Conlang Barrier: Conlang and Language Barrier Fic Collection
Sometimes you just like a particular trope, okay?
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Lay My Curses All to Rest by ImperialKatwala
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
05 May 2024
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"Please," Warriors said with an expression of deep suffering. "One more time."
Twilight, with a mirrored look of Hylia please end my suffering, repeated his statement. The words were... almost intelligible. They were right at the edge of Legend's understanding of Hylian, just different enough that he had to shove the syllables into some kind of sense.
"Guys?" Sky called from the other side of camp. "Any luck?"
"Twi's speaking in a really weird dialect, but I can mostly make sense of it," Legend reported. He was getting an ear for the differences, now. "You?"
Beside Sky, Wild rolled on the ground like a dog, whining.
Or: half the Chain gets cursed
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Building ConLangs, with a concrete example by Charles_Rockafellor, 𝖀𝓷ᶦ𝕔ⓞðə E Ⓜ️🅾️j̵͍̟̝̝̖̮̓ͭͨ̂̐̚ℹ️ (Charles_Rockafellor)
Fandoms: Conlangs - Fandom
07 Apr 2024
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Sometimes we want a conlang (constructed language) in our fic (or even without a fic). They abound in the wild — Star Trek's Klingon has an essentially functional vocabulary, Tolkien put in a lot of work on Elvish Quenya and other languages of Middle Earth, and many others exist in one state of completeness or another.
So, how do you go about making one for yourself? This takes you through the steps alongside resource links; where you start building one is up to you, but this provides a good grounding in some of the basics at least. It also goes through those steps as it progresses, building up the lelɹli conlang as we go. The sounds and written form, the vocabulary and grammar, and even dialects, though each section's associated linked resources are probably of more interest to most (except perhaps my readers).
NB: there's a metric shit-ton of IPA in here, for which I apologize beforehand should you read this with a TTS screen reader (or, I imagine, a braille reader) that's not majorly buffed.
I read, appreciate, and reply to all of your comments — they're always welcome!
𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆! ❤️
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- Part 11 of How to
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L'appel du Vide by Cullhach for Violett_Shadow
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
04 Jan 2022
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Link, the Hero of Legend, Veteran Adventurer, finds himself spit out of a bothersome portal and lost in a dungeon that isn't following The Rules. To make matters worse, he quickly discovers that he is very much not alone, in more ways than one.
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Legend meets Wind and they do not speak the same language. Attempts at cooperation are made.
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Through the spite of the spirits or plain rotten chance, a door that would have been better left untouched has opened. On the other hand, with Fire and Earth as one's allies, sometimes escaping is the easy part.
Even the Dragon-King's temple floods.
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12 Aug 2025
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somehow i did not have this bookmarked???
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Cultural Exchange by Therrae (Dasha_mte)
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One
26 Nov 2017
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It also didn’t help that the average glyph message was only three characters long, used no articles or prepositions, and usually had no verbs. What was the proper response to:: Curiosity; Sensation of great speed? Was it a question? A comparison? Why, after a brief visit by National Security Director Mearing, did four different ‘Bots send:: Emphasis; overlapping? Why was a particularly bad joke by Bulkhead derided as ::Undercharged when there were actual glyphs for Not funny and Humor fail? How did any of that work?
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- Part 1 of Xenoethnography
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- 9/9
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12 Aug 2025
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“Hey, I thought I might see you before the big launch,” you call out as they approach you. “Nerves getting the better of you?”
They don't reply, just... look at you for a while. They slowly scan over your clothes, your hands, your face, lingering at your scarred eye.
You arch a brow at them. “Need something, hatchling?”
Eventually, they settle within themself, square their shoulders, and look at you. “Think you can give me a hand with something for a minute?”
or - a series of goodbyes that didn't stick.
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31 Jan 2025
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Lending a Hand by Starlight (Fandom_Eclipse)
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
14 Oct 2024
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Shadow had (mostly) made peace with his death. While it was a bit…disappointing, not being able to talk to Vio or the others anymore, he could live with it (ha) knowing that they were safe. All of this went out the window when Link followed a complete stranger through a portal that reeked of dark magic. Willingly, might he add!
Honestly, you’d think he’d know better than to do that without at least leaving a note for the princess or literally anyone before disappearing with a mysterious person who approached him in the middle of the woods.
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Shadow tags along as the Chain goes dungeon delving. Surprisingly, he gets the chance to help.- Language:
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25 Nov 2024
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Lay My Curses All to Rest by ImperialKatwala
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
05 May 2024
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"Please," Warriors said with an expression of deep suffering. "One more time."
Twilight, with a mirrored look of Hylia please end my suffering, repeated his statement. The words were... almost intelligible. They were right at the edge of Legend's understanding of Hylian, just different enough that he had to shove the syllables into some kind of sense.
"Guys?" Sky called from the other side of camp. "Any luck?"
"Twi's speaking in a really weird dialect, but I can mostly make sense of it," Legend reported. He was getting an ear for the differences, now. "You?"
Beside Sky, Wild rolled on the ground like a dog, whining.
Or: half the Chain gets cursed
- Language:
- English
- Words:
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- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 74
- Kudos:
- 814
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25 Nov 2024
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