>Status: R
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>I've begun work on what will be the definitive language for (Eastern)
>Terra Nova. The Terra Novans are divided into three large segments, the
>Easterners, the Westerners, and the Southerners, which speak different
>descendants of English usually considered different languages, altho
This is really ingenious. It gets my Royal Knight of the
Order of Mockingbirds award. Seriously. Now I have to break out my ascii
IPA to get the full impact.
Jerry
>Here's a (provisional) sample:
>
>Dis it's a samba o Eestan, de languaj it get speek in de Eestan paht o
>de Hyoom Continen. It get descen from English, woun o de maja languajes
>o Ahf an o de Sola Sistem. Eestan also get relate to Westan an Suvvan.
>
>/dEs Ets @ 'sa~b@ @ 'esta~ 'dle~gwEdZ EtgEt'pek e~ 'desta~ p_hOt @ d@
>Cwo~ 'k_hOna~ EtgEde'se~ fro~ 'e~glES wo~ @ d@ 'mEj@ 'le~gwEdZ@z @ Of A~
>@ d@ 'sul@ 'sEsta~ 'esta~ Olsu gEtre'lEt t_hwO w&sta~ A~ 'sOva~/
>
>This is a sample of Eastern, the language spoken in the Eastern part of
>the Human Continent. It's descended from English, one of the major
>languages of Earth and of the Solar System. Eastern is also related to
>Western and Southern.
>
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>anonymous
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