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Re: Caste Languages

From:Rik <rik@...>
Date:Thursday, November 14, 2002, 18:49
On Thursday 14 November 2002 12:44 pm, you wrote:
> I remember an episode of Babylon 5 where Delenn told > that each of the three Minbari castes (Worker Caste, > Warrior Caste, and Religious Caste) had its own > language. > > Has anyone ever attempted to create a language that > splits into three similar but distinct dialects due to > a cultural schism? Or what the three languages would > look like after thousands of years?
Gevey is the result of the breakdown of such a system. I've documented the history of the language on my website at http://www.kalieda.org/gevey/stories/history.html for those who are interested. I've not yet developed any of the sister languages of Gevey, nor any of the parent languages. An overview of the languages of my constructed world can be found at http://www.kalieda.org/gevey/stories/langmap.html Rik