Choose a Language
How it works
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The app generates a proto-language with its own vocabulary and phonology.
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Sound change rules derive daughter languages and cognate sets.
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You then try to reconstruct the proto-forms, like a historical linguist.
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Kalaoa
Listen to the flow of vowels like the ocean waves.
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Sema
A reminiscent of Toki Pona, with straightforward syllable patterns.
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Cozatl
Sharp click of the tongue against the teeth, like obsidian striking flint next to the Caribbean.
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Matsuri
Crisp haiku syllables in a steady rhythm of morae, like raindrops on a drum.
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Scriptula
Clear vowels sculpted on marble statues next to a consonant vineyard of moderate clusters.
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Vaelkiai
A melodic cascade of long, rolling vowels echoing through a quiet nordic forest.
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Al-Qalabiya
A deep, sun-baked warmth of rich gutturals and rhythmic consonants.
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Mtskheri
A rugged mountain landscape where heavy consonants clusters lock together like stone.
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Sqeltan
A complex thicket of pops, clicks, and breaths, where vowels barely dare to tread.
Difficulty
Harder tiers pile on more, stranger, and more distinction-collapsing changes. You can
adjust Advanced Settings after picking a difficulty.
Higher values pick rarer, stranger sound changes.
Conservative
Moderate
Innovative
Minimum number of sound-change rules applied to derive each daughter language.
Maximum number of sound-change rules applied to derive each daughter language.
Minimum number of cognates each daughter language must differ from the proto form.
Use a specific seed for a reproducible puzzle.
Maximum number of daughter languages allowed to share the same sound-change rule family.
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