My 1st language, Waeglyt, shall be the Wygar's language, and based on old Slavic languages.
My 2nd language, and most recent project, is called Lilaian, and is based on a corruption of Latin. As I intend its speakers to be analogous to the Roman Empire, I thought it fitting that they speak a derivative of Latin. It'll be the Seventh Romance Language! Haha! The others, in order from the Latin, I think: Italian, Galacian, French, Romanian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Plus... I know Portuguese, and to my surprise, a good deal of Galacian (they're almost identical!). So it'd be easier to come up with a language derived from one I speak, right? So I started by writing a simple poem... sort of derived from the old Spanish hymn Riu, Riu, Chiu:
Weep, weep, river, for those you would protect
For they are devoured by the beasts of the forest
Cast thyself, river, between deathly shores
Then your blessed children will be delivered
Lira, lira, rau pru tuis protetrat
Pos manducat prus coueri florestat
Tira, tira, rau, intrels malourae mourtai
Tou illivrat era tuis lilae bellelai
Pos manducat prus coueri florestat
Tira, tira, rau, intrels malourae mourtai
Tou illivrat era tuis lilae bellelai
I am so jealous of your language-inventing ability. I mean, that is the ONE thing in which I have absolutely no patience and zero ability.
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous. So very, very jealous. Which is a bad thing, because that's something of a sin. So I guess should just stop moaning and hone my language building skillz......
Heh. I remember that song.
Riu riu riu CHEE-oo DA da da da DA da.....Well, the melody, anyway.
Well, it's really just a mixture of medieval/modern Latin languages. There's a lot of Portuguese in there... sort of.
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