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/

Interview with Artifexian

Jan 22nd, 2024 59m 10s

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

Cursed Conlanging with Agma Schwa

Dec 22nd, 2023 56m 36s

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

Talking Movie Conlanging with Paul Frommer

Nov 27th, 2023 58m 10s

Can ChatGPT Create a Language?

Oct 31st, 2023 55m 13s

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/2304/2304.121

Marc Okrand on Klingon and Conlanging

Oct 30th, 2023 57m 57s

George interviews Marc Okrand on his work on Klingon and Atlantean and his experiences with both the Klingon speaker community and the greater conlanging community.

Announcement for Tongues and Runes

Oct 5th, 2023

I’m announcing a new streaming series: Tongues and Runes. You can find the first stream scheduled here.

CD Covington's Guide to Linguistic Worldbuilding

Aug 16th, 2023 49m 13s

George talks to CD Covington about her upcoming book about linguistic worldbuilding, funding through Kickstarter. Links:

Interview with Biblaridion

Jul 30th, 2023 57m 1s

George interviews Biblaridion on conlanging, worldbuilding, and YouTube.

On Rasharnian (from Immortals of Aveum)

Jun 30th, 2023 45m 35s

George has obtained information on the conlang Rasharnian created for Immortals of Aveum. This is a critique of that language as well as a discussion of issues surrounding it that were brought up in the conlanging community.

David and Jessie Talk Kopikon

May 26th, 2023 55m 58s

George has David and Jesse on to talk about Kopikon! Links:

George's talk at LCC10

May 19th, 2023 33m 33s

Here’s the audio of my talk at LCC10. The video version can be seen here.

Announcements: LCC10 and Kopikon

Apr 17th, 2023 3m 8s

We have two conlang conferences coming up this year. LCC10 is this weekend, and in September, we’ll have Kopikon!

Short: Streaming my Lexember

Feb 27th, 2023 14m 19s

George talks about his experience streaming during Lexember. NOTE: This episode was written and recorded in the middle of the D&D OGL debacle. The way it was resolved changes some calculations slightly, but I’m still a bit perturbed by it. Orig

Information Structure with Aidan Aannestad

Dec 5th, 2022 59m 10s

Aidan Aannestad comes on the show to talk about information structure, which included discussions on topic and focus and how they can be realized in language. Links and Resources

Announcing Conlangery Lexember Streams!

Nov 28th, 2022 1m

George will be streaming word creation for Lexember every Saturday of the month at 1 PM US Central Time! You can check it out here!

Whistle Registers with Logan Kearsley

Nov 7th, 2022 1h 11m

Today, Logan Kearsley joins us to talk about whistled registers, and to let us know about his whistle synthesizer that can help you make one. Links and Resources:

Short: Word Avoidance on the Internet

Oct 31st, 2021 11m 30s

George discusses word substitutions people use to avoid Internet censorship, and how that could be applied in worldbuilding. Original Script One of the interesting things you find in internet spaces is the presence of content filtering and the

Short: Listening Like a Conlanger at Work

Sep 30th, 2021

George talks about some interesting terms he encountered in his most recent job, and how you can pay attention to language around you at work for inspiration. Original Script Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and th

Short: Infinite Fractal Complexity

Aug 9th, 2021 14m 12s

This episode, George gives a short discussion of the idea of language as having infinite fractal complexity, and what this means for conlangers building fictional worlds. Special Mention: Resources on the Line 3 protest: Stop Line 3, Center for

Jasper Charlet and Conlang Opera

Jun 28th, 2021 37m 6s

George talks to Jasper Charlet and his opera, Heyra, written entirely in the Carite language, which is currently in crowdfunding. Top of Show Greeting: Opaki Aŋkuati Links Heyra on Indiegogo Carite

Associated Motion

Jun 14th, 2021 44m 7s

William comes back on the show to tell us all about the category of Associated Motion. Links and Resources: Wikipedia – Andative and Venitive de la Fuente, J. A. A., & Jacques, G. (2017) Associated motion in Manchu in typological perspective. L

Interview with Kenan Kigunda

May 12th, 2021 1h 3m

George takes some time with Kenan Kigunda to talk about his conlang Zevy and how writing gets standardized. Top of show greeting: Fysh A Links and resources: Kenan’s LCC talk Zevy wordbook Zevy grammar notes Transcript coming soon!

Conlangery 148: Interview with Lauren Gawne

Apr 5th, 2021 54m 14s

George interviews Lauren Gawne of Superlinguo and Lingthusiasm about her work on Aramteskan for the Shadowscent book series as well as her other work with authors. Top of Show Greeting: Swedish (Umeå dialect, translated by Ruben Drott) Links an

Short: Musings on Etymology

Feb 28th, 2021 10m 46s

George gives a little info about his current conlanging project, a set of naming languages for a story. Original Script (below the fold) Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m George C