Look at the following words:

Heilongjiang
Kamikochi
Folgefonna

Most of us don't know what any of this means, but we could tell what language it is. These language evolved over time and have developed there own sounds (though you could easily make a natural-like language). Autlang is just a collection of three letter words. The word for input is "das"; the word for in is "pin" for example.

Though we don't have the means to see whether LFAs learn Autlang faster, I'm skeptical. If using Autlang you have to memorize hundreds of unrelated 2-4 letter long words, as opposed to larger words that can (not for one word of course) be broken down into a few dozen words with maybe 10-15 used quite often.

What about putting some kind of original system into it so that is more exciting?

What do you mean by exciting?

Interesting and fascinating, English speakers may not use the same words to illustrate than me as a norwegian.

Yes, but how making it more exciting improve autlangs problems? We can't make it more exciting to eveyone.

I wonder if it is really a high priority when we as autistic people face more severe issues than lack of a common language.

I was thinking about a system that not necessarily was there to make parts of the languge self-evident, but tht would be nice, just that there's some kind of system that people can try to understand.

This might not make me very popular but I really don't see much point in having autlang.

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=7936

Even if not used much we could still borrow words that aren't in English. It's also a good way for nerds to pass the time.

Pakrat: You are saying no maybe to Paradox's explanation of it. Think more generally about it (my opinion). Think about a language or just plain "communication" between aspies that would make it easier to understand what a person tries to "communicate".

Like for example our prehistoric people of the stoneage, like ie. "I've found water, come with me". "I've found a safe place (home)". "Come let's hunt".

To be perfectly honest, this doesn't seem to be a good idea.

Which? Autlang is not a good idea, or revising/redoing it is not a good idea?

Autlang in general I guess.

I mean I'm very fond of making up languages, don't get me wrong (I have one that is based on Western Germanic), but after looking at the words of autlang and the logic behind it, it really doesn't make any sense and it just comes off as being silly. Plus, what's the point?

It would be neat if we had our own dialect of English, though. That I would kind of support.

I find autlang REALLY confusing...like seriously i've read the autlang posts and I dont think I could ever learn any of it, the patterns are just so foreign and...er it just makes my brain itch when im reading it cause the patterns are so irriatatingly illogical...Im not saying English is a logical language language either. Isnt there an artifical language already made thats supposedly really easy to learn?! I cant think of the name right now though/.

I as well just don't see the point in it.  I could see it as possibly being easier for someone with LFA to learn to understand as opposed to English, but what benefit would that have when they leave whatever environment where it's being taught?  I could just see someone finally learning a language and for the first time in their life finally being able to communicate verbally, only to go anywhere outside of their educational environment and be back to square one.

I'm not saying it's not a good idea, it's just that to me it doesn't seem very practical.  The individual's native language (in this case English) is far more practical to understand than a language that nobody outside the Autistic community will understand or care to learn.  And if it's used so that people outside the Autistic community can't overhear conversations, that's just being rude.