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All natlangs copied from WALS are noe marked as being "from earth"
Ahem, why they weren't all marked like that in the first place, 'tis a mystery…
Pinned: 2026-07-01 19:39
A small experiment is a foot
A new tiny feature is under development: me-links, which can be used for verifying control of an url. That verification can then be used to among other things log in, see IndieLogin.com.
How it works:
- On the page you want to prove ownership of, say http://example.org/its-me/, you put a magic link with the attribute
rel="me", for instance if you have an account at mastodon.social: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@exampleuser" rel="me">Me on masto!</a> - On a site with support for me-links, like mastodon.social, add the url "http://example.org/its-me/" in step one to the correct place.
- Now if you visit the profile of "exampleuser" at mastodon.social, there will be a green checkmark next to "example.org/its-me/"
See IndieWeb: rel-me for more info.
It's not possible for ya'll to add your own me-links yet, there's more testing needed for that bit, but the goal is that the new feature is finished in time for LCC12 in Copenhagen which happens in July this year.
And of course, if this feature works out, there will be a badge...
Pinned: 2026-06-21 17:52
2026-07-02 15:34 Changed language: Garof
2026-07-02 15:26 New language: Garof
garpeagogorsae-arch added Garof to CALS.
<a href="/language/garof/">Salonohy </a><a href="/language/garof/">Garof</a> (And that's how you greet someone in Garof.)
What defines your conlang?
By adding your language here, and answering the questions by choosing a single value for each relevant WALS-feature (e.g. it's not a goal to answer every single one of them!), you might discover new things in your conlang, or grammar gaps that need to be filled somehow. By reading the descriptions of each feature at WALS, you also get a crash course in linguistic typology and universals – but be warned, some of those papers are overly scholarly...
CALS challenges
- Pick some features and values at random, then try to make a language out of that.
- What would the most average conlang look like? Should it be updated to stay the most average?
- Contrary, would a conlang with many rare and unusual features be usable at all?
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