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Hello, I'm '''Nicholas''', creating languages since 1998~1999 from [[w:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]], [[w:Argentina|Argentina]]. First inspirations at that time came from learning English, French and some notions of Greek terminology and Latin (very vague). Later on other influences were [[w:Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s Elvish languages, [[w:Old English|Old English]], [[w:Old Norse|Old Norse]] among others. Some languages I've studied to a higher degree include English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian and Croatian. Also I've studied [[w:Classical Languages|Classical Languages]] at the university ([[w:Latin|Latin]], [[w:Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]], [[w:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]) and some Ancient languages like [[w:Sumerian|Sumerian]], [[w:Akkadian|Akkadian]]. I'm more into ''[[a priori]]'' naturalistic languages, but I've dabbled in ''[[a posteriori]]'' too, and of course, some experiments as well!
Hello, I’m Nicholas, a language creator from Buenos Aires, Argentina, active since 1997. My earliest inspirations came from learning English and French, with scattered exposure to Greek and Latin terminology. Later influences included Tolkien’s Elvish languages, Old English, and Old Norse. I have studied several modern languages in depth—English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and Croatian—and pursued Classical Languages at university (Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit), along with ancient languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. My main interest lies in [[a priori]] naturalistic languages, though I have also explored [[a posteriori]] projects and experimental approaches.


I began my conlanging experience just before the 2000's, during boring high-school classes (you can see a list of these first ones in ''[[User:Nicomega/Historical conlangs|Historical conlangs]]''). At first I had started developing two a priori artlangs, called '''Baladi''' and '''Debilen''', which were supposed to be related. The first was supposed to have a Graeco-Roman feel to it, and the Debilen would be the prototypical "barbarians". After that I also included a language called '''Gin'amed''', another a priori artlang supposed to feel like a mix of reconstructed Egyptian hieroglyphic pronunciation and Semitic languages with triliteral roots. Afterwards I decided to start anew with another a priori language but this time to really go deep into creating words that I could relate to their meanings, called '''Senshra'''. After those I created many many more conlangs, even a couple where I tried to convince a friend to join in, to no real success. If we could term the Baladi and Debilen languages my Phase I, then Gin'amed and Senshra would be Phase II. I've played quite a lot with those special first languages, closest to my heart, but also started developing a ton of new ones. Phase III had a lot of new directions, '''Manketzal''', '''Shelud''', '''Xoršid''', '''Kežtuzakil''' and many more. Most of those listed here belong to Phase IV by that count, and there's even a Phase V (e.g. '''Warthuz''') and beyond ('''Lassakirthi''', '''Tulvan''', '''Kareyku''').
I began conlanging around July 1997 during high school. [[User:Nicomega/Historical conlangs|My first projects]] were two related a priori languages: '''Baladi''', intended to evoke a Graeco-Roman atmosphere, and '''Dellos''', conceived as the speech of “barbarians.” I then created '''Gin’amed''', inspired by reconstructed Egyptian pronunciation and Semitic triliteral systems, followed by '''Senshra''', a deeper attempt to build vocabulary with strong personal semantic associations. These early works form what I consider Phase I (Baladi and Debilen) and Phase II (Gin’amed and Senshra).
 
Phase III expanded into new directions with languages such as '''Manketzal''', '''Shelud''', '''Xoršid''', and '''Kežtuzakil''', leading to Phase IV and later projects including Phase V (e.g., '''Warthuz''') and subsequent creations like '''Lassakirthi''', '''[[Tulvan]]''', and '''Kareyku'''.


'''[http://www.frathwiki.com/User:Esploranto My Frathwiki User page]'''
'''[http://www.frathwiki.com/User:Esploranto My Frathwiki User page]'''
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:A Welshified version of the Finnish language.
:A Welshified version of the Finnish language.


;[[User:Nicomega/Brest|Eith-berest]]
;[[User:Nicomega/Brest|Brest]]
:A very weird mixture of germanic, with substrate of brittonic.
:A very weird mixture of germanic, with substrate of brittonic.


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;Atlantean (Atilanan dresh) (2020)
;Atlantean (Atilanan dresh) (2020)
:Conlang job for a movie project. It is the language of extra-dimensional humans from a dimension called "Atlantis".
:Conlang job for a movie project. It is the language of extra-dimensional humans from a dimension called "Atlantis".
;Conlang Hungarian-inspired (2023)
;Reworking of client's conlang (2024)


=== Cramarian project ===
=== Cramarian project ===
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