conlangs1-1 Exercise 3: A Purpose Statement ============================================ One possible answer: "This language exists so that two people who share no language can arrange a meeting and buy a meal without a dictionary." Kind: Auxlang (the motive is communication). A design choice that follows from the purpose: Make the grammar fully regular (no irregular verbs) and the sounds easy for most speakers, because an auxlang must be quick to learn. Other possible answers: - "...so that every sentence has exactly one meaning." Kind: engelang. Design choice: a grammar tied to logic with no ambiguous word order. - "...so that a mountain people in my story sound old and proud." Kind: artlang. Design choice: a sound system with hard consonants and a history of sound changes behind the irregular forms. Your own sentence will differ. Check that the purpose names a goal, the kind matches it, and the design choice really follows from it.