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~~The 2006 Smiley Award was presented to~~ Kalusa, an unplanned constructed language initiated by Gary Shannon and developed further by a community of contributors~~. Congratulations to Gary and the entire Kalusa community~~.

Kalusa is an unplanned constructed language initiated by Gary Shannon and developed further by a community of contributors.

[http://kalusa.fiziwig.com Kalusa Homepage]

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=== The Kalusa Language ===

Kalusa began on May 22, 2006, with four simple sentences posted on the Kalusa homepage: # ''Ma vito es John.'' ("I see John.") # ''Ira vito es palu.'' ("He sees the cat.") # ''Ira vito es teku kia ruba.'' ("He sees the red book.") # ''Ma vito es da ruba.'' ("I see the red one.") With no initial grammar or grammatical information, Kalusa was open to contributions from anyone. Within a week, the corpus grew from four sentences to over a thousand.

Kalusa began on May 22, 2006, with four simple sentences posted on the Kalusa homepage:

# ''Ma vito es John.'' ("I see John.")

# ''Ira vito es palu.'' ("He sees the cat.")

# ''Ira vito es teku kia ruba.'' ("He sees the red book.")

# ''Ma vito es da ruba.'' ("I see the red one.")

With no initial grammar or grammatical information, Kalusa was open to contributions from anyone. Within a week, the corpus grew from four sentences to over a thousand.

=== Kalusa as a Collaborative Effort ===

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==== Factors Influencing Kalusa's Evolution ====

The evolution of Kalusa is influenced by four main factors: innovation, augmentation, analogy, and misanalysis. * '''Innovation''': New structures and words are created ex nihilo. * '''Augmentation''': Established patterns are expanded and built upon. * '''Analogy''': Users generalize patterns to create similar forms. * '''Misanalysis''': Users interpret structures differently, leading to new grammatical rules. For example, the first biclausal structure was created spontaneously: ''Jesus ira dun wepan.'' ("Jesus wept.") This led to the creation of sentences like: ''Ma wepan, ma ziresh.'' ("I want to weep.") Despite initial expectations, such structures became integrated into Kalusa's grammar. Users adapted and expanded these patterns, contributing to the language's continuous growth. Kalusa's evolution demonstrates the collaborative and dynamic nature of conlanging within its community.

The evolution of Kalusa is influenced by four main factors: innovation, augmentation, analogy, and misanalysis.

* '''Innovation''': New structures and words are created ex nihilo.

* '''Augmentation''': Established patterns are expanded and built upon.

* '''Analogy''': Users generalize patterns to create similar forms.

* '''Misanalysis''': Users interpret structures differently, leading to new grammatical rules.

For example, the first biclausal structure was created spontaneously:

''Jesus ira dun wepan.'' ("Jesus wept.")

This led to the creation of sentences like:

''Ma wepan, ma ziresh.'' ("I want to weep.")

Despite initial expectations, such structures became integrated into Kalusa's grammar. Users adapted and expanded these patterns, contributing to the language's continuous growth. Kalusa's evolution demonstrates the collaborative and dynamic nature of conlanging within its community.

[http://kalusa.fiziwig.com Kalusa Homepage]

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-The 2006 Smiley Award was presented to Kalusa, an unplanned constructed language initiated by Gary Shannon and developed further by a community of contributors. Congratulations to Gary and the entire Kalusa community.
+Kalusa is an unplanned constructed language initiated by Gary Shannon and developed further by a community of contributors.
 [http://kalusa.fiziwig.com Kalusa Homepage]
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 === The Kalusa Language ===
-Kalusa began on May 22, 2006, with four simple sentences posted on the Kalusa homepage: # ''Ma vito es John.'' ("I see John.") # ''Ira vito es palu.'' ("He sees the cat.") # ''Ira vito es teku kia ruba.'' ("He sees the red book.") # ''Ma vito es da ruba.'' ("I see the red one.") With no initial grammar or grammatical information, Kalusa was open to contributions from anyone. Within a week, the corpus grew from four sentences to over a thousand.
+Kalusa began on May 22, 2006, with four simple sentences posted on the Kalusa homepage:
+# ''Ma vito es John.'' ("I see John.")
+# ''Ira vito es palu.'' ("He sees the cat.")
+# ''Ira vito es teku kia ruba.'' ("He sees the red book.")
+# ''Ma vito es da ruba.'' ("I see the red one.")
+With no initial grammar or grammatical information, Kalusa was open to contributions from anyone. Within a week, the corpus grew from four sentences to over a thousand.
 === Kalusa as a Collaborative Effort ===
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 ==== Factors Influencing Kalusa's Evolution ====
-The evolution of Kalusa is influenced by four main factors: innovation, augmentation, analogy, and misanalysis. * '''Innovation''': New structures and words are created ex nihilo. * '''Augmentation''': Established patterns are expanded and built upon. * '''Analogy''': Users generalize patterns to create similar forms. * '''Misanalysis''': Users interpret structures differently, leading to new grammatical rules. For example, the first biclausal structure was created spontaneously: ''Jesus ira dun wepan.'' ("Jesus wept.") This led to the creation of sentences like: ''Ma wepan, ma ziresh.'' ("I want to weep.") Despite initial expectations, such structures became integrated into Kalusa's grammar. Users adapted and expanded these patterns, contributing to the language's continuous growth. Kalusa's evolution demonstrates the collaborative and dynamic nature of conlanging within its community.
+The evolution of Kalusa is influenced by four main factors: innovation, augmentation, analogy, and misanalysis.
+* '''Innovation''': New structures and words are created ex nihilo.
+* '''Augmentation''': Established patterns are expanded and built upon.
+* '''Analogy''': Users generalize patterns to create similar forms.
+* '''Misanalysis''': Users interpret structures differently, leading to new grammatical rules.
+For example, the first biclausal structure was created spontaneously:
+''Jesus ira dun wepan.'' ("Jesus wept.")
+This led to the creation of sentences like:
+''Ma wepan, ma ziresh.'' ("I want to weep.")
+Despite initial expectations, such structures became integrated into Kalusa's grammar. Users adapted and expanded these patterns, contributing to the language's continuous growth. Kalusa's evolution demonstrates the collaborative and dynamic nature of conlanging within its community.
 [http://kalusa.fiziwig.com Kalusa Homepage]