Re: New Language and a Game

I'm guessing that Glosa has reared its head in this language. :)

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Patrick Dunn wrote:

> I've been screwing around creating an artlang (maybe an auxlang?) for
> purposes of magic.  It's not very sophisticated -- minimal phonetic
> changes, Latin orthography, and a pick-and-choose grammar -- but I'm
> really enjoying it.  Here's a sample:
>
> et-at ejo invoc, o emad agorto:
> et-at, cod'av bar et-a-aret et-a-smai-ce.
> et-at, cod'av bar et-a-jo et-a-dosig-ce
> et-at, cod'av bar et-a-umbra et-a-or-ce
> At e Osorronophris, et-cod nulo hom'av ne-vide la nulo tempo.
> At e Iabas
> At e Iabos
> At'av disinju et-a-balta et-a-agbalta-ce.
> At'av bar et-a-masculo et-a-feminjo-ce.
> At'av bar et-a-seme et-a-pomo-ce.
> At'av bar et-homi la-ta-ehef et-aljaljo va la-ta-odis et-aljaljo.
>
> Translation:
>
> Thee, I invoke, the bornless spirit
> thee, that didst create the earth and the heavens.
> Thee, that didst create the day and the night.
> Thee, that didst create the darkness and the light.
> Thou art Osorronophris, whom no man has seen at any time.
> Thou art Iabas
> Thou art Iapos.
> Though hast distinguished between the just and the unjust.
> Though has created the male and the female.
> Thou has created the seed and the fruit.
> Thou hast created men to love one another, and to hate one another.
>
>
> This language is made from smashing without rhyme or reason four different
> languages.  Can you identify all four?  That's the game I'm proposing.  I
> think three of them will be easy -- the fourth might be tricky.
>
> --Patrick