## 1991a Vorlin

en jar 1991, ram u logmyni de Vorlin we nur dupi de Englisa lin. son de lin we kanbela. vykvylraci ny fakek facqynina lafi.

In the year 1991, Vorlin grammar and word-meanings were merely copies of English. The sound of the language was ugly. The consonant-vowel arrangements did not create smooth-flowing sentences.

### nif de nova lin

tum trimon de 1991, dami lamak juna lamdal de "Vorlina vidpuni." Vorlin ne habak duscen rodi u caf "An Introduction to Vorlin" dirak duma ram (per Englisa lin). dami kogaz ke Vorlin facok turmuna cum. (1991.03.21)

### taxlinber

Latina lin:

Panem depsticium sic facito. Manus mortariumque bene lavato. Farinam in mortarium indito, aquae paulatim addito, subigitoque pulchre. Ubi bene subegeris, defingito, coquitoque sub testu,

Vorlin:

desje fakyk depiqa pan. bone lavyk mani u miqhar. qen miqhar ponyk muk, kancele cadyk hyd, u hole miqyk. ve bone depiqa te foryk duq. kokyk pan sub kov.

Englisa lin (literal translation of Vorlin text):

Thus make kneaded bread. Well wash hands and mixing-container. Into mixing-contaner put flour, slowly add water, and thoroughly mix. When well kneaded then shape it. Cook bread under cover.

The above recipe was written in Latin by Marcus Porcius Cato and quoted by Thoreau in Walden. As Thoreau noted, it does not mention yeast.

### PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

The letters of the Vorlin aphabet & their Standard American English equivalents.

a as in father | c = ch in church
au = ow in how | g as in gargle
e as in ten, they, eh? | h as in hot (never silent)
i as in machine | j = y in yes
o as in note | q = sh in shush
u as in truth | r as in roaring
y as in why | x = ch in German "Achtung!"
b, d, f, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, v, w, z as in English

If a word ends with a vowel, stress the next-to-last syllable, as in senbara; otherwise, all the syllables in a word are equally stressed, generally speaking.

### taxlinber

tes zyfcog de Krista hylryfi:

10.08 vox kel dam fonek tes tan repe vicez tal dam u dicek: ``ganyz u nodyk leta bog kel wa gyma en man de zyc kel tacaz sur mer u sur ter.''

10.09 u dam ganez til zyc u dicek tal dom: ``donyk leta bog ta dam.'' dom dicek tal dam: ``nodyk u hole cigyk duq. dum gorok dima mag y en dima maul wo sica je mel.''

10.10 u dam nodek leta bog tes man de zyc u hole cigek duq. en dama maul dam we sica je mel, u jete pos dam cigek duq te dama mag we gora.

(from the Bible: Revelations chapter 10, verses 8-10)

1991.04.03

### tenlinber

tum hesa dekjarset o dus dami ze vidak holmuna rom de vud pir koba cup, u bed bona bec: reni lurge ze comaz ke cas de koba cup wa jun de mys pecdonina zini kel dymi bilaz zinik. lurdym kenak kanlontoma peci tes koba cup pir san, vivlax, selpic, u bil narik dyma vera pot en guc u lud. y nur sum de dami comaz ke hola koba cup wa fakiq de letmula deli. dus wa sina fim u korvasa san, de kel caga vog wa den. tria wa mas bona delmiq de kob (zatrata muci de koba fet). tulnema cigmoda danvodi dikak cas de desa del. y dami tofe kancidak sina kax, max, u kina sef kel wa cada deli de hola koba cup.

In the past decade or two we have seen a world-wide boom of interest in physical fitness -- and with good reason: People everywhere have discovered that the pursuit of physical fitness is one of the most rewarding activities in which they can engage. Everyone knows the short-term and long-term benefits of physical fitness for health, vitality, self-image, and the ability to function closer to one's ultimate potential in work and recreation. But not all of us understand that total body fitness is the product of several components. Two of these are muscular endurance and cardiovascular fitness, as exemplified by the jogging craze. A third is improved body composition -- that is, reasonable body fat levels. Countless diet plans bear witness to the pursuit of this component. Frequently, however, we overlook muscular strength, power, and joint flexiibility as additional components of total body fitness.

from the introduction to the book Strength Training by John Garhammer

1991.04.17

### (pir teb de Vorlin)

Vorlin wa rin de dus teba fabiqa lini: Vorlan u Vorlen. dam fakek Vorlan tum cun de 1989. kogi pir lin sole junvyla logi jenek dama men. per hel tes bog ``Roget's Thesaurus'', kel ponek lura logi qen mil buvi, dam fakek mil junvyla logi. lura rod de Vorlan habek tri runi: nauni u zogi u vydi. juna run de log dikek duma buv. dene, lura logi kel nifez per ``t'' pirek tem o lok. lura Vorlana togi dasbe nifez per ``t''. dim bilaz vidik dafi de Vorlan en logset de Vorlin: sem de togi nifaz per ``t''.

enmemhadin qanlogi de Vorlan we hype kanfaca. Vorlan nodek nyla logi test heta lini. ve dam videk logi ``tib, tic, tid'' u dase mase, kenez ke dymi pirek tem o lok y dam ny bilez memik dymia myni. junvyla logi ny we nuga -- mulroda logi we nota. cade, vicin mulroda qanlogi de Vorlan tofe we kanfaca. y jutin fabiqa lin devaz wi faca! dam vodek kami.

tum quk de 1989 dam fakek Vorlen. desa lin jutek posvydi ``-a'' u ``-e'' tys Vorlana ``-rig'' u ``-reg''. toda Vorlen habek dek-zal zogi y dam nifez comiz ke desa lin rile notek lesa zogi. kantoda Vorlen habek zag zogi: ``wir'' (wi), ``zir'' (iz), ``kir'' (ik), ``sir'' (waniz), u ``hir'' (habik). lura zogi habek tri runi en lura fori …

1991.06

### Paternoster-zyk

jo damia vonpam, kel wa en tan: hyliqa wy dima nom.
dima raqgov komyz, dima vol rilwanyz, sur ter je en tan.
destage donyk lurtaga pan ta dami,
u vebyk damia dankaki je dami vebak reni kel kakak daqi.
ny ducyk qen kaktep y tes kak ducyk daqi,
be dima wa raqgov u max u vum, tabe u lurve. amen.

1991.08

### the first Vorlin poem

quknif

tabe quk nifaz
tum senluma hor.
ril u vol difaz.
fob kanzarak kor.

vid de bel kafek
dama san de men.
sica dol dafoz
je norwesa fen.

— Mark Tierisch

### sengovzim u pivhatzim

"anarchism and capitalism"
article by Mike Gunderloy
translated by Rick Harrison

sengovzim pirak fakin de bona soc. desa soc me ny habik ronvidhila kanjuci kel reli de moc ten reni fakak. y dym ny bilaz dirik junjoba volvila kedhila soc pro lurdym. vonzan Robert Nozick rafek:

"reni wa mulfora. dymi habak difa cari, vudi, mena heri, hofi, natura jemi, u nima casi. dymi volak difa kali de vivi. dymi habak difa kedi u ponak difa vuci sur kedi kel dymi dulak. hedaz nyla bec pro kogin ke jun gom wo mys bona pro lurdym. ja hedaz mula beci pro hetmode kogin.

"Utopjer delhabok Utopjeri: mula difa u mulfora gomi en kel reni vivak mula kali de vivi en difa institudi. suma kali de gomi wo mas volvila tal mysa reni ri heta gomi. desa gomi romoz u kanromoz. reni tesganok suma gomi u qenganok heti, o resoz en jun tum hola vivi. Utopjer wa fad pro Utopjeri ge reni libe biloz kongubiz, ge dymi casok u povoz rilik dymia zyfi de bona viv en mys bona gom, en kel nydym bilaz surponik dyma zyf pir Utopjer sur heti."

ten desa difa tenconiqa gomi, dami vidok mulfora doxi pir zyb, tivi, kev, lud, lor u heta dini. wa zatrata ke dami cade vidok mula qoba doxi. sengovzim, kel wa sipa zim, dicak nydin pir vuq de mys bona qoba sis, je dum dicak nydin pir mula heta vuqi. sengovzim notaz sole ke qoba institudi habak liba las de lura reni kel vivaz en dymi. tes desa vidpun, dam kedaz ke pivhatzim wa provichila u ja volvila. en desa sit, pivhatzim lare ny mynak hola mec de rona qadani kel dami vidak je dal de dum en tabtoma Amerik.

dam kedaz ke suma renjaf bilaz konfediz pro fakik qoba soc en kel notiqa dini wo disdoniqa zat liba qob: kanlone, pivhatzim. ja, se Utopiera fad keb Nozick u dam enmenpicak rilwanoz, te daskala liba pivhatzima gomi wo cefa for de gom tum toda tagi, tor les kuda soca u qoba gomfori evolvoz u getok enresjori.

daskala gom me enhabik jun dal de pivhatzim kel mula sengovzimisti dicaz wa kanjuca: difi pir gethil de qoni tal difa reni. suma pivi me biliz kofik mas bona cigsaf o hymi o medica hel ri heta pivi. cybe sumdym voloz resiz en daskala gom? suma reni, bed mothib u fob pir nova dini. heta reni, bed dymi kedaz ke pivhatzim wa mas juca ri gomhatzim. dam kedaz ke mysa delreni de gomi me qe resiz bed difi pir ric. se dymi habok probecsit pro leviz tal sup per kanfaca gub, te dymi nifoz ce fun por hof pir suc.

suma gomhatzimisti zile wa reca ve dymi davaz, ke mas lursame disdonin qanqoni me wi mas bona pro lurdym. se das me wi vera, te resjori de pivhatzima gomi me vidik ke reni en gomhatzima gomi me habik mas bona vivsit, u dymi me ganiz tal mas gomhatzima gomi. Nozick-a fad wa bela be dum bilaz cepik u pecik mas bona fori de soca lantym.

dam kedaz ke evolv de soca u qoba fori en Utopjera fad teltobe ok senjuta kankosi pir qoba sisi. tesberin gova fadi (kel misjutak damia tern u gel) ok qoni mas gethila tal masa reni. dam kogaz ke, tum gomi evolvoz, mas natura u les misjutjema fori de viv rupoz. des fakok mas bona vivsit pro jona pivi. tum damia ken de teknos romoz, te dami biloz mas letqofe fabik qoni, til dami wo ce pun ve qoni wo doniqa senqofe tal lura delren de gom. pivhatzim u gomhatzim wanok kanjona dafi de teb, je 'feudal-zim destage wa.

1991.08

### Glossary: 1991-Vorlin to English

     a      sfx     (indicates adjective)
     bal    n       ball
     bar    n       beard
     be     cj/av   because, for the reason that...
     bec    n       reason, motive, cause
     bed    pr      because of, due to
     bel    n       beauty
     ber    n       carrying
     bil    n       ability
     bog    n       book
     bom    n       tree
     bon    n       goodness
     bor    n       drilling, boring into something
     bur    n       city
     buv    n       category, classification
     byc    n       chopping
     byd    n       bathing [changed to "bad" 1991.07]
     byn    n       bone
     cad    n       adding, addition
     caf    n       article, essay
     cag    n       jogging, trotting
     ce     pr      at the same place/moment as...
     cel    n       speed, rapidity
     cen    num     hundred
     cid    n       attention
     cif    num     zero [changed to "nul" 1991.08]
     cir    n       circle
     com    n       comprehension, understanding
     cos    n       choice, selecting
     cum    n       communication
     cun    n       spring (the season)
     cup    n       excellence, good condition
     cy     pcl     (indicates the beginning of a yes/no question)
     cyf    n       alcohol
     daf    n       lingering, persistence
     dag    n       daytime
     dal    n       part, portion
     dam    pn      I
     dan    pfx     (denotes a specific instance of a general concept)
     das    pn      that one
     dat    n       information
     dek    num     ten
     del    n       component, constituent part
     dem    pn      she
     den    n       example
     des    pn      this one
     dic    n       speech
     dif    n       difference
     dik    n       indication, signal
     dim    pn      you
     dir    n       description
     dis    pfx     (denotes dispersal, separation)
     dol    n       pain
     dom    pn      he
     don    n       giving
     dox    n       opinion
     dub    n       doubt
     duc    n       conducting, leading
     dum    pn      it
     dus    num     two
     dyn    n       force (an actual use of power)
     dyp    n       pushing
     dys    n       pulling
     dyt    n       throwing
     e      sfx     (indicates adverb)
     en     pr      in
     fab    n       assembling, synthesis
     fac    n       ease, easiness
     fak    n       creating, making
     fen    n       wind
     fer    n       iron
     fes    n       party, festivity
     fet    n       fat
     fid    n       trust
     fim    n       strength, durability
     fin    n       finish, end
     fir    num     four
     fob    n       fear
     fon    n       hearing
     for    n       form, shape
     fos    n       digging
     ful    n       bird
     fun    n       bottom
     gal    n       vehicle
     gan    n       going
     ge     av      where
     gel    n       money
     gom    n       community (?)
     gov    n       government
     guc    n       job, employment, working for wages
     gun    n       bar, rod, stick
     gyl    n       blade
     gym    n       open-ness, being open
     gyn    pfx     female
     hab    n       having, possessing
     had    n       keeping, retaining
     haq    num     eight
     har    n       container
     hat    n       possession (legal ownership)
     he     av      here
     hed    n       presence
     hel    n       help, assistance
     hes    n       previous, most recent
     het    pn      other one
     hof    n       hope
     hol    n       whole, completeness
     hom    n       man
     hor    n       hour
     hos    pn      next one
     hov    n       shield
     hul    n       hole
     hus    n       house
     hyd    n       water
     hyl    n       holiness
     i      sfx     (indicates plural of noun)
     ik     v       make, render, cause to
     iz     v       do, engage in
     ja     ij      yes
     jar    n       year
     je     av/cj   so, as, in the same manner as...
     jer    n       nation, a country
     jo     pcl     (vocative particle)
     jug    n       throat
     jun    num     one
     jut    n       usage, utilizing
     kaf    n       destroying, destruction
     kak    n       evil-doing, sin
     kal    n       type (of), sort (of), a kind of...
     kam    n       change
     kan    pfx     (denotes polar opposite)
     kat    n       cat
     kax    n       strength (ability to exert force)
     ke     cj      that
     ked    n       belief
     ken    n       knowledge, knowing
     kin    n       joint (of skeleton), flex-point
     kob    n       body
     kog    n       thinking, cognition
     kok    n       cooking
     kon    pr      with
     kor    n       heart
     kym    n       blood
     kyr    n       mucous
     kys    n       sweat
     kyt    n       pus
     kyv    n       saliva
     laf    n       sentence (of words)
     lak    n       milk
     lan    pfx     (denotes the general idea as opposed to any specific example)
     lat    n       side
     lauf   n       running [changed to "lop" 1991.07]
     lav    n       washing
     lax    n       energy
     leg    n       reading
     ler    n       learning
     les    pcl     less
     lib    n       liberty
     lin    n       language
     lir    n       teaching
     log    n       word
     loha   ij      goodbye
     lok    n       location, place
     lor    n       science
     lud    n       playing, recreation
     luf    n       air
     lum    n       light
     lun    n       moon
     lur    pcl     all, every, omni-
     mag    n       stomach
     man    n       hand
     mas    pcl     more
     maul   n       mouth [changed to "boc" 1991.07]
     max    n       power (the ability to act or produce an effect)
     meg    num     million
     mel    n       honey
     mem    n       memory, remembering
     men    n       mind
     mer    n       ocean, sea
     mig    n       friendship
     mil    num     thousand [changed to "kil" 1991.10]
     miq    n       mixing, blend
     mob    n       furniture
     moc    n       authority
     mod    n       method, way, manner of doing
     mon    n       month
     mor    n       death
     mot    n       motion, movement
     muc    n       amount, quantity
     muk    n       flour
     mul    pcl     many, multi-
     mun    n       world
     mur    n       wall
     myn    n       meaning (of a word)
     nar    pr      near
     naun   n       noun  [changed to "dog" 1991.07]
     nav    n       ship
     ne     av      now [changed to "tabe" 1991.06]
     nif    n       beginning
     noc    n       night
     nod    n       taking
     nom    n       name
     nor    n       north
     not    n       need, needing
     nov    n       newness
     nox    num     nine
     nug    n       enough-ness, sufficiency
     nur    n       merely, only (no more than)
     ny     pcl     not, non-
     nyl    pn      none (not any)
     o      cj      or
     pam    n       parent
     pan    n       bread
     pauc   pn      few, a little [changed to "pok" 1991.07]
     pec    n       reward
     per    pr      by means of
     pet    n       stone
     pic    n       image, picture
     pir    pr      about (on the topic of...)  [changed to "pri" 1991.11]
     piv    n       an individual
     poc    n       politics
     por    pr      for (in exchange for)
     pos    pr      after, since, behind
     pov    n       attempting, trying
     pro    pr      for (benefiting, favoring); in order to
     pul    n       powder, dust
     pun    n       point, spot, location
     pyf    n       ash
     pyr    n       fire
     qadan  n       corporation
     qaf    n       substance, material, stuff [changed to "saf" 1991.07]
     qen    pr      into
     qob    n       economy, economic system
     qof    n       price, cost
     qon    n       goods, merchandise, wares
     quk    n       autumn
     qyb    n       fluid, liquid
     qyn    n       flow, current
     rac    n       arrangement
     raf    n       writing
     ram    n       grammar
     raq    n       monarch
     ren    n       person, human being
     ri     cj      than
     ric    n       wealth
     rid    n       laughter
     rif    n       letter (sent in mail to someone)
     ril    n       reality, realness
     rin    n       offspring, child
     rom    n       increase, expansion
     ros    n       rose
     rov    n       bigness, largeness
     run    n       letter (of the alphabet)
     ryf    n       text, written material
     sam    pn      same one
     san    n       health
     sap    n       wisdom
     se     cj      if
     sef    n       flexibility
     sem    n       half
     sen    pr      without
     sep    num     seven
     ser    n       series of things, sequence
     sic    n       sweetness
     sim    pr      similar to
     sin    n       muscle, sinew
     sip    n       simplicity
     sis    n       system
     soc    n       society
     sol    n       solitude
     son    n       sound
     sop    n       soup
     sub    pr      under
     sup    n       top, peak, summit
     sur    pr      on
     sy     cj      else (in "if ... then ... else ..." sentences)
     sym    n       symbol
     ta     pcl     (beneficiary tag; precedes indirect object of verb)
     tab    n       present time
     tag    n       day (24-hour period)
     tal    pr      towards
     tan    n       heaven
     tas    pr      across
     tav    n       foetus, fetus
     te     cj      then (at that time/in that case)
     teb    n       the past
     tel    n       far-ness, distance
     tem    n       time
     ten    pr      between, among, inter- [apparently "tax" -> "ten" 1991.04]
     tep    n       temptation, enticement
     ter    n       earth
     tes    pr      from
     tev    n       infant
     tib    n       eternity
     til    pr      to (up to and no farther than), until
     tin    n       ice
     tir    pr      around
     tis    pr      outside of
     tiv    n       child
     tob    n       the future
     tod    n       earliness
     tof    n       frequency, often-ness
     tog    n       preposition
     tom    n       period of time, era
     toq    n       oldness, age
     tor    pr      before (in front of/prior to)
     tov    n       teenager, adolescent
     tri    num     three
     tul    pr      beyond
     tum    pr      during, while
     tun    n       star
     tup    pr      above, over
     tur    pr      through
     tus    pr      except for, other than
     tuv    n       adult
     tys    pr      instead of
     tyv    n       corpse
     u      cj      and
     vap    n       weapon
     vas    n       blood vessel (vein, artery, capillary)
     ve     cj      when (at the time that...)
     veb    n       forgiving, pardon
     ven    n       sending [changed to "zen" 1991.07]
     ver    n       truth
     vid    n       seeing, vision
     vis    n       whiteness
     viv    n       life, living
     vod    n       plan
     vol    n       wanting, desire
     von    pfx     male
     vor    n       "vor"
     vox    n       voice
     vud    n       interest, fascination
     vyd    n       affix (prefix, infix or suffix)
     vyk    n       consonant
     vyl    n       syllable
     vyn    n       vowel
     vys    n       gender
     wal    n/sfx   tool (hand-tool or simple apparatus for stated task)
     wed    n       marriage
     wel    n/sfx   tool (electric or mechanical device for stated task)
     wes    n       west
     wet    n       weather
     wi     v       be (copula)
     wil    n/sfx   tool (electronic apparatus for stated task)
     wit    n/sfx   smallest recognizable particle of...
     y      cj      but
     zag    num     five
     zal    num     six [changed to "sor" 1991.10]
     zan    pcl     (honorific)
     zap    n       shoe
     zar    n       heat
     zat    pr      along
     ze     av      have been __ing (action started in past, continues in present)
     zet    n       newspaper
     zim    n       -ism, belief-system, ideology
     zog    n       verb
     zyb    n       religion
     zyc    n       angel
     zyf    n       revelation (mystical vision)
     zyk    n       prayer
     zyl    n       miracle
     zyn    n       god

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