Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-17
Ea opi le Koa!: Inside a Constructed Language
A process blog documenting Julie Birch's ongoing development of Koa, a constructed language.
Why it surfacedThis is not just a language showcase: the author works through Koa's grammar in public, including nucleus markers, pronominal particles, serial nuclei, and the unsettled question of whether “nucleus” is the right term at all. Its long archive and candid technical commentary make it an unusually detailed record of a language being designed.
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Monica’s Calendar of Flowers
August 17’s newborn domains include a calendar that spreads flowers for Monica across the months after JP’s death, 17 years of a master mariner’s logbooks, the seconds between a modem connection and the first web request, and an Indian bus cabin carrying 632 songs.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-17 Domain Arrivals issue.