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Design a Language!

Languages are constantly evolving, with new words added annually to dictionaries like Oxford's. In 2011, words like "cyberbullying" and "bromance" made their debut. Esperanto, created in the 1880s, aims to be a neutral and easy-to-learn global language. Cornish, once nearly extinct, has seen a revival in the 20th century using influences from related Celtic languages. This exploration delves into how languages develop, borrow, and revive, highlighting their dynamic nature. Join the challenge of inventing a new word in English and see how language continues to thrive!

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Design a Language!

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  1. Design a Language!

  2. Language • Languages develop all the time. • Even the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words each year! • Can you think of any recent ones? • In 2011 these words were added: auto-complete, green-fuel, cyberbullying, bromance!

  3. How do you create a language? • Esperanto is a language created in the 1880s. • It is designed to be a WORLD LANGUAGE: neutral and easy to learn by everyone. • Up to 2 million people can speak it. • It borrows its grammar, vocabulary, sounds and script from different languages around the world. • Can you spot any influences in these words? Saluton! (Hello) Mia noma estas…(My name is) Dankon! (Thank you) • Do you know the top 3 most widely spoken languages? Chinese English Spanish

  4. Cornish Language • Cornish was one of six Celtic languages and was spoken in Cornwall and West Devon over a thousand years ago. • By the late 17th century only people west of Truro could speak Cornish – and most of these also spoke English. • By the late early 19th century it had died out as a community language. • In the early 20th century a man called Henry Jenner attempted to revive the language. • Since then the language has been recreated and many people now speak Cornish.

  5. How do you revive a language? • You can use similar languages and look at how they have developed, as well as borrowing words from them. • Can you think of any languages similar to Cornish? • Welsh, Breton, Gaelic, Manx • Cornish REVIVALISTS used these languages to create the vibrant Cornish language that is spoken today.

  6. All languages are made from other languages! • Around 80% of ‘English’ words derive from other languages! Can you guess which language the following words come from? Sky = Norse (Scandinavian) Castle = Norman (French)

  7. Cannibal = Spanish Balcony = Italian Shampoo = Hindi Ketchup = Chinese Voodoo = African languages

  8. Rucksack = German Coffee = Arabic Robot = Czech Hooligan = Irish (Gaelic) Flannel = Welsh?

  9. Language development • When words from another language are borrowed they are often adapted and changed. • You can see how this has happened with these English words: • “downloaden” is German for…? • “futbol” is Spanish for…?

  10. Your Challenge • Create a new word to use in English: • It can be based on a word from another language OR • It can be based on English words; for example, “foothouse” could mean shoe! • YOUR WORD MUST NOT BE RUDE!

  11. Spread the word! • As a class, use your replacement words for the next month. • How many people can you get to use your word? • The longer a language lives and the wider it spreads, the more diverse, flexible and dynamic it becomes. • Good luck! Buena suerte! Chons da!

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