Re: no language no people

In Silindion
 1) No Language, No people:

   Low Silindion: Vánka émmë órno, ménta émmë déni

  vánka "when"
  émmë "not-(having)-this"
  órno "language"
  ménta "then"
  déni "tribe/group of people"

   High Silindion: Emmë órno sínë émmë déni
   sínë "and so, therefore, thus"


 2)A nation/people without a language [is] a nation/people without a heart

  Low Silindion:
    vánka émmë i denínu órno, ménta émmë (óni) súru.

i "the"
denínu "to the tribe" (-nu is dative)
óni "to it"
súru "heart" (metaphoric, the organ is áuka)

 So literally:
 "When not there is not a language to the tribe, then there is not a heart to it"


 High Silindion:
   Emmë órno i denínu sínë émmë súru (óni)


Elliott