Kalaba-X

From Langmaker

Conlang	Kalaba-X
Author	Kenneth L. Pike
Year Began	1957
Language Type	logical language
Lexicon Size	N/A
Etymologies	No
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	Yes
Primer	Yes

Kalaba-X is a loglang and was created by Kenneth L. Pike in 1957.

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Uniqueness

Kalaba-X is nothing more than a formalized grammatical description [verb (modifier) object (modifier) subject (modifier)], yet Pike makes excellent use of it to teach some of the challenges of translation, as he translates material to and from Kalaba-X. This is a must-read for anyone designing the grammar of a constructed language; this article is one of a series of four articles posted at this site (I, II, III, IV). Kalaba-X is the simplest useful conlang I've seen. It is a nonce language designed for a particular training exercise -- to demonstrate the trade-offs required in translating to languages with very different grammatical structures. The entire language c

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