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''Ithkuil'' is a well-known [[constructed language]] that combines features from many natural languages.
''Ithkuil'' is a well-known [[constructed language]] created by John Quijada, which combines features from many natural languages.


E.g., it has a large set of [[Event contours|event contour]] markers, a large set of words for emotions. Thus, it can be an inspiration for coining new words for emotions in Lojban.
E.g., it has a large set of [[Event contours|event contour]] markers, a large set of words for emotions. Thus, it can be an inspiration for coining new words for emotions in Lojban:
* [http://www.ithkuil.net/lexicon.htm The lexicon] with words for emotions
* E.g. on July 23 2012 Quijada added new [http://www.ithkuil.net/lexicon_supplement_1.pdf words] for emotions
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  |quote  = “Well, no language, as far as I know, has a single word for that chin-stroking moment you get, often accompanied by a frown on your face, when someone expresses an idea that you’ve never thought of and you have a moment of suddenly seeing possibilities you never saw before.” He paused, as if leafing through a mental dictionary. “In Ithkuil, it’s ašţal.”
  |quote  = “Well, no language, as far as I know, has a single word for that chin-stroking moment you get, often accompanied by a frown on your face, when someone expresses an idea that you’ve never thought of and you have a moment of suddenly seeing possibilities you never saw before.” He paused, as if leafing through a mental dictionary. “In Ithkuil, it’s ašţal.”
  |source = ''John Quijada, the author of Ithkuil according to a popular [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer?currentPage=all paper] in New Yorker magazine.''
  |source = ''John Quijada, according to a popular [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer?currentPage=all paper] in New Yorker magazine.''
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Revision as of 09:56, 10 January 2014

Ithkuil is a well-known constructed language created by John Quijada, which combines features from many natural languages.

E.g., it has a large set of event contour markers, a large set of words for emotions. Thus, it can be an inspiration for coining new words for emotions in Lojban:

  • The lexicon with words for emotions
  • E.g. on July 23 2012 Quijada added new words for emotions

“Well, no language, as far as I know, has a single word for that chin-stroking moment you get, often accompanied by a frown on your face, when someone expresses an idea that you’ve never thought of and you have a moment of suddenly seeing possibilities you never saw before.” He paused, as if leafing through a mental dictionary. “In Ithkuil, it’s ašţal.”

John Quijada, according to a popular paper in New Yorker magazine.

And here is a comic where three people speak Klingon, Lojban and Ithkuil:

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