2022 – Shivallon's Conlanging Space

Defining the characteristics of the Rykaic languages

December 30, 2022 Shivallon Comments 0 Comment

Now that I’m entertaining the idea to integrate Quriil into the Rykaic language family, I decided to write down the most characteristic linguistic features of the family and its members. These are mostly grammatical features, because I want Ryka and Quriil to look and sound totally unrelated on first sight, only revealing their strange similarities in rather exotic features on closer inspection. Features of the Rykaic family Some key features should apply to all members of the Rykaic family, even…

Quriil as a Rykaic language?

December 29, 2022 Shivallon Comments 0 Comment

As it stands now, there are three language families on the Llof: The Rykaic family, consisting of (Capital) Ryka, Balconian Ric, and whatever dialects I have played around with (Black Ryka, White Ryka, etc.), all descendants of Old Ryka, the code language invented by the Asiuluiam to free themselves from Dakiuzen rule. Then the Konoic family, consisting of Asiul, Nyirvón and Siidde (or Underground Nyirvón), descendants of the auxiliary language Kono developed by the Yelluam to replace Ryka. Finally: The…

New script, new luck – designing a Balconian font

April 27, 2022 Shivallon Comments 0 Comment

After a longer break from active conlanging caused by my transition from university to working life, the first project I would like to tackle is yet another font – this time for a script with the working title “Balconian”. I originally created this script in 2017 for the Balconian Ric language (also a working title), a close relative to Ryka. Balconian Ric was supposed to be spoken on a group of water-based islands whose inhabitants continued to speak Ryka after…