsui

Qwiu yikwanni kwaliaqhantsi kwaqwitsai, qatsin!
qiw ji-kan-ni k a-liaan-i k a-qiaj, and 1pp-POL-with CL9-langauge-BEAU CL9-new, q a-in! CL2-friend!

And we have a new language, friends!

(Sayings of the Lion, King Mianku)

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Nasal Plosive Nasal click Click Fricative Sonorant w~v l | Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Glotta l m n p t~k n| ~ n! ! h

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Nasal Plosive Nasal click Click Fricative Sonorant w~v l + French vowels, Pirah tones (according to Everett) | Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Glotta l m n p t~k n| ~ n! ! h

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Word order: some Japanese: possessor + object postpositions standard + comp. & domain + superl. verb-final rel. clause + ant. some Welsh: noun + adjective number + noun auxiliary + verb

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Word order: all Basque: noun + adjective possessor + object number + noun postpositions auxiliary + verb standard + comp. & domain + superl. verb-final rel. clause + ant.

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

cool place: k!one noise: miu some genitive: - orchid: hi two: n|

this language: T!one mi (cfr. ting Vit) girls name: hi (cfr. Lan) boys name: n| (cfr. Nh)

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

example: wika (cfr. fun: |ole, |ole-|k mu) (cfr. hi, hi hc) simple: kiana (< t ijan, isnt it: po + verb cfr. c bn) still: liywu rather: kaih but: (cfr. m), it is: !y (very irregular lanaki (< lant i, cfr. verb, of course) nhng), lanakiao (cfr. nhng m)

Conlang nr. 3: T!one mi

Livu vika kih tiana !y, lanati |ole| k po !y?
liywu wika kaih still example rather lanaki-ao |ole-|k po but-but fun-REDUP Q kiana simple !y? is? !y, is,

Its still a rather simple example, but its fun, isnt it?
(Very Wise Proverb)

Conlang nr. 4: Mbghartihmlunjgwe

Conlang nr. 4: Mbghartihmlunjgwe

prefix like - in -: mbu a region on some planet: aimlu adjectives end in -e, to make them one adds an infix -uname of language: mbu-aimlu-u-e loans:
girls name: Ehi (< hi) fun: !ole!eke (< |ole-|k)

Conlang nr. 5: Wst-Ost h

infinitive cover be kw h tu past tense some gerund form for aux.

choose hrot show z go put shit tw hym stif

Conlang nr. 5: Wst-Ost h

infinitive cover be past tense some gerund kw ht form for aux. kw h m

kw h kw h m tu

choose hrot show z go put shit tw hym stif

Conlang nr. 5: Wst-Ost h

infinitive cover be past tense some gerund kw ht tut hrot zt twt hymt stift form for aux. kw h m tuk hrtk zk twk hym stf

kw h kw h m tu hs/hr hrt zm nehm hym stf

choose hrot show z go put shit tw hym stif

Written assignment
vowels from Sakao contrasting different phonations on consonants (you may choose a language) Hixkaryana syntax conjugation for linkedness (copy from Kirundi) add some English messiness Vietnamese-inspired etymologies

Acknowledgements
Wikipedia (what would we do without it?) all legal and illegal on-line language courses the speakers of Hurrian, Nuxlk, Mandarin, Swahili, Japanese, Hawaiian, !X, Pirah, French, Welsh, Basque, Hmong, Kinyarwanda, Russian, WesternFlemish, English, and Vietnamese, for speaking so outlandish languages the architects of the Pena National Castle, for going so horribly and irredeemably nuts when designing the thing my boss, for not checking what Im actually doing when at work