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Wednesday, January 1
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John Wilkins born, 1614. |
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John Wilkins (1 January 1614–19 November 1672) was an English clergyman, natural philosopher and author, a founder of the Royal Society, and Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. He is particularly known for An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language in which, amongst other things, he proposed a universal language and a decimal system of measure not unlike the modern metric system. |
Friday, January 3
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J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of Middle Earth and its languages, born, 1892 |
Saturday, January 4
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Jakob Grimm (of Grimm's Law and folktale fame) born, 1785. |
Sunday, January 5
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A monument to Ivar Aasen, creator of Nynorsk, is unveiled in Oslo, 1996. |
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(noted in Limits of Language by Mikael Parkvall) |
Tuesday, January 7
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, born Eliezer Yitzhak Perelman, ("reviver" of Hebrew) in Luzhky, Lithuania, 1858. |
Monday, January 13
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Paul Passy, French linguist, founder of the International Phonetic Association, born, 1859. |
Thursday, January 16
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All day event |
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The inception of the CONLANG/AUXLANG split, 1996 |
Saturday, January 18
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All day event |
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James Evans, missionary who created syllabaries for various Algonquin languages, born, 1801. |
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James Evans (January 18, 1801 – November 23, 1846) was a Canadian Methodist missionary and amateur linguist. He is best remembered for his creation of the "syllabic" writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, which was later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut. |
Sunday, January 19
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Dr. Victoria Fromkin, creator of Pakuni, dies, 2000. |
Saturday, January 25
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Conlang meetup |
Sunday, January 26
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All day event |
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Edward Sapir is born, 1884. |
Saturday, February 1
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The Klingon Hamlet published, 2000. |
Tuesday, February 4
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Edward Sapir dies, 1939. |
Thursday, February 6
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A main-belt asteroid is discovered by Finnish astronomer Y. Vaisala and is designated "1462 Zamenhof" in 1938. |
Thursday, February 13
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Dr. James Cooke Brown, creator of Loglan, died, 2000 |
Friday, February 14
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Feast day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, creators of Cyrillic alphabet (Roman Catholic Calendar) |
Monday, February 17
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All day event |
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Death of St. Mesrop Mashtots, inventor of Armenian Alphabet, 440 CE |
Friday, February 21
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All day event |
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International Mother Language Day |
Saturday, February 22
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Sudre demonstrates Solresol publicly to blindfolded students in order to demonstrate its usefulness for blind students, 1835. |
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Quoted in Limits of Language by Mikael Parkvall. |
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Conlang meetup |
Monday, March 2
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All day event |
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Mention of Edward Powell Foster's Ro is entered into the U.S. Congressional Record (H. Res. 432), 1914. |
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From 1906 to 1931 from his hometown in Marietta, Edward Powell Foster published several books, a dictionary, and a newsletter using his language which he named Ro meaning "tell, say" in the language itself. Foster designed Ro to convey the meanings of words by their form. A number of supporters are listed in his books including Melvil Dewey, creator of the Dewey Decimal System. On March 2, 1914, Rep. George White of Ohio even introduced H. Res. 432 to the Committee on Education of the U.S. House of Representatives “providing for an investigation of a new language known as Ro,” securing a mention in the Congressional Record for Foster’s language. |
Wednesday, March 11
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A print version of the well-known Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder (aka The Zompist) is published, 2010. |
Wednesday, March 18
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All day event |
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A main-belt asteroid is discovered by Finnish astronomer Y. Vaisala and designated "1421 Esperanto" in 1936. |
Saturday, March 28
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Conlang meetup |
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