#viossa
Have youever heard of "Viossa - the greatest language mixing experiment in the world"?
What is Viossa?
In 2014 some people joined a Skype call and spoke to each other.
None of them understood anybody else’s language.
They used hand gestures and pictures to communicate.
Their words kept merging until pictures weren’t necessary.
The resulting language was called Viossa.
(they spoke russian, albanian, japanese, greek, finnish, norwegian, and swiss german, among others)
the rules of viossa
● no translation or translation hints
○ “does ... mean ...?” - ❌ not allowed
○ “what does ... mean?” - ❌ not allowed
○ “how do I say ...?” - ❌ not allowed
○ drawing pictures - ✅ allowed!
○ using hand gestures - ✅ allowed!
○writing emojis - ✅ allowed!
● if it’s understood, it’s viossa
○ spelling doesn’t really matter
○ grammar doesn’t really matter
○ pronunciation doesn’t really matter
“idiolect – the dialect of an individual; their differing grammatical, vocabulary, and spelling methods”
Learning viossa is radically different:
lots of people learn languages through dictionaries and grammar packets. in viossa, we ...
● draw pictures and emojis
● use fill-in-the-blanks and dialogue
● ignore grammar whenever we can
● accept that we might not know everything
Acquiring vocabulary:
if you’re not sure what vocab you need, try...
● writing about your day
● describing a situation around you
● writing school assignments
● talking about a book
Do all these things in viossa and try to be aware of what words you don’t know
More learning resources:
after this presentation, keep learning at ...
● the viossa discord server, https://discord.gg/AWD8W9UgvV
● the viossa-only encyclopedia, https://vikoli.org
● the podcast “Davi hanu!”, available anywhere you get podcasts
● a Telegram channel, https://t.me/joinchat/UtA9oRzOTAbcz_6oqUYl2w
● this slideshow’s companion website, https://v8.zsnout.com/vjosali
(cited from their PDF file)
It sounds so fun to me!
However, I don't use discord or telegram.
I wish, they'd use something like an open discourse forum or similar :-/