As the title says, it’s at <https://langdev.ladys.computer/urn:fdc:langdev.xyz:20160819:jsv:jst/>.

This is the last of the “standalone” Jastu‐Sevensi languages; it’s a refinement of Jastulae that I worked on roughly from 2010–2013. Unlike the other languages I posted dictionaries for, you can actually create sentences in this one, although the grammars are still somewhat lacking and the documentation leaves something to be desired. This dictionary also contains a small handful of names that I used in various projects around this time: Tæn, Īō, Ʒäsā, ⁊·c. As a lexis for coming up with fantasy names which follow consistent phonological rules, it’s pretty good (because, well, it does).

C·C·0 of course.

The next project is to finish up the Pre–Jastu‐Sevensi dictionary, which combines all of these languages into a single proto‐lexis. I’m feeling a bit of trepidation about this one, because I did the initial development work for it in 2015, and I’m not sure whether I agree with all of the decisions I made then. It is likely that this will be a project of not just cleaning up the existing work but also doing new development to make it complete, consistent, and useful. Having to do work on a 2015 language is a bit undesirable as I would much rather be working on a 2024 one.

My feelings towards Pre–Jastu‐Sevensi are of course merely a pre·amble to my feelings regarding Sevensi as a whole. The parts of the language I feel passionately about are the grammars, general morphology, and phonology, but the question of how to get from this early proto‐language to there still feels very undecided. After spending so much time with Jastugay, I’m not convinced I made the right calls regarding the consonant and vowel shifts when I charted it out the first time. I’m eager to dig into those problems and hopefully write up some documentation regarding them in the new year.

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