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Hence the adjective "fictional". :) He just needed something that sounded and looked cool enough for his work of fiction. and yes, you're right - new language w
by pferde 15y ago
Hence the adjective "fictional". :) He just needed something that sounded and looked cool enough for his work of fiction. and yes, you're right - new language would have its own set of grammar rules, vocabulary, etc.
Still, quite cool for a quick hack like that.
- trebor 15y agoIt qualifies as a "fictional" language because Colin is right: it's just an alternative encoding of the English translation. There's no nuance to it at all, even the Star Wars "language" Mando'a (or however you spell it) is better. Mando'a isn't high on my list because it's not really a language, just an English lexicon of alternative spellings. But at least there are rules to the composition of the words! Sorry to geek out for a second, I've been studying conlangs and considering making one. I suggest use of a real word generator, like my Werd script[1] (a translation of the original), that generates words based on rules. [1]: https://github.com/rk/werd https://github.com/rk/werd
- pyry 15y agoThe word mando'a bounced around in my head for a while, then I remembered that mandu'a is Guarani[1] for 'to remember'. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_language
- lukejduncan 15y agoSure, but there is a difference between a "fictional" language such as this encoding and a synthetic language like Tolkein constructed (as I understand it).
- bloggergirl 15y agoCool... and a fun code to crack for the average person.