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Re: The 30-Minute Conlang: A Challenge or two

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Thursday, December 18, 2003, 2:27
Kyndr Fymmyla fnuda:
> Christian Thalmann wrote: >> >> I once had the following idea for an instalang: Do letter >> (or phoneme) replacements in the natlang of your choice, in >> such a way that the phonology remains pronounceable. > > The Nintendo Gamecube game "Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet" does > something like this for the "dinosaur language". Consonants are replaced > with consonants and vowels with vowels in a fairly simple substitution > cypher (orthographically, not phonemically--the pronunciation is > basically how an English speaker would pronounce the resulting words, > and comes out pretty stilted when it's spoken in the game).
Final Fantasy X does similar for the "Al Bhed" language. (Vehym Vyhdyco X tuac cesemyn vun dra "Al Bhed" myhkiyka.) *Muke! -- http://frath.net/ E jer savne zarjé mas ne http://kohath.livejournal.com/ Se imné koone'f metha http://kohath.deviantart.com/ Brissve mé kolé adâ.