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Re: Are conlangs fictional?

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Saturday, March 23, 2002, 23:49
En réponse à Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:

> > BTW, did Tolkien ever actually invent Westron? >
IIRC not as thoroughly as Quenya and Sindarin, but he certainly invented quite a few things about Westron and Adunaic (its ancestor). We know for instance the basic structure of those languages (consonantal roots with vowels having only a grammatical meaning, yes, Tolkien admittedly was influenced by Semitic languages), some words and derivations (principally names, but not only) and some peculiarities of the Hobbit dialect of Westron (who is said to be archaising). I find it funny, and quite a good idea, that the language which is translated in English in LotR has in fact a structure quite unlike English and other Germanic languages :)) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.