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A review by jessmahler
The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder
5.0
Highly recommend for anyone looking to get into conlanging AND just about every fantasy author ever (and many sci-fi authors.)
The beginning contains a brief section on creating a 'naming language' for authors who just want to be able to name cities and towns and mountain ranges in their stories. It gives you enough info to have a coherent-sounding set of names for various features of your word without taking a lot of time or effort.
After that comes the meat of the book, which is a solid introduction to conlanging and lot of good references. Experienced conlangers likely won't find anything new, but may find it useful for charts and reference material. For new conlangers it's a solid intro that covers the basics without getting so in depth to be overwhelming.
As a bonus, it's a LOT cheaper than the standard books on linguistics or conlanging, so less of a commitment for the new conlanger who just wants to get their feet wet.
The beginning contains a brief section on creating a 'naming language' for authors who just want to be able to name cities and towns and mountain ranges in their stories. It gives you enough info to have a coherent-sounding set of names for various features of your word without taking a lot of time or effort.
After that comes the meat of the book, which is a solid introduction to conlanging and lot of good references. Experienced conlangers likely won't find anything new, but may find it useful for charts and reference material. For new conlangers it's a solid intro that covers the basics without getting so in depth to be overwhelming.
As a bonus, it's a LOT cheaper than the standard books on linguistics or conlanging, so less of a commitment for the new conlanger who just wants to get their feet wet.