Authoritative Guide to the Katalopsi Constructed Language

About the Book

A compelling fantasy world often benefits from a thorough consideration of the languages spoken by its citizenry. Whether you are playing a role-playing game or building a world of your own, you may find a constructed language to be the tool you need to bring depth and realism to the experience. That’s where this book comes in. This book describes the fundamentals of Katalopsi, a musical language with a lexicon specifically designed for fantasy and science fiction contexts. With hundreds of pages devoted to the sounds and grammar, an original writing system, and over ten thousand dictionary entries, Katalopsi will bring you all the realism of a natural language with none of the cultural baggage, allowing the facts of your setting to emerge uninhibited.

About the Author

J. S. Ling is a linguist and computer scientist who seeks to apply the scientific knowledge of language and communication to the creation of conlangs for use in fiction and game design projects. He holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and a master’s degree in computational linguistics. When he is not constructing languages, J. S. Ling is painting, composing music, writing poetry, designing games, and conducting literary research.