UTA : Word construction features.
Joel Peter Anderson 
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:10:25 -0600 (CST)


Possibly of interest, maybe not....

I've been playing with my UTA programs and have an updated version of the
JavaScript UTA at http://members,aol,com/JPKlingon/uta/utajv,html.

This is the "Klingon" version (I'll probably add these features to the
Vulcan and Romulan versions).  AND eventually into the Windows version.

(Note, of course, that the UTA project makes relexifying tools, mostly
centered on using the different Trek languages for sources for "coded
English" - though they can be used for other stuff...) 

I added a word creator, where you code a rule like CvVCc, provide
a list of (one character each, sorry) vowels, and consonants, then
push the "Create a Word" button.

   "Create a Word" - generates a new word using consonants, vowels, and
	rule:

     * C=random consonant here
     * V=random vowel here
     * c=optional (50% chance of putting one) consonant
     * v=optional (50% chance of putting one) vowel
       
You can edit the UTA language (it doesn't get saved, it just persists for
the duration of your browser session; reload wipes it out). 

   "Replace the Language" replaces the whole "Galactic" half of dictionary
   with new words using the "Create a Word" function.

You can edit the language file - 

     * Index = which word pair in dictionary
     * Show = displays "index" entry
     * Update = rewrites word pair with what you put in

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