Re: CHAT: Is there a conlang inspired in Old English?

--- Ángel Serrano wrote:

> I have a question: Does anybody know any conlang inspired in Old English?
Oh yes, there are quite a few of them.

First of all, *Wessisc* (by Damon Lord) was already mentioned. It is the result
of a merger between Anglo-Saxon invaders and the native Celtic population of
Wessex. Example: "Græting. Ða Stæd cunneð gei Wyssness an ðy Hwelðingan gwel a
dw an se Wight, wc gei Wyssness an se Yæiþ Wessisc, se Yæiþ londwis Wight!"

Secondly, there is *Baanzish* (by Rupert A.H. Barnes), an uninflected and very
regular Germanic language based largely on English with the words of
non-Germanic origin replaced by Old English and Norse. Example: "In dha tuaadh
God skaapd dha Heven and dha Eyth."
http://www.rahbarnes.demon.co.uk/baanzish.htm

Furthermore there is (or was) *Aeldarspragk* (by Dale Morris). I'm not sure in
how far this is really a conlang. It seems to be a variant of Old Saxon but
used as a micronational language. Link is dead.

*Niw Englisc* is an attempt to resurrect Old English as if it were spoken
today. Example: "Þe mæn is rídend." (The man is riding.)
http://www.geocities.com/wordwulf/niw_englisc.htm

Then there is *Maðumisc*, the Archaic English Project. Apparently this is a
group reinventing English on the basis of Old English:
http://www.kafejo.com/lingvoj/conlangs/aep/

The last one I want to mention is *Ilianóre* (by Jeff Smith). This language
seems to inspired by, but not based on, Old English. For example: "Belarest lo.
Færa tinwar endlih félwarwe éase ðustre." (Welcome, strangers. Please, stay a
while and feed your soul.). Anyway, both the language as its homepage are very
beautiful and worth to check out: http://www.mediom.qc.ca/~extrudex/lang.html

Jan

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"Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones

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