User:Jashan
| Summary: | Late 20s Caucasian female (lesbian) conlanger & original fiction/fantasy writer. Jashan resides in Oklahoma USA and plans on moving to Europe in mid-2007. |
| Birth: | 1979; Oklahoma, USA |
| Profession: | Software/network support technician and technical writer |
| Natural languages: | English (native), Dutch, French |
| Created conlangs: | Tsaran |
| Other conlangs: | None |
| Interests: | Languages, vegetarianism, martial arts, fitness/health, gay/lesbian studies, RPGs (D&D) |
Jashan A'al is a name itself taken from an unnamed (and now lost) conlang, meaning "twilight" or "bridge." It's the internet pen name of Valeska Scholl (me). I am primary a conlanger and dabble in concultures, rather full-scale conworlds.
I study and create conlangs with a variety of aims: to create aesthetically pleasing languages, to learn more about a specific type of language, to experiment with the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, or for religious designs. I have been seeking a "perfect" (used very loosely) conlang for the expression of my religious and philosophical ideas, for several years.
My two most establish conlangs are Etora and Psharádi (Modern Tsaran). They share a nearly-identical vocabulary but are radically different in grammatical structure. Etora is gendered [human/animate/inanimate], case-declining [nom/acc/dat/abl], and SOV structure; Psharádi is ungendered, uncased, and SVO order (save in certain situations).
External Links
http://www.jashan.net [Personal homepage]
