#fake languages

[studentofunhallowedarts]

[candlecoo]

what other Thoughts do you have on the his majesty au that hasn’t been asked about yet?

So the main thing my thoughts I have been consumed with is Itunear's native language (which isn't complete but I do have the rules, alphabet and simple words for, so far)

So like always I did quite a bit of research into fantasy languages before I started, mostly on how to build one. And I found out alot!

With almost all fake languages in modern media, most prominently ones seen in series like Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Game of Thrones and even Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire, the languages all can be learned and translated meaning that they aren't just gibberish. The way they do this is take a real life root language and twisting the rules, alphabet or phonetic sound into something realistic but different. For example Sindarin from LotR's takes root in the Welsh language.

So for Itunear I wanted to take inspiration from the places around the made up country.

And since the country I've stated was closest to it was Hawaii I started there.

The most similar part of the Hawaiian language and the Itunear language is the phonetic's of the vowels and how they interact with consonants.

In both the vowels sound as such:

A is pronounced "ah"

E is pronounced "eh"

I is pronounced "ee"

O is pronounced "oh"

U is pronounced "oo"

And (almost all) consonants followed by a vowel adds on to the vowel sound. Example:

Ha sounds like "hah"

He sounds like "heh"

Hi sounds like "hee"

Ho sounds like "hoh"

Hi sounds like "hoo"

But that's where the similarities end.

Unlike the Hawaiian language which only has 13 letters in their alphabet Itunear has 21. Which makes a higher variety of sounds and adds a bit of an Asian sound to some of the words(when I was practicing saying some of the simple sentences at work a coworker thought I was speaking Japanese haha)

The rest of the language rules are as such:

- the same vowel cannot be placed next to each other.

- letters such as V, Y, and Z are always pronounced with a "eh" sound and cannot be followed with a vowel. Examples: "zeh" "veh" and "yeh".

- and the only time these rules break are for when the letters ea are followed by a r then it makes "air" sound like in the English words bear, swear, and dare.

So now that we got that down let's take a look at some simple sentences!

I moah hare! (Ee moh-ah hah-reh) - I am here!

Suso'oi. (soo-soh-oh-ee) - Thank you.

Awana, lohi atu ao. (ah-wah-nah loh-hee ah-too ah-oh) - Please, look at me.

Moha maho tahare ezhi? (moh-hah mah-hoh tah-hah-reh ee-zeh-hee) - Are we there yet?

And last but not least

Pala uluma! (Pah-lah oo-loo-mah) - Plus ultra!

I hope this was informative and fun!!! And I hope to share more as it develops!

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3 Fake Languages in Books and Movies You Should Learn

One of the greatest things that could happen to humanity was science – fiction and fantasy genres, no matter the sub-genres and branches and cross-genres alternatives. It doesn’t even matter you are thinking about movies, books, short stories, theater plays or boardgames. It doesn’t even matter if you are a fan or not, as if you are, you probably know more than we could ever write in an article and if you’re not, you still know  a lot of things, intentionally or accidentally, because in the last years, fantasy, science – fiction and fiction at its best invaded the cinemas, took over bookshelves and corrupted television, only to gain billions of followers world – wide. And it is so awesome, it can’t be truly expressed into words. Read more.

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Amaran: þau gafïgis? English: How are you feeling? How are you? (lit: You how-feel?)

Notes: fïgib means feel as in have emotion. It does not mean feel as in touch. When answering the question "how are you", you always respond adverbially. For example, instead of "I am sad" you say, "I sadly feel."

Example responses: Amaran: ë bwélïn fïgis. ë kövlïn fïgis. ë glüklïn fïgis. ë dástlïn fïgis. English. I am good. (lit: I well feel.) I am bad. (lit: I badly feel.) I am happy. (lit: I happily feel.) I am sad. (lit: I sadly feel.)

[a-world-of-conlags-blog]

To coincide with the post about trees; There are two words for forest in Amaran. Bosk (sounds like boss with a k at the end) means forest the same way it is meant in English. The word is derived originally from Spanish bosque though its true roots are those of the Spanish word itself. The other word for forest refers only to xalit (the tall mushroom-like "trees" of the world from which Amaran comes). The word for such a forest is xal~bïr meaning "Xal field" or "Field of xalit".

Note: bïr means field. It is pronounced very similarly to buyer.