Re: Dune Conlang

Nik Taylor wrote:

> "Dr. David E. Bell" wrote:
> > Proto-Galach: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
> > Atreidean Galach: baridit nehiidit beed gwarp tau nubukt.
> > Ancient Arabic: kuntu sa'idan fi shababi
> > Atreidean Fremen: kuntu saghidan fi shababi
>
> Hmm, Fremen appears to be far more conservative than Galach, the only
> difference in this is {gh} instead of {'}.
So much so that I find it almost impossible to believe
that the Fremen speak that way.  I mean, what's the year
then? Isn't it something like the year 10,000?

Unless, of course, Fremen is no more a spoken language
than, say, Latin is today.  Which might be believable, if
only just:  they might just hang on to a sacred language,
especially on a planet like Arakhis.

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