Create a new language

[q166132]

Hello all,

I have to write in Ido (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ido_language). 

How can I create a new language for spelling?

I want an empty dictionary. 

After I write the text, then it will manually fill it.

Also the hyphenation I will make in the beginning manually.

Is this possible?

Thanks, Mike

[thomaso]

Have you checked already "Preferences" > "Auto-Correct" ?
There you can choose a preset (some are empty) and fill it manually. But this way you won't create a real dictionary nor get hyphenation.

To be able to use the language pull-down menu in the Character Panel (your screenshot) you would place a dictionary file at a specific location on your computer. This file may be empty or not. It will appear in the list of the Character Panel and the Auto-Correct selection menu. – Here is what and where-to:

Also this hints of @walt.farrell might interest you:
"Hunspell (...) These are standard text files, but with specific names and data format."

You might find more help and info about creating Hunspell files in the Web, e.g.: 

>> Creating a hunspell dictionary for use as spellcheck in Open Office
Cool! OpenOffice/LibreOffice uses hunspell as spellchecker. This means that it is possible to create your own wordlist and affix file for your language, if that doesn't exist. Well, for papiamentu - Curaçao's native language - such dictionary doesn't exist. But I had a hard time finding out how to create such files, so I am documenting it here... <<

https://www.suares.com/?page_id=25&news_id=233