Re: Question about starting

Welcome to the group. We're pretty tolerant here,
so no need to worry about making a mistake.

In your novels, does this language exist as a
natural spoken language or is it meant to be
some kind of constructed auxiliary language
(a la Esperanto)?

 --Ph.D.

Bookworm Alpha writes:
>
> I initially attempted to start building a language based on the first
> term I worked up (which was "oüdenlänter", which, when translated,
> means several things including "outlander", "stranger" and "alien" in
> the language I'm working on.
>
> I am not 100% certain this is the proper list for me to use as yet,
> and I will leave the list if that is the wish of the other
> participants and/or the moderator if I have come to the wrong place.
> Please forgive if I make some sort of newbie-type mistake, as I am
> still struggling to learn how to construct languages.
>
> Some folks who saw that initial word accused me of using Norwegian as
> my language's base, but that is not the case at all. In fact, the
> concept is that the language is a so-called "superlanguage" that
> encompasses concepts from nearly all the major Terran language groups.
> This language is being devised for a series of fiction novels I'm in
> the process of writing. Approximately sixteen words are relatively
> firm, but (strangely) the form of pluralization is not certain. (one
> word, Eldaren, is both plural and singular, but it seems to be an
> exception rather than the rule.)
>
> Note that in no case above am I trying to show pronunciation. Not
> quite solid on the CXS as yet.
>
> Anyone who can assist in building this language's rules, words,
> grammar and syntax /will/ be acknowledged in the books as contributors
> (by first initial, last name), unless that is not their wish.

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