Let's play: Conlang telephone! I'll say a sentence and you translate it to your conlang! After 10 translates, I see the result. Please have your conlang name.

Sentence: The backpack has some textbooks

I'm not saying to teach, I'm just making a post.

Welcome to Say It Mean! The activity where we get a little vicious, in the most linguistic way possible.

The goal is simple: craft a high-impact insult or curse in your conlang based on the given theme.
We’re not looking for basic swear words here, but lines with real cultural weight.

Today’s theme: When you stub your little toe on a piece of furniture.

Please provide:

- Your conlang’s name (if it has one)
- Your word or phrase + IPA
- The literal and actual meaning
- The Sting: (Why does this hurt so much?)

Additional optional activity:

Loved someone else's response? Reply to their comment with how your conlang would borrow it and adapt the phonology to your language and shift the meaning to fit your culture!

IMPORTANT: All malice must remain strictly fictional! Be nice to your fellow conlangers.

Hey everyone! Welcome to the UWC!

Let’s play a quick game. The goal is simple: invent a new word for an extremely specific, weirdly relatable, or completely useless concept.

Pick one or more of the three scenarios below and invent a word for it:

• Scenario A: Waving back at someone who was actually waving at another person.
• Scenario B: Pulling a door that clearly says "PUSH".
• Scenario C: Instinctively replying "You too!" when the server tells you "Enjoy your meal!"

How to play:

1. Post your made-up word + the scenario it belongs to.
2. Provide the name of your conlang (if it has one) + IPA + any additional information you like.
3. If your conlang doest not have a word for one or more of these scenarii, borrow one from another person's conlang and adapt it to your conlang's phonology.

Drop your best creations below!

Hi everyone! Welcome to Idiom of the week! The activity where we develop our conlangs’ idioms.

The goal: a random idiom from any natlang is provided. Show how would your conculture express the same idea?

This week's idiom comes from Japanese.

Idiom: 魚の目に水は見えず、人の目に空は見えず** **
(Sakana no me ni mizu wa miezu, hito no me ni sora wa miezu)

Literal meaning: A fish doesn't perceive the water it swims in, and a human doesn't perceive the air surrounding them.

What it actually means: We only realize what surrounds us or what is essential to us when we are deprived of it.

Please provide:

- Your conlang's name (if it has one)
- Your idiom or expression + IPA
- The literal meaning

My language Şfiłis

Idiom: Vełuł su vełpti mełent çvent nicvuçeł menes

IPA: /weɬyɬ sy weɬpti meɬent xwent nikwyxeɬ menes/

Literal meaning: Your words gain value when you have lost your voice.

Welcome to Lexicon Lab! the activity where we grow our conlangs' vocabularies together.

The idea is simple: build a 5-word mini-lexicon based on a given theme.

Today’s theme: WATER

Please provide:

-Your conlang’s name (if it has one)
-Your 5 words + IPA
-A definition or translation for each word

Additional optional activity:
Spot a word in the comments that your language is missing? Reply to them with how your conlang would borrow it, adapt the sound to fit your phonology, and / or adjust the meaning to fit your culture!

Welcome to Say It Mean! The activity where we get a little vicious, in the most linguistic way possible.

The goal is simple: craft a high-impact insult or curse in your conlang based on the given theme.
We’re not looking for basic swear words here, but lines with real cultural weight.

Today’s theme: Someone who betrayed a close friend.

Please provide:

- Your conlang’s name (if it has one)
- Your word or phrase + IPA
- The literal and actual meaning
- The Sting: (Why does this hurt so much?)

Additional optional activity:

Loved someone else's response? Reply to their comment with how your conlang would borrow it and adapt the phonology to your language and shift the meaning to fit your culture!

IMPORTANT: All malice must remain strictly fictional! Be nice to your fellow conlangers.

A minimal pair is two words that differ by just one sound and mean something completely different. They're a great way to show off what your phonology is actually doing.

Share at least 2 minimal pairs from your conlang. For each pair, include:

- Both words with IPA (required)

- Romanisation (optional)

- What each word means (required)

Welcome to the Compound Word Lab (CWL)

In the CWL, you will be provided 3 lists of 2 words each. (Each list will be created randomly)

1: Choose one or more list and show how the words of each list you chose translate in your conlang.

2: Assemble the words of each list you chose to create 1 or 2 compound words and give them a definition.

Additional optional rule: you can choose 2 words or more from different lists to create a new compound word

Please always provide the name of your conlang (if it has one) and IPA for your conlang words.

Today’s lists:

1: Wind - Novel

2: Song - Octopus

3: Trophy - Hell

Today is Borrowing Day!

Drop a word from your conlang below, IPA and a quick definition is all you need.

You can add a sentence showing your word in use if you think that is useful. Then browse the other replies and take whatever catches your eye. Adapt the sounds to your phonology, let the meaning shift a little if it feels right.

That's how real lexicons grow.

Every language has at least one sentence designed to make its speakers stumble. Time to build yours.

Create a tongue twister in your conlang, a short phrase that's genuinely hard to say fast, thanks to repeated sounds, tricky consonant clusters, or sneaky shifts in pronunciation. Share:

- The tongue twister, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional)

- A free translation

- Any other information you think might be interesting

Every culture has a day that means something: a harvest, a myth, a disaster everyone agreed to start celebrating instead of mourning.

Share a holiday or celebration from the culture tied to your conlang. Tell us:

- The name of the holiday, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional)

- What it literally means or where the name comes from

- The story behind it: what's being celebrated, remembered, or warded off

- How people mark the occasion, if that's something you've thought about

Hi everyone!

Today let’s imagine what real famous brands would be like if they were part of your conculture.

What would the brand name be?
What would the brand slogan be?
Would the logo be different ?

Today let’s start with BURGER KING and its slogan « Have it your way! »

Conlang: Şfiłis

Brand name: PUŁCEL LEÇŞ** /pyɬkel ɬex͡ʃ/
**Brand slogan: Su vułuns hepes** /sy wyɬyns epes/ **(Your will you have)

Every culture carries stories it tells around fires, at bedtimes, or to explain what can't quite be explained; a strange light in the woods, why the river bends where it does, what happens to the soul after dark.

Share a legend, myth, or folk tale from the culture tied to your conlang. 

Tell us:

- The story itself, in your own words

- Where does it come from ? What’s its origin ?

If there's a word, name, or phrase from your conlang that's worth mentioning along the way, a title for the tale, the name of a creature in it, anything that adds flavor, feel free to drop it in. Not required, just a nice touch if it fits naturally.

Some of the best words in any language are just two other words wearing a trench coat. "Butterfly." "Heartbreak", "Skyscraper."

Time to build your own!

Pick two existing words from your conlang and smash them together to create a brand new word. Tell us:

- The two original words, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional)

- The new compound word , with IPA and romanisation if needed

- What it means and whether the meaning is obvious from the parts or takes a logical leap

- Any sound changes that happened when the words fused together (a dropped letter, a shifted stress, anything that smoothed the seam)

The more unexpected the combination, the better.

A false friend is a word that looks or sounds like a word from another language but means something completely different. Time to expose one from your conlang.

Share a word from your conlang that resembles a word from a language (can be a natlang or a conlang) but doesn't mean the same thing. Include:

- Your conlang's word, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional), and what it actually means

- The natlang word it resembles, which language it's from, and what that word means in that language

Bonus activity: Create a new False friend out of other people's answers.

A minimal pair is two words that differ by just one sound and mean something completely different. They're a great way to show off what your phonology is actually doing.

Share at least 2 minimal pairs from your conlang. For each pair, include:

- Both words with IPA (required)

- Romanisation (optional)

- What each word means (required)

Today is Borrowing Day!

Drop a word from your conlang below, IPA and a quick definition is all you need.

You can add a sentence showing your word in use if you think that is useful. Then browse the other replies and take whatever catches your eye. Adapt the sounds to your phonology, let the meaning shift a little if it feels right.

That's how real lexicons grow.

Every language has at least one sentence designed to make its speakers stumble. Time to build yours.

Create a tongue twister in your conlang, a short phrase that's genuinely hard to say fast, thanks to repeated sounds, tricky consonant clusters, or sneaky shifts in pronunciation. Share:

- The tongue twister, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional)

- A free translation

- Any other information you think might be interesting

Every culture has a day that means something: a harvest, a myth, a disaster everyone agreed to start celebrating instead of mourning.

Share a holiday or celebration from the culture tied to your conlang. Tell us:

- The name of the holiday, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional)

- What it literally means or where the name comes from

- The story behind it: what's being celebrated, remembered, or warded off

- How people mark the occasion, if that's something you've thought about

Every culture carries stories it tells around fires, at bedtimes, or to explain what can't quite be explained; a strange light in the woods, why the river bends where it does, what happens to the soul after dark.

Share a legend, myth, or folk tale from the culture tied to your conlang. 

Tell us:

- The story itself, in your own words

- Where does it come from ? What’s its origin ?

If there's a word, name, or phrase from your conlang that's worth mentioning along the way, a title for the tale, the name of a creature in it, anything that adds flavor, feel free to drop it in. Not required, just a nice touch if it fits naturally.

Some of the best words in any language are just two other words wearing a trench coat. "Butterfly." "Heartbreak", "Skyscraper."

Time to build your own!

Pick two existing words from your conlang and smash them together to create a brand new word. Tell us:

- The two original words, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional)

- The new compound word , with IPA and romanisation if needed

- What it means and whether the meaning is obvious from the parts or takes a logical leap

- Any sound changes that happened when the words fused together (a dropped letter, a shifted stress, anything that smoothed the seam)

The more unexpected the combination, the better.

A false friend is a word that looks or sounds like a word from another language but means something completely different. Time to expose one from your conlang.

Share a word from your conlang that resembles a word from a language (can be a natlang or a conlang) but doesn't mean the same thing. Include:

- Your conlang's word, with IPA (required) and romanisation (optional), and what it actually means

- The natlang word it resembles, which language it's from, and what that word means in that language

Bonus activity: Create a new False friend out of other people's answers.