Grammar is fun, but you need a lexicon to actually use it with! If you are making an *a posteriori* language, then you would be deriving your words from an existing language. However, if you are making an *a priori* language, then you need to come up with the words yourself. Word generators can help with the process of building your lexicon, based on some set of rules that you give it. Perhaps more importantly, a word generator can help you see if your phototactics and phonoaethetics match up with what you want and expect before spending a lot of time creating words - only to realize that you don't like how it looks or sounds. # Resources ## Online Word Generators - [Monke](https://monke.lunah.dev) Grammar-Based Visual Word Generator [mirror](https://terahlunah.github.io) - [LanguaGen](https://susurrus-llc.github.io/langua/gen) Simple Pattern-Based Word Generator (a direct descendant of Awkwords!) [source](https://github.com/Susurrus-LLC/langua) - [Lexifer Online](https://lingweenie.org/conlang/lexifer-app.html) Programmable Word Generator (a [[Typescript]] clone of Lexifer) [documentation](https://github.com/bbrk24/lexifer-ts/blob/master/docs/grammar.md) - [Randomwords](https://t0mstone.github.io/randomwords_v3/) Structured Orthography Word Generator [source](https://github.com/T0mstone/randomwords_v3) - [Awkwords](https://tonsi.neocities.org/awkwords/) Classic Word Generator - [Vulgarlang](https://www.vulgarlang.com/) (requires signup for full features) ## Offline Word Generators - [Lexifer](https://lingweenie.org/conlang/lexifer.html) Offline Programmable Word Generator (uses [[Python]] 3) - [Awkwords](https://github.com/nai888/awkwords) v1.x Self-Hosted Pattern-Based Word Generator (you would need to run this with [[PHP]]) - [Logopoeist](https://github.com/conlang-software-dev/Logopoeist/) Command Line Domain Specific Language Declared Word Generator # References - https://www.colingorrie.com/articles/conlang-word-generator/ - https://old.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/9jewi0/the_future_of_awkwords_the_word_generator/ - [Phoneme Frequencies Follow a Yule Distribution](http://www.skase.sk/Volumes/JTL09/pdf_doc/1.pdf)