#conlang generator

To all conlangers, I think this might interest you !

This website vulgarlang.com helps you generate a language based on the input you give. You can select your phoneme inventory, choose your phonotactics and the way your words can be derived to build nouns, adjectives adverbs and other derivatives. It comes up with some phonological rules of its own.

This is for the free version (there is a full version for $9.95) but you can still have some fun with the free version. 

For instance, this is some of the words and grammar the generator came up with based on the rules I have made for my developing conlang : 

If it’s your first attempt at conlanging (like it is for me) it might be a useful tool to get some ideas when you feel stuck. 

This looks like an interesting project: 

Vulgar is a constructed language (conlang) generator for fantasy fiction writing that creates unique and usable constructed languages in the click of a button. Vulgar's output models the regularities, irregularities and quirks of real world languages; phonology, grammar, and a 2000 unique word vocabulary.

I’m not much of a conlanger myself but I tried it out and got something that looked cool and fairly plausible as a language. It seems like it might also be useful for generating problem sets for linguistics classes when you can’t use real language data for some reason or as a starting point/inspiration for people wanting to create more advanced, custom conlangs. 

Here’s a bit about how it works: 

Vulgar is capable of generating 10 quadrillion unique and usable conlangs.

How does it achieve this? Using pseudo-randomness!

Vulgar begins with a random seed number between 0 and 1 to 15 decimal places (10 to the power of 15 = 1 quadrillion). This number is then run through a formula that generates many many thousands of other random numbers. ("Pseudo"-random because, although there is nothing truly random about them (i.e. they are determined by an exact mathematical formula), every decimal number between 0 and 1 is equally likely to be produced, and there is no obvious pattern to the human eye.)

These numbers are used to make tens of thousands of decisions about which phonemes to select to build words, and what grammar rules to generate based on pre-defined thresholds. The seed number of a language can also be used to retrieve its full version in the premium version.

The other day on the conlang reddit (here) a new tool for conlanging was made avalilable. Its called “Vulgar: Language Generator” and it’s a tool that creates for you the fundamentals of a conlang with phonology, grammar and a wordlist. I can’t stress how awesome I find it. There’s both a free and a premium version. The free is quite good but with the premium (19$) there’s access to the full 2000 wordlist and to more customization.

This is the webpage:

https://www.vulgarlang.com/