CALS_βConlang Atlas of Language Structures

The development version at https://dev.cals.info/ has been modernized a bit: fewer tables, more modern CSS like flexbox and grid. Yes, there are glitches and bugs, thanks to having set a max width.

Unfortunately, the CALS repo at Codeberg does not support discussions. However, if you find bugs or have suggestions for improvements, use the issue tracker.

The link at /people/change, found on your profile page, now actually lets you change your account data instead of failing woth a 404.

Yet another subtle thing changed in newer Django's that lead to the dreaded "500 Server Error", this time whenever there were comments on something. The fix is easy to verify by checking the language page for Testarossa since that one always predictably failed.

There was an error when clicking on the "Log out" link, this has been fixed.

CALS depends on Django for most of its magic, and as of today CALS runs on the latest stable version: 5.2.

More importantly, the "new" way to deploy CALS is finished, done and working. Once upon a time, CALS the website was updated via ssh, rsync and a phat Makefile. These days it is much simpler, thanks to git version 2.3 and being able to update a checked out branch via push. (Search for "git push to deploy"). Both old and new methods are worthy of proper blog posts, but this is not the right venue and Your Humble Admin do not have an official blog space for longer stuff atm.

Most importantly, it is now easy to update CALS.

CALS and its dependencies have been greatly updated, thus ended an odyssey that started in September 2025. There were some surprises even today.

All twitter support is gone.

OS: debian

bullseye → trixie. Going from bullseye to bookworm was easy-peasy but the next jump from bookworm to trixie had some surprises.

Database: PostgreSQL

13 → 17. Bookworm had version 15. Trixie has version 17 and there were some oddities re. collation that I need to check out more closely, some other day.

Python

3.9 → 3.13.

Django

1.8 (1.11 dev.cals) → 4.2. Dependency hell, this one, started working on it in September this year. This was fun, not.

Also, how to push changes to CALS's code proper has changed and is not 100% finalized yet. The code currently hosted on Codeberg (CALS repo) is slightly out of date, some dependencies needs to be added.

The RelayMuseum has not been updated yet (needs code update) and is down until further notice.

inn7788 added YA‑MA‑KA‑LA to CALS.

MA LA. YA LA? YA‑MA‑KA‑LA (And that's how you greet someone in YA‑MA‑KA‑LA.)

YA‑MA‑KA‑LA's homepage is at https://archive.org/details/ya-ma-ka-la-the-universal-practical-language.

Welcome inn7788!

ives9878 added Eokxakhovora to CALS.

Not specified in document. Eokxakhovora (And that's how you greet someone in Eokxakhovora.)

Eokxakhovora's homepage is at https://archive.org/details/eokxakhovora-the-language-of-dynamic-ontology.

Welcome ives9878!

tbtilde added T'ujel to CALS.

jan.pieto1284 added VERESENKELOS to CALS.

Otantiv! VERESENKELOS (And that's how you greet someone in VERESENKELOS.)

VERESENKELOS's homepage is at https://veresenkelos.netlify.app.

Welcome jan.pieto1284!

evan0012 added ∅∅mniPantoglyph to CALS.

∅∅ (pronounced as a long neutral vowel [əː]) ∅∅ (And that's how you greet someone in ∅∅mniPantoglyph.)

∅∅mniPantoglyph's homepage is at https://00mnipantoglyph-lang.netlify.app.

Welcome evan0012!

bzayats added Mekovobono to CALS.

Saluto! Mekovobono (And that's how you greet someone in Mekovobono.)

Mekovobono's homepage is at https://mekovobono-lang.netlify.app.

Welcome bzayats!

gekkoguu added Proto Hlamux to CALS.

gekkoguu added Proto Faxhen-Ime to CALS.

Welcome gekkoguu!

Welcome JainGalt!