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| Keywords: Conlangflag.svg constructed language conlang enthusiasts It shows a ziggurat or terraced tower represents the Tower of Babel in front of a rising sun translating Genesis 11 1-9 has been a tradition for conlangers The flag was choosen by the members of the CONLANG mailing list in September 2004 The final design was drawn by Christian Thalmann and includes the suggestions of many people including Christian Thalmann Jan van Steenbergen Leland Paul David J Peterson and Adrian Morgan This SVG file is a vectorization based on Christian Thalmann's original artwork at http //www cinga ch/art/conflag/final/ Index of /art/conflag/final www cinga ch by Christian Thalmann File Conlangflag png and http //wiki frath net/Conlang_flag Conlang flag - FrathWiki According to http //www flickr com/photos/26418663 N05/2478687117/in/set-72157604974306933/ donaldboozer at flickr com Case 8 Meet the Conlangers center The idea of a conlang flag was proposed by David J Peterson on the CONLANG listserv in a message on Aug 29 2004 The next day Adrian Morgan responded by saying Right it's time to take this seriously and a rough sketch was submitted Discussion on the topic was brisk over twenty designs and revisions were submitted and the results were announced on September 23 2004 The basic layout was suggested by Leland Paul but the winning flag s final design was created by Christian Thalmann Paul s posting provides some of the symbolism Against a purple sky signifying creativity an orange sun rises orange signifying energy imagination and communication It sheds its light over a dark not-yet-seen world Silhouetted against the sun is the Tower of Babel proclaiming the noble nature of the linguistic diversity The Tower of Babel also brings to mind the ubiquitous Babel Text often used as a translation exercise The Conlang Flag has been displayed prominently at the Language Creation Conferences and can be seen on numerous conlangers web pages Флаг искусственных языков созданный подписчиками списка ассылки CONLANG кото ый п едставляет собой Вавилонскую башню на фоне восходящего солнца CONLANG mailing list According to http //outerhoard wordpress com/2006/11/20/conlanging-and-phonetics/ Conlanging and phonetics by Adrian Morgan The colours represent creative energy and the layers of the tower imply that a conlang is built piece by piece never completed The tower itself also alludes to the Tower of Babel as it has long been a tradition to demonstrate a constructed language by translating the Babel legend The Conlang flag was decided on by a vote between many competing designs and one of my own contributions to the conlanging world is that I was the person who facilitated this election The winning design was drawn by Christian Thalmann who introduced the layers The idea of including the Tower of Babel on the flag had been introduced by Jan van Steenbergen and the idea of placing the sun on the horizon behind it by Leland Paul The idea of having the rising sun on the flag had been introduced by David Peterson who saw it as representing the rise of conlanging from obscurity to popularity and notoriety http //www conlang org/flag php According to the website of Language Creation Society The Conlang Flag was designed by Christian Thalmann Jan van Steenbergen Leland Paul David J Peterson and Adrian Morgan Vectorized by Froztbyte 2010-01-24 http //www conlang org/flag php According to the website of Language Creation Society It was released into the public domain Attribution Other fields A + Flags Tower of Babel Flags of constructed languages Flags with buildings Orange and purple flags Black and orange flags Black and purple flags SVG flags of languages | ||||
