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Post by Magnizeal on Jan 4, 2010 1:01:18 GMT -5
Aah, I was wondering why only some glyphs had a capital form. I did my stress be just sticking a ' before the stressed syllable... It looks interesting! Is it developed enough for a sample sentence (rabbits optional)? Also, which direction is it written?
There sure are a lot of con-lang fans here... ^^
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Post by RavynousHunter on Jan 4, 2010 1:04:29 GMT -5
when I have time I will try to post my Grand Rapidian language up. I don't know alot about linguistics, I just make up what makes sense to me. Neither do I, to be perfectly honest, I just make most of my shit up on the spot. The Eldritch Language GuideMy attempt at a little customized language. Still don't have the writing down for it yet, and am kind of just throwing shit together that sounds interesting, with the help of my trusty Latin dictionary. The Eldritch language, in Gideon, is the language of the Daemons, firstborn sons and daughters of the Old One. It is also the common tongue of spellcasting, though in regular conversation and writing, it has no special qualities over, say the Dwarven or Elven languages. While other languages can be used in the verbal components of a spell, it is easiest to use Eldritch, even if it does not come off the non-Daemon tongue with much ease.
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Post by Radiation on Jan 4, 2010 3:23:39 GMT -5
Aah, I was wondering why only some glyphs had a capital form. I did my stress be just sticking a ' before the stressed syllable... It looks interesting! Is it developed enough for a sample sentence (rabbits optional)? Also, which direction is it written? There sure are a lot of con-lang fans here... ^^ It is written from left to right as in English. No sentences yet. When I get a chance I will copy paste the alphabet and their phonetic pronounciations. I would do an MP3 on it in my music program but I don't know how to post MP3's here. EDIT: Actually I can post the phonetics here Grand Rapidian Alphabet pt. 1 A -pronounced with a short & crisp ‘ah.’ a -as in father. b -as in bike. ch -pronounced as in church at the beginning and end of a word, pronounced as in shell in mid-syllable. D -pronounced as in dog but with a more hard and stressed enunciation. d -as in dog but softer. e -as in head, bed. f -as in family. G -as in gut, stressed, crisp and short with a slight glottal sound. g -as in good. H -as in hot, short, crisp and glottal, more like a deep, throat growl. h -as in hat. i -as in beet. j -as in jack, but pronounced with a 'y' sound before a vowel. K -as in kitty, stressed as well as short & crisp. k -softer 'k' as in rake. l -as in love. m -as in mom. n -as in nice. O -as in boat, stressed, short &crisp o -as in bowl. p -as in pie. Q -pronounced with a glottal sound like that of phlegm in the throat. q -as in quilt. r -as in rice. s- as in sea. th -pronounced as a a cross between 'd' and English 'th', the tongue is pushed against the back of the upper front teeth. u-as in boot. w- as in walk. y -as in ice, white. : -soft, breath 'heh' like a sigh. ' -pronounced as 'uh', usually proceeds or follows a vowel " -like uppercase Q but with the back of the tongue vibrating against the soft palate. Usually said short. Yeah.. if you need me to make an MP3 in order to make sense of this, let me know.
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Post by Sandafluffoid on Jan 4, 2010 13:11:03 GMT -5
So I've just about finished the grammar of Dànat and I'm starting on populating the vocabulary. Here's a sample sentence: English: The man who saw us(inclusive) is dead Dànat:Romanised Dànat: lùŋnårù katsitlùk ek såek moŋ tîrdoŋnårù tàdlébå. How you actually pronounce the damn thing (approximately): Loong-nao-roo kat-seet-luke ek sao-ek mong teer-dong-nao-roo tard-lay-bay
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Post by theeclipse on Jan 24, 2010 10:27:34 GMT -5
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Post by John E on Mar 29, 2010 23:23:09 GMT -5
I made a font (not actually a font yet, but the shapes are built) of my language's alphabet out of pieces of Times New Roman. Doing this actually helped me work out a lot of kinks. Then I made a calligraphic font from scratch. This is much closer to my original concept. I've included some letters that don't occur in the original language, but can be derived from the existing letters, so that this alphabet can be used to write other languages, kinda like how English, Spanish, German, etc. all use basically the same alphabet with with a few different letters.
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Post by tolpuddlemartyr on Mar 29, 2010 23:32:52 GMT -5
Omniglot is a potentially good resource for creating a series of graphemes, sigils, glyphs letters or whatnot from whole cloth. It has extinct alphabets. Fictional alphabets. And Consonant alphabets Pop over and take a look, could be something you could use.
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Post by Magnizeal on Apr 2, 2010 12:16:43 GMT -5
The writing system began as an abjad, but morphed into a more normal alphabet. It's written left to right, like English, but vertical, like Chinese used to be. The vowels go on the right of the consonants, like in this example. The rounded forms are brush form, the angular for carving. Omniglot is a potentially good resource for creating a series of graphemes, sigils, glyphs letters or whatnot from whole cloth. Dude, pay attention. I linked there on my very first post. The blue word. 'Abjad'. That is, by the way, what you mean by 'Consonant Alphabet'. Also, all those pictures weren't really needed, but eh. I'll let that one go. John, that's a very pretty font/alphabet. I like how the letters are distinct-but-similar, it looks very readable. And since everyone else last spoke months ago, I'll ignore them. ^^;
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Post by John E on Jan 23, 2011 18:17:51 GMT -5
Necro-ing this thread to talk about my progress on Plainsish (now called Oltengo), and my new conlang, Draconic.
My Oltengo-English dictionary currently has over 500 entries, and the grammar and writing system are pretty well worked out. I have put the development of this language on hold though, because I want it to include some Draconic vocabulary (the way English has a lot of Latin vocab) to reflect the history of the fantasy world it's made for. But to do that, I have to know what the Draconic vocab IS.
So now I'm working on Draconic. As you might imagine, it's a language of dragons. This one is still in its infancy. Here's a couple simple sentences:
Dogardh ilkyl the dragon is sleeping Gardodhna illikri some elves have awoken
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Post by CtraK on Jan 24, 2011 11:32:51 GMT -5
Well I came up with some sample writing and a block of text explaining that it's a very, very complex language. I'll claim my Laziest Ever Worldbuilder award now, if that's OK.
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Post by Iczer-Four on Jan 24, 2011 20:37:36 GMT -5
Ein screa'in ilythiiri. ol zuch il'neathe fundies doeb
im Learning Drow. It always Freaks Fundies out.
i know its not that Original but i Like how it sounds
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Post by John E on Jan 24, 2011 22:23:58 GMT -5
Where's the Drow language from?
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Post by Iczer-Four on Jan 24, 2011 23:34:09 GMT -5
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Post by John E on Feb 6, 2011 18:58:37 GMT -5
I've hit kind of a stall with Draconic. I'm trying to build up a library of roots (from which words can be derived) but I've got conlanger's block. What are some basic concepts that a language (specifically, a dragon language) needs words for?
A few examples to show you what I'm talking about: From the root D-G derives the words "power" and "influence." S-S yields "lake" and "stream." From R-S comes "cat." You get the idea.
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Post by John E on Feb 21, 2011 13:46:48 GMT -5
Elder Draconic runes, inspired by cuneiform. Dragons would use their claws to carve it into cave walls or tablets. (Regular & bold) Oltengo script, inspired by Tolkien's elvish as well as Arabic. (Regular, italic, bold & bold-italic)
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