Nasal oddities (again!) + new language

Ed Heil <uncorrected@...> wrote:

>I wonder if, like the trolls Pat Dunn studied, they
>will turn out to have 'eructative' phonemes, produced
>by belching?
Oh, no, they're more of the "evil" type, not the "disgusting"
type. They belch, of course, and with great mastery and
evident pleasure, but not phonemically. :)

The language has a twisted external history, BTW (just
taking the chance to present it!). As some of you may
remember, some time ago I was playing with Wamen, a
very Japanese-like language spoken by the inhabitants
of Dahai. This place and its society took part in a
role-playing game (based on the concept of Interactive
History, which I'm told was born in the Aria game system,
but here adapted to Fudge rules).

I decided to let them be for a while, and they were just
invaded by this nasty Army of Darkness (which was not my
invention). I was invited by the gamemaster to direct the
survivors, or the conquerors, or both. I chose both, so
now I have to name the trolls, orcs, men, and half-men
that invaded the land of Dahai. A language was not
*required* (the game doesn't need it), but I couldn't
resist the temptation of showing off my skills ;) and
I made up a phonology and a skeletal grammar on the spot.



--Pablo Flores
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