Constructed Languages!

[Rilha]

Another linguistically-oriented post brought to you by Rilha!

 

 

 

After hearing that constructed languages were good for language-learning skills, I started work on my own. I quickly got sucked into just how fun it is; "The joy of creation," as a friend calls it.

 

 

 

I've been creating it for a couple of years now, and it is now very close to complete, and vastly different from English, granting one more freedom of expression.

 

 

 

Now there are several people wanting to learn my language, so I'm teaching them. 8)

 

 

 

It consists of these consonant sounds:

 

 

 

P T K

 

B D G

 

M N ÃÆââ¬Â¦Ãâ¦Ã 

 

F ÃÆÃâÃâ¦Ã¾ ÃÆââ¬Å¾Ãâä

 

V ÃÆÃâÃâÃ

[Phil]

'ÃÆââ¬Å¾Ãâä' is pronounced as the 'ch' sound in 'loch'...kind of. It's a sound not found in English, but you've probably all heard it.

 

Of course it's found in English. As you said yourself in Loch.

 

English people tend not to pronounce it correctly though (they pronounce it lock?) but it's commonly used here in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway very interesting post. How could you be bothered doing all that?

[katha610]

*clapclapclap*

 

 

 

nice, i tried to make up one too, but i was too impatient, so i decided to learn another one that already existed...

 

 

 

thumps up

[Rilha]

'ÃÆââ¬Å¾Ãâä' is pronounced as the 'ch' sound in 'loch'...kind of. It's a sound not found in English, but you've probably all heard it.

 

Of course it's found in English. As you said yourself in Loch.

 

English people tend not to pronounce it correctly though (they pronounce it lock?) but it's commonly used here in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway very interesting post. How could you be bothered doing all that?

 

What can I say? I'm a nerd. xD

 

 

 

MOST dialects of English don't use that sound; I put that in for the majority.

[Rilha]

*clapclapclap*

 

 

 

nice, i tried to make up one too, but i was too impatient, so i decided to learn another one that already existed...

 

 

 

thumps up

 

Oh, believe me that I'm learning ones that already exist! I speak English and French fluently, Japanese competently, am studying Russian, and just started learning Italian and Swedish.

 

 

 

Aqủ̮̩̉nandi exists because it helps me learn pre-existing languages.

[Phil]

MOST dialects of English don't use that sound; I put that in for the majority.

 

Most dialects should use it but they are just lazy and choose not. I'm sure they could do it if they tried :P But the correct way of saying loch is not the most common way unfortunetly.

[Rilha]

MOST dialects of English don't use that sound; I put that in for the majority.

 

Most dialects should use it but they are just lazy and choose not. I'm sure they could do it if they tried :P But the correct way of saying loch is not the most common way unfortunetly.

 

I know. It bugs me when people pronounce it as a 'k', but what can I do?

[nvw08]

Wow :shock: you both have a lot of time and posess a lot of mental ability :shock:

[Rilha]

Wow :shock: you both have a lot of time and posess a lot of mental ability :shock:

 

Thanks! @_@

[archimage_a]

Would it not have been easier to write a translation manual...I created my own langauge...It wasn't any good because all I did was code the first 5 pages of the dictionary then gave up because I realised what I was doing.

 

 

 

In otherwords until there is a english-Aquenandi translatory dictionary I think I'l stick to good old Lucethwaninan.(my second attempt so far has everyone I know stumped...or they can't be asked either way). I am not putting it on here however because I am not fluent, and I don't do all the stressed this and unstressed that. I just did a dictionary.

[hohto]

"You know you got too much free time when..." :P

 

 

 

Anyways, pretty nice job there :P I see some similarities there with swedish (verb burn for example is "brinna" and you've used words really close to that there), I assume you've studied swedish irregular verbs lately. :wink:

 

 

 

Personally if I was about to make up a language, I'd get rid of all irregularities. First of all they just confuse people and second I wouldn't have patience to think of those things. Btw do you have any articles (like "a", "an" and "the" in english or "en" and "ett" in swedish) at your language?

[Rilha]

"You know you got too much free time when..." :P

 

 

 

Anyways, pretty nice job there :P I see some similarities there with swedish (verb burn for example is "brinna" and you've used words really close to that there), I assume you've studied swedish irregular verbs lately. :wink:

 

 

 

Personally if I was about to make up a language, I'd get rid of all irregularities. First of all they just confuse people and second I wouldn't have patience to think of those things. Btw do you have any articles (like "a", "an" and "the" in english or "en" and "ett" in swedish) at your language?

 

xD Actually, I just started studying Swedish. I found out the similarities before I started from a very surprised Swedish friend. xDDD

 

 

 

I blame my Swedish heritage.

 

 

 

Yes, it does have articles, but they are used quite infrequently. The definite article is 'a', which makes Aquenandi mean 'the language'. xD

 

The indefinite is technically 'in', so 'Inquenandi' would be 'a language'. For the indefinite, though, people are more likely to say 'na', which means 'of'.

 

 

 

But they really are used infrequently; the words are generally used without articles.

 

 

 

There IS a dialect of Aquenandi where the articles are commonplace, but that's Aquenandi-Aldur -- the high language. Used only by the very-upper class.

[Rilha]

Would it not have been easier to write a translation manual...I created my own langauge...It wasn't any good because all I did was code the first 5 pages of the dictionary then gave up because I realised what I was doing.

 

 

 

In otherwords until there is a english-Aquenandi translatory dictionary I think I'l stick to good old Lucethwaninan.(my second attempt so far has everyone I know stumped...or they can't be asked either way). I am not putting it on here however because I am not fluent, and I don't do all the stressed this and unstressed that. I just did a dictionary.

 

I mean using it only very rarely, like with my character occasionally calling people 'EstaÃÆââ¬Â¦Ãâáve' which is a very sarcastic term for 'my dear sir/madam'.

[Astralinre]

I've got to say, that's very impressive. I tried making a language a couple of years ago, but it was nothing compared to that. :shock: Great job, man.

 

 

 

So, are you going to pull a Tolkein and write a huge volume of stories explaining the origin of your language that will become world-famous a few years after your death?

[Rilha]

I've got to say, that's very impressive. I tried making a language a couple of years ago, but it was nothing compared to that. :shock: Great job, man.

 

 

 

So, are you going to pull a Tolkein and write a huge volume of stories explaining the origin of your language that will become world-famous a few years after your death?

 

xD Maybe. I am a fairly good author, if I do say so myself.

 

 

 

There are a bunch of people already studying Aquenandi. Over twenty; it amazes me.

 

 

 

I already actually have an imaginary world where it is spoken.

[yomom1919]

us americans dont say ch because it doesnt fit in our language, not because were lazy. if we had the ch sound (that of the europeans) then our language wouldnt be balanced. it would throw an accent that isnt coordinated with the other sounds in there. wed have like all oranges and then bam an apple!

[Scruffy5389]

^I was going to disagree, but the awesome apple/orange analogy convinced me. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

Cool work, Rilha!

[Phil]

us americans dont say ch because it doesnt fit in our language, not because were lazy. if we had the ch sound (that of the europeans) then our language wouldnt be balanced. it would throw an accent that isnt coordinated with the other sounds in there. wed have like all oranges and then bam an apple!

 

Well Scottish people manage to pronounce it correctly without much trouble. I also know English poeple who pronounce it correctly too. So don't go saying it would make the language unbalanced because it simply doesn't.

[Rilha]

us americans dont say ch because it doesnt fit in our language, not because were lazy. if we had the ch sound (that of the europeans) then our language wouldnt be balanced. it would throw an accent that isnt coordinated with the other sounds in there. wed have like all oranges and then bam an apple!

 

Well Scottish people manage to pronounce it correctly without much trouble. I also know English poeple who pronounce it correctly too. So don't go saying it would make the language unbalanced because it simply doesn't.

 

I'm American and I pronounce it correctly. >.>

[bull912000]

Awsome. I didn't know that making different languages helped english skills. I guess I had better start on one. lol

 

 

 

(how do you get the different letters up there.

[Astralinre]

You know what, I feel very ignorant, but could someone please show me phoenectically how "ch" in loch is pronounced?