For me, yes, an example I could use is transforming a generic language using an alphabet, formed using Turkish as the base, and evolving it based on Chinese influences and attempting to adopt logographic styles

This made me theorise on how Chinese works and the absolute role of context, where I could apply it and what not

But what about you?

  • dfyxAEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I would say that 70-80% of what I know about linguistics comes from conlanging. Sure, the basics come up in school, both in literature and foreign language classes but there they are muddied by all the exceptions that real life languages have. In conlanging, we can apply linguistic concepts in their pure form and experiment with them.

  • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    It definitely helps, it helped me understand various linguistic concepts and it led me to learning the IPA, which is a HUGE help for learning languages, especially when figuring out how to make new sounds.

  • sbf@feddit.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    Definitely! I applied much of my conlanging knowledge when learning German.

    Es hat mir sehr geholfen!