Re: Size of your dictionary
|From:||Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>|
|Date:||Friday, April 3, 2009, 20:21|
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:05:42 -0400, Daniel Bowman wrote:
> Hello all-
> How many words does your conlang(s) have? I realize that this might be a
> tricky question to answer depending on how you define "word."
Old Albic currently has about 1200 words (dictionary entries).
> Also, how do you keep your dictionary organized?
An HTML file which lists the words ordered by fields of discourse
(similar to this: http://www.zompist.com/thematic.htm ). Such a
thematic dictionary is useful in seeing which subjects are already
well-covered and which still need more work (so far, there are way
too many which need more work).
I know that many people use spreadsheets or even databases, but
I feel that the simplest solution is often the best, and Linux
comes with some nifty text processing tools which can do a lot
with simple text files, especially if the latter are formatted
in a thoughtful way.
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