Re: Conlang book: any interest?

> From: MGreenlee@AOL.COM
>
> 1. Name of conlang
amman iar

> 2. Name of conlanger
David E. Bell a.k.a. The Gray Wizard

> 3. Sample sentence with interlinearization/translation (optional)
Fight linguistic extinction... invent a language!
nasivas in'urgoirvar iardainnion ermaethuliel ... in'iar erdaghiel

\t nasivas                in         urgoirvar
\m nas-       -iv  -as    in         ur-  coiro =var       -0
\g hortative- -hab -pres  agt.to.thm not- live  =actn/proc -[P]
\p mood-      -asp -tense ptp        neg- v     =nsfx      -abs
\x do                     agt.to.thm extinction

\t iardainnion            ervaethuliel
\m iar      =tain    -ion er-  maetho  =dul         -ie      -l
\g language =science -of  do-  contest =unfavorable -agt/thm -actn
\p n        =nsfx    -gen agt- v       =nsfx        -val     -vc
\x of.linguistics         fight

\t (nasivas)              in         iar
\m nas-       -iv  -as    in         iar      -0
\g hortative- -hab -pres  agt.to.thm language -[P]
\p mood-      -asp -tense ptp        n        -abs
\x do                     agt.to.thm language

\t erdaghiel
\m er-  tagho  -ie      -l
\g do-  create -agt/thm -actn
\p agt- v      -val     -vc
\x invent

> 4. Web page URLs, e-mail addresses, book titles, or other sources
> of further
> information (optional)
http://www.graywizard.net/Conlinguistics/amman_iar/amman_iar.htm

> 5. A short (no more than about 5 sentences) description/explanation of the
> language (e.g. reasons for its creation, associated concultures, etc.)
Just before the fall of Numenor in the Second Age of Middle-Earth, Amandil,
the last lord of Andunie seeing that doom was fast approaching counseled his
followers to take to their ships. One such ship, captained by Voron of
Romenna was lost in the storms following the destruction of Numenor. Voron's
ship was swept southwestward and many months later was washed ashore on the
continent of amman.  Voron and his shipmates settled among the people,
influencing their language and culture. The people of amman then spoke a now
dead language called vulanayal.  The tongues spoken by the Dunedain heavily
influenced the speakers of vulanayal.  amman iar is descended from this
protolanguage.  It is the most widely spoken of the vulanayal descendants,
being the native tongue of the dominant amman narthost (literally the People
of amman). The name of the language, amman iar translates literally as 'the
language of amman. The nardhost inhabit most of the lands west of the eroid
elorenath, a mountain range that divides the continent of amman into eastern
and western regions. Their language has become the lingua franca of the
western region both politically and commercially.

Hope this is useful

David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
www.graywizard.net

Wisdom begins in wonder.