Let the hammer fall, background, no language no people

> Subject: Re: Translation Project! (was Re: Let the hammer fall!)
In Lyanjen:

Taljan r'aubzuce! /'t{lZan 'raubzuSE /

talj          an    |   r        aubz    u               ce
hammer  PAT |  PAT   down  3pFutSim  optative
"the hammer"  |  "may it descend/be lowered"
"may the hammer fall"

(The idea that the hammer is falling rather than being dropped is expressed
through topic fronting and through the use of the patient prefix to the
optative verb. If it were "K'aubzuce taljan!" with the agentive prefix, it
would be, "May the hammer be dropped!")

> > I would like some background on everyone's language, like who would have
> > used it?  Where?  and When?
Lyanjen is the language of the Shrislia, an animist people who left their
homeland when their original people (the Lia) became split into religious
factions. They were the only ones that held onto the old animist beliefs,
and were the most persecuted of all. Due to isolation for over a thousand
years, Lyanjen is the closest to the original Liá'necan, their common
language.

Which reminds me, I came across a Welsh proverb today. Would we like to
conlang it:

Welsh: Heb iaith, heb genedl.
English: No language, no people.

Lyanjen:
Necanaks, lyaaks. /nE'S{naks 'lj{aks/

necan     aks    lya       aks
language no     people no