New Guest Post at Apex: Creating a Language Based on Symbols

In this month's installment of my Creating an Alien Language series, I take a look at how I would create a rudimentary, symbolically-based language. Here's a quote from the article:

One of the concepts I mentioned last time was the idea that you need to have some sort of language key to use as your foundation. Before we get any further, I'd like to remind you that your aliens need to be able to create the symbols in the first place.

My basic requirements for a symbolic alien language are:

The...