Kankonian - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Kankonian Language Author James E. F. Landau Year Began 1997 Site Kankonian Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author James E. F. Landau Language Type fictional language Editorial Kankonian offers one of the larger lexicons on the Web, with a dictionary of over 5,500 words. This extraterrestrial language is vaguely reminescent of the tongues of the Middle East, but it is based directly on no human language, with the vocabulary designed according to the author's sense of the most natural set of sounds for each idea. Uniqueness Kankonian is atavistic, i.e. every single native word comes directly from what the human brain perceives as the most "natural" set of sounds for that idea. Language Sources Arguably Hebrew/Arabic, Latin, Greek and Nahuatl played a part in its phonology and grammatical concerns, but I tried as much as possible to stay with my own instincts, as if I had never been exposed to language before, when creating Kankonian. Klingon helped as inspiration for creating a language associated with an extraterrestrial world. Interest Of Others The large vocabulary, the beautiful, exotic Middle-Eastern-ish sound of the language, the Kankonian culture associated with this language. People tell me they like the soothing otherworldliness of the Kankonian universe. One German scientist was even referred to the language's site by a search engine after he had a dream about the word "alsazar". He wrote me and said he found strange connections between the lives of the two of us. Conculture Noun Phrase the planet Kankonia of the star Venska in the Lehola galaxy Quotation Mahan ar hesias Kankonik? Translation Do you speak Kankonian? Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts No Unique Script No Primer No Babel Text No Lexicon Size 5,500 Submitted By James E. F. Landau Updated By Jeffrey Henning Date Edited Tuesday, December 17, 2002 Description Of Update The author's original site has vanished, but here is an archive. Date To Headline Tuesday, December 17, 2002 < Kamakawi  Kankonian  Kansu >
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