@lexiconlang/language

The language system: phonotactics, lexicon generation, morpheme packs, and name templates.

pnpm add @lexiconlang/language

What it does

A culture in Lexiconlang owns a language — a phonotactic recipe and a set of meaning packs. The package generates conlang forms on demand from the seed, so a culture's vocabulary is consistent and reproducible without storing a dictionary.

Generate a name from a culture

import { createContext } from "@lexiconlang/core";
import { generateName } from "@lexiconlang/language";
import { dwarvish } from "@lexiconlang/fantasy";

const ctx = createContext({ seed: "my-world" });
const name = generateName(dwarvish, "given", ctx.child("hero"));

name.form;         // "Drakaztum"
name.translation;  // "Strong-anvil"
name.language;     // "fantasy.dwarvish"

Build a lexicon directly

import { buildLexicon } from "@lexiconlang/language";

const lexicon = buildLexicon(dwarvish, ctx);
lexicon.lookup("anvil"); // "ztum" — the dwarvish form for "anvil"
lexicon.lookup("strong"); // "drakaz"

The lexicon is content-addressable: lookup("anvil") is deterministic given the culture seed.

Key types

Type	Purpose
Culture	Phonotactic system + meaning packs + name templates
GlyphSystem	Phonotactic configuration (consonants, vowels, syllables)
MeaningPack	Set of morphemes with class and tag metadata
Morpheme	Single semantic unit (class, tags, label, id)
NameTemplate	Recipe for composing morphemes into a name
TranslatedName	Output: { form, translation, language, parts?, glyphs? }
Lexicon	Culture-specific meaning → conlang form mapping

Built-in archetypes

import { archetypes } from "@lexiconlang/language";
// archetypes.flowing, .guttural, .sibilant, .clipped, .resonant

See Cultures & morphemes for the full guide.