Søren The Language Adventurer

 Welcome to the first day of 2026 (as of writing this blog post anyway)! I hope everyone is having a great start to their 2026 so far. After the terrible year that was 2025, I am so looking forward to what's to come this year. With that being said, I have decided that I will not be setting any resolutions for this year whatsoever. This will definitely won't be ones of those "This is your year" type of unrealistic expectations. That's not to say that 2026 won't be a good you for you or me but trying to downplay real issues and challenges standing in your way is not exactly all that helpful. Therefore, I have decided to set goals that can be updated and adjust as time goes by without needing to beat myself up after experiencing a failure or challenging issue in my life. Which languages do I want to focus on in 2026? My current target languages include Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, German, Japanese and European Portuguese. However, I have not spend a consistent amount...

Well, we've finally made it to the end of #Lexember for 2025. This week's prompts were created by Madeline James Writes . So without further ado, let's get into each prompt for Kalovanian, Lubenavian and Vasatulokian: Day 27: A cultural or societal value (ex: bravery, humility, restraint, truth, strength) Kalovanian: Kraft /kraft/- Strength.  Kalovanian speakers where they be from the Kalo Islands, Kusam ūtarel, Terravabeku,T ūlisunakivi, Lubenavi (Lumip ēnauki) or Vasatulokia value their strength to help them persevere through anything. It also reflects on how their influence and colonisation on other countries. Example: M ū kraft ve m ū m epī m epīdonan -My strength gives meaning to my life /mu: kraft v ɛ mu: m ɛpi: m ɛpi:d ɔnan/ /1PRES-strength-to-1PRS-life-to give meaning to something-PRES/ Lubenavian :  Fudele /fud ɛl ɛ/- Sacrifice. Lubenavians believe that sacrifices need to be made in order to make life more impactful. Example: Atauvēkoauniwūko fudele pagulako nēb...

Now we are going to continue with the rest of the Lexember prompts for this month. The prompts for Days 9-13 were created by George of the Conlangery podcast: Day 9: An insect body part Kalovanian : Tēlokončū -/t ɛ: l ɔ k ɔ n tʃ u:/-Thorax (Lit: Insect body) Example:  Tēlokončū gauli, ipaso, kupaleko ja pafua   tenin.  /t ɛ: l ɔ k ɔ n tʃ u gauli ipas ɔ kupal ɛk ɔ ja pafua t ɛnin/- The thorax holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. /thorax-head-leg-wing-and-belly-to hold-PRES/ Lubenavian : Vauolilupupu - /vauolilupupu/- Thorax (Lit: Insect body) Example: Ataufafūkobeuoliu ualakōs, ukoleailos, chubeligoilos li gūgalē . /ataufafu:k ɔb ɛu ɔliu ualak ɔ:s uk ɔl ɛail ɔs xub ɛlig ɔil ɔs li gu:gal ɛ:/ ɛ:/- The thorax holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. /PRES-to hold-3SG-head-the COM GEN PL-leg-the COM GEN PL- wing-the COM GEN PL- and-belly// Vasatulokian : Peluvorubuvu - /p ɛluv ɔ ʁubuvu/- Thorax (lit: Insect body) Example: Peluvorubuvu feibakuhui hauvituk, rashomeikotuk, k...

 Lexember is where conlangers create one word per day for the month of December. I participated in this language on Bluesky last year and it really helped build up my conlangs: Kalovanian, Lubenavian and Vasatulokian. It also gives me a chance to be more active on Bluesky (an alternative to Twitter that isn't as toxic as what Twitter has become). The prompts were created by David J. Peterson (creator of Dothraki, High Valryian, etc)and Jessie Peterson of the LangTime Studio podcast and author of How to Create a Language. I would recommend following them on Bluesky and using the hashtag #Lexember so that your post can be found and seen by fellow conlangers. Without further ado, here are the first 4 prompts for Lexember in Kalovanian, Lubenavian and Vasatulokian: Dec 1: A way of preparing food (e.g. Chop, grind, dice, mince) Kalovanian :  Talia /talia/- To cut, to slice, to chop, to dice, to sever, to amputate, to behead, to separate, to split apart, to tear (apart). Example:...