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diff --git a/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/SUMMARY.md index 7390c82..0358bb1 100644 --- a/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/SUMMARY.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ # Summary -- [Chapter 1](./chapter_1.md) +- [Introduction](./intro.md) + +# Hàësdáëga + +- [Introduction](./haesdaaga/intro.md) diff --git a/src/chapter_1.md b/src/chapter_1.md deleted file mode 100644 index b743fda..0000000 --- a/src/chapter_1.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -# Chapter 1 diff --git a/src/haesdaaga/intro.md b/src/haesdaaga/intro.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d264650 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/haesdaaga/intro.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Introduction + +## In-world background + +Hàësdáëga is a dead language spoken by ancient people in Gaëdaäna. +In the day, there was only one language in the continent, shared by people from +five peoples: *Wood* farmers, *Fire* hunters, *Earth* monks, *Metal* smiths and +*Water* seafarers. They embraced the philosophy and that reflected in their +languages. They not only used the language to communicate, but also to define +a method with which they could control these five natural forces. + +Later, as these peoples mixed up, their ability to harness these five natural +forces strengthened for some and weakened for the others. Most notably, the +*Metal* and *Water* people lost almost all of this power, and only a minority +could still use it. Science and trade thus became their main strength. On the +other hand, *Fire* and *Wood* people could control it so well, they no longer +needed the language to guide their power. *Earth* monks were the most pure +with this power, but chose to distance themselves from others' affairs. +Naturally, the language was divided into five different languages (and two +pidgins) and the old way of using natural force was forgotten. + +Incidentally, *Arrow*, the son of *Blade* and *Pearl*[^1], re-invented the way. +Born as a child of a Metal mage warrior and a magicless aristocrat in a +science-oriented society, he learned to use one heritage to support the other. +He tried to reconstruct the ancient language and defined a way to use it to combine +his magic ability. Independently, *Iceberg*[^1] also discovered it by reading +old text he was lucky to find + +We are interested in the linguistic features of this language as well as its magical +structure. In this book we discuss both of them. + +[^1]: These names are temporary, but they carry the meaning of their future names. diff --git a/src/intro.md b/src/intro.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac6ca81 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/intro.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Introduction + +I am a hobbyist conlanger and this is my collection of conlangs. Unfortunately, +I have not digitize my previous work in a standard way. Either I write it on +phone note or write Word(tm) document (ew) and upload it to Google Drive (ew). +Git is more resilient, and now that I have a convenient way of syncing between +my devices without cloud, hopefully it will be the final version. + +Currently, I am working on Hàësdáëga, a synthetic language influenced by +[wǔxíng][wuxing] philosophy. I am also considering building a genderless, +isolated language after this one. + +[wuxing]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy) |