Conlang Tools - Ontological Word Generator

A comprehensive toolkit for creating constructed languages using an "ontological blender" approach. Words are generated based on conceptual anchors (like elements: fire, water, earth) that influence sound selection, creating meaningful sound symbolism.

Features

• Procedural Generation Feed it a seed number.
• Language Wizard - Step-by-step guide to create new languages
• Anchors Editor - Define conceptual categories (elements) for your language
• Templates Editor - Configure phonology, syllable structures, morphology, and orthography
• Interactive Translator - Translate English text to your conlang
• Build Tools - Generate dictionaries from WordNet data

Screenshots

Language Wizard

Create a new language with guided steps for anchors, phonology, syllables, sound symbolism, grammar, and orthography.

Anchors Editor

Define the conceptual anchors (elements) that give your language its unique flavor.

Templates Editor

Configure phonemes, syllable patterns, morphology suffixes, and spelling rules.

Interactive Translator

Translate English sentences into your constructed language.

Live Word Generator

See exactly how words are built step-by-step, with anchor weights, sound pools, and constraint checking.

Installation

1. Ensure Python 3.8+ is installed with tkinter
2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Download the spaCy English model:

python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg

4. Download NLTK WordNet data:

python -m nltk.downloader wordnet
python -m nltk.downloader omw-1.4

Quick Start

1. Run the launcher:

python main.py

2. Use the Language Wizard to create a new language, or select an existing one from the dropdown
3. Edit Anchors and Templates to customize your language
4. Build Data then Build Dictionaries to generate the lexicon
5. Use the Interactive Translator to translate text

File Structure

modulex/
├── main.py                      # Main launcher GUI
├── conlang_template_wizard.py   # Step-by-step language creation wizard
├── conlang_edit_anchors.py      # Anchors/concepts editor
├── conlang_edit_templates.py    # Template editor (phonology, morphology, etc.)
├── conlang_engine.py            # Core word generation engine
├── conlang_build_data.py        # Build elemental data from WordNet
├── conlang_build_dictionaries.py # Generate full dictionary
├── conlang_translate.py         # Translation engine
├── conlang_language_paths.py    # File path utilities
├── documentation/
│   ├── conlang_live_preview.py  # Live word generator demo
│   ├── glotblocks_process_flow.html  # Visual process flow diagram
│   └── INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md     # Developer integration guide
└── language_data/
    ├── default/                 # Default language files
    │   ├── default_template.json
    │   └── default_anchors.json
    └── {language}/              # Per-language directories
        ├── {language}_template.json
        ├── {language}_anchors.json
        └── {language}_dictionary.json

How It Works

1. Anchors define conceptual categories (fire, water, earth, metal, wood) with associated meanings
2. Templates map anchors to sound categories, creating sound symbolism
3. Morphology defines grammar suffixes linked to anchors
4. The Engine blends sounds based on a word's conceptual tags to generate phonetically meaningful words

Notes

• Constraints are treated as forbidden regexes: if a word matches an enabled pattern, it is rejected
• Sound pools are weighted by concept weight
• Definitions referenced in add_sounds are expanded into their respective slot pools
• Orthography rules are applied after a word passes constraints