About my name

I use either “Ziphil Aleshlas” or “Ziphil Shaleiras” as my name. Sometimes I omit the second part of the name and just say “Ziphil”. As explained below, I use these two names in different situations but both names refer to myself.

I basically identify myself as “Ziphil Aleshlas”, where “Ziphil” is my first name and “Aleshlas” is a sort of a family name. When you call me by name, you can just say “Ziphil” omitting the second part. The pronunciation of “Ziphil” and “Aleshlas” is expected to be /ˈzɪː.fiɾ/ and /a.ˈleʃ.las/ respectively, but I am not particular about the difference in pronunciation, so as long as it is close, it is fine.

Only when I am working on something related to constructed languages, I will replace the second part with a word of Shaleian origin and call myself “Ziphil Shaleiras”. This part comes from the Shaleian verb xalér, which means “to be satisfied by objectively recognising you are getting sentimental empathising your own or someone else's despair”.

My favorites and hobbies

Constructed languages

My main hobby is creating a constructed language. I have been working on an artificial language called “Shaleian” since 2012. I think I have been doing this longer than I thought. I will continue to do so.

All my works and discussions about the Shaleian language are collected on this site as main contents. In addition, I tweet about various things related to Shaleian on my Twitter account @Ziphil. This account is my main one, so I also tweet about things other than constructed languages.

The process of creating Shaleian may be streamed from YouTube Live. I will announce it on Twitter or Discord before I start streaming. I am sure you will be able to see what I am thinking about when I create words, so you should definitely come and watch. I would be very happy if you could give me some comments.

Programming

I like programming. I usually use TypeScript, but I also use other languages depending on my needs. I can code in the following programming languages:

I am developing an application called “ZpDIC” that specialises in editing and viewing dictionaries of constructed languages, which is available here. You can also find my other products on this page or the curated list on GitHub.

Mathematics

I studied mathematics in graduate school and holds a master's degree in mathematics. My area of expertise is categorical semantics of type theory.

I have been posting my study notes here or here. I hope this will be useful to others, although it is intended for my own benefit.

Contact

If you want to get in touch with me, the fastest way is to reply to me on Twitter. Here are my main Twitter accounts:

About my pronouns

When you refer to me, please use gender-neutral pronouns, such as singular “they”, whenever possible.