Why?

Why invent such a language?
I was inspired by the words spelled uhuh and uh-uh and mean 'yes' and 'no' respectively. So I thought how would a language made up of solely nasal sounds be? And ‘Mhmmz is my answer to that question.

Why would people speak such a language?
I imagine it spoken by a sect, that wants to rid themselves of all opinion. They gave up speaking, because that way they avoid anyone quoting them for having an opinion. Some of the extremists even sew their mouths shut, leaving only enough room for a straw of bamboo, through which they could eat mashed foods.

But they couldn't keep it up, so eventually they started communicating in this language. Although if you asked them, they would deny that it is language (I'm going to make ‘Mhmmz mean 'non-language'). (And, yes, denying that what they speak is language, is opinion: I didn't say that they didn't have opinion, that's just their ideal, but most of them can't live up to it)

Welcome

This is the official blog of my conlang ‘Mhmmz. This will show the most up-to-date revision of the conlang.

The language has been posted in a number of places already in different forms and under slightly different names. The very earliest form is on the New CBB where it was known as either ‘mhm̋ or ‘ohaa. Here you can see some of the early development, for example it started with a one vowel system and now has three different qualities.

Then it was posted on DeviantArt (see picture below), where it was called 'M0hmm2. It is mostly a phonology as of right now, and the DeviantArt post is pretty much up-to-date. Only one change has been made to the orthography: Instead of numbers ( 0, 1, 2, 3 ) tones are marked with letters ( Ø, l, z, j ), since I found the numbers in text disturbing.

Well, that's it for now. I'll update this in a week or so, as I am going on holiday. See ya!