Re: OT: Poetic License

> ObConlang:  How much work have you done on
> figurative or poetic language in
> your conlangs?  For myself, I have very little.  I
> only just got a
> literary-register form of the first-person pronoun.

Silindion has a well developed poetic register, which
differs from the usual spoken language in many ways.
However, it is only used in certain types of poetry
and is by no means a universal register. It is usually
used in religious works, and or courtly works. Any
poetry associated with those two realms is usuall
written in High Silindion.

Here are some differences:

HIGH                       LOW

anteavi 'whether'        _an
an-/at- 'us, our'       hyat-/hyan-
nakwa 'year'            ankoma
verne 'turn of seasons  'wheel'
vusi 'there was'         mie
viuyello 'to be strong'  vimyello
vyosi 'eye'             til, _tilma
laru 'oak'                daru
nelli 'lamb'             delli
desya 'tribe' (vocative)  a deni
leste 'cold'              'frozen'
anto 'they'          ento, entie, entasse
is 'new'                 istirea
os 'wind'   osta
si 'thus' = LS ota





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