Brinolia’s Linguistic Learning

Quick update my process and progress! Process: I'm still using Conworkshop, and love it! In addition, I have now started to use Google Docs as well. My primary focus right now is on developing the grammar. I've found the best way for me personally to go about this is by translating. (Bonus: I end up creating a lot of vocab in the process!) Google Docs is a really simple space for me to enter a bunch of sentences to translate and work on them one by one. It's also great because the running list of translations acts as a record of my grammar decisions that I can look back on if I forget something. I can add any questions I have in comments to the side and I can collapse sections for a more streamlined structure. Progress: Basic grammar decisions are sorted out. ~240 words listed on CWS. Currently working on how time, condition, and aspect are indicated (or not) in verb phrases. Also in the works is an adposition poster.

 I recently found a great website for conlanging:  conworkshop.com . It’s part tool, part community, free, and built by conlangers. It has oodles of great tools and systems for documenting languages, so from now on, I’ll be switching over from Blogger/Google Sheets to Conworkshop for documenting Bullywug. If you’re interested in learning more about Bullywug as it grows, check out my username bwug or the language code BWG on Conworkshop . Here are some of the cool features I’ve explored so far: - A December challenge to create and share a word (or 10) a day. - A dictionary that shows the conscript and is easy to edit and sort. Here's my entry for the Bullywug word for water. The Bullywug script is just to the right of the romanization 'bo.' - A set of sentences to help you develop and test your language's grammar.  - A chart that shows the frequency of all phonemes/letters.