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<iframe title="Jessie Peterson&#039;s Conlang Year" width="580" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N_ixPLSTeEc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p>I interview Jessie Peterson of <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCmrWzKsW9IGU2l6a_MGJ3dw"> @LangTimeStudio </a> about her Conlang Year project, as well as her other conlanging education and promotion projects. See Conlang Year here: https://www.quothalinguist.com/</p>


<description>I interview Jessie Peterson of  @LangTimeStudio  about her Conlang Year project, as well as her other conlanging education and promotion projects. See Conlang Year here: https://www.quothalinguist.com/</description>

I interview Jessie Peterson of  @LangTimeStudio  about her Conlang Year project, as well as her other conlanging education and promotion projects. See Conlang Year here: https://www.quothalinguist.com/

Jessie Peterson’s Conlang Year


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<p>I talked to  Artifexian about his work on Abheski and the new conlanging community on YouTube.</p>


<description>I talked to  Artifexian about his work on Abheski and the new conlanging community on YouTube.</description>

I talked to  Artifexian about his work on Abheski and the new conlanging community on YouTube.

Interview with Artifexian


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<iframe title="Cursed Conlanging with Agma Schwa" width="580" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4n01tmFfPbc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p>Today, I interview Agma Schwa about dog languages, cursed conlangs, and creativity. Make sure to check out this year&#8217;s Cursed Conlang Circus!</p>


<description>Today, I interview Agma Schwa about dog languages, cursed conlangs, and creativity. Make sure to check out this year’s Cursed Conlang Circus!</description>

Today, I interview Agma Schwa about dog languages, cursed conlangs, and creativity. Make sure to check out this year’s Cursed Conlang Circus!

Cursed Conlanging with Agma Schwa


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<iframe loading="lazy" title="Talking Movie Conlanging with Paul Frommer" width="580" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KpLt4v2PhQA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">George talked to Paul Frommer, the creator of Na&#8217;vi, about his work creating languages for movies. <br><br><strong>Resources mentioned</strong>: </figcaption></figure>



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<li>Looking at Languages by Paul Frommer and Edward Finegan </li>



<li>An Annotated Dictionary of Na&#8217;vi by Stefan G. Müller </li>



<li>Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues </li>



<li>A Guide to Barsoom by John Flint Roy </li>



<li>Possible and Probable Languages by Frederick J. Newmeyer</li>
</ul>



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https://youtu.be/KpLt4v2PhQA George talked to Paul Frommer, the creator of Na'vi, about his work creating languages for movies. Resources mentioned:      Looking at Languages by Paul Frommer and Edward Finegan     

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George talked to Paul Frommer, the creator of Na'vi, about his work creating languages for movies. <br><br>Resources mentioned: <br />
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<li>Looking at Languages by Paul Frommer and Edward Finegan </li><br />
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<li>An Annotated Dictionary of Na'vi by Stefan G. Müller </li><br />
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<li>Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues </li><br />
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<li>A Guide to Barsoom by John Flint Roy </li><br />
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<li>Possible and Probable Languages by Frederick J. Newmeyer</li><br />
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Talking Movie Conlanging with Paul Frommer


<p>George breaks down a paper that discusses ChatGPT&#8217;s supposed ability to create languages. It is not impressive.</p>



<p>Citations</p>



<p>Diamond, Justin. “Genlangs and Zipf’s Law.” ArXiv Computer Science, 2023. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.12191.pdf</p>



<p>De Marzo, Giordano, Francesco Sylos Labini, and Luciano Pietronero. “Zipf’s Law for Cosmic Structures: How Large Are the Greatest Structures in the Universe?” Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics 651 (July 2021): A114. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141081.</p>



<p>Gabaix, X. “Zipf’s Law for Cities: An Explanation.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 114, no. 3 (August 1, 1999): 739–67. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355399556133.</p>



<p>Li, Wentian. “Analyses of Baby Name Popularity Distribution in U.S. for the Last 131 Years.” Complexity 18, no. 1 (September 2012): 44–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplx.21409.</p>



<p>Wang, Ding, Haibo Cheng, Ping Wang, Xinyi Huang, and Gaopeng Jian. “Zipf’s Law in Passwords.” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 12, no. 11 (November 2017): 2776–91. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIFS.2017.2721359.</p>



<p>Links</p>



<p>The Tweet that stared this: https://twitter.com/JPSoucy/status/1638747703332175872?s=20 Genlangs and Zipf&#8217;s law data https://github.com/Justin-Diamond/genlangs-and-zipfs</p>



<p>Law brief article https://www.reuters.com/legal/new-york-lawyers-sanctioned-using-fake-chatgpt-cases-legal-brief-2023-06-22/</p>


<description>George breaks down a paper that discusses ChatGPT’s supposed ability to create languages. It is not impressive. Citations Diamond, Justin. “Genlangs and Zipf’s Law.” ArXiv Computer Science, 2023. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.12191.pdf De Marzo, Giordano, Francesco Sylos Labini, and Luciano Pietronero. “Zipf’s Law for Cosmic Structures: How Large Are the Greatest Structures in the Universe?” Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics...  &lt;a href="https://conlangery.com/2023/10/can-chatgpt-create-a-language/" class="more-link" title="Read Can ChatGPT Create a Language?"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;</description>

George breaks down a paper that discusses ChatGPT’s supposed ability to create languages. It is not impressive. Citations Diamond, Justin. “Genlangs and Zipf’s Law.” ArXiv Computer Science, 2023. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.12191.

George breaks down a paper that discusses ChatGPT’s supposed ability to create languages. It is not impressive. Citations Diamond, Justin. “Genlangs and Zipf’s Law.” ArXiv Computer Science, 2023. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.12191.pdf De Marzo, Giordano, Francesco Sylos Labini, and Luciano Pietronero. “Zipf’s Law for Cosmic Structures: How Large Are the Greatest Structures in the Universe?” Astronomy & Astrophysics...  Read more »

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