What Language is used?

Post » Fri May 27, 2011 1:11 pm

So I was on that site, the Imperial Library, and I was reading through Vives's Trial or some such thing, and there is a great deal of yelling in a language that I obviously don't speek. I was just wondering what langue was used to derive it, or if it is a construct unto itself. If it is something real, please let me know, and if not could someone give me a like to the rules, grammatical structuring and so on, of it. It would be much appreciated to know this, the little things bug me to no end.
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Esther Fernandez
 
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Post » Thu May 26, 2011 9:16 pm

the language is Ehlnofex, and i believe there is no documented grammar for it.

*relurk*
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Timara White
 
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Post » Thu May 26, 2011 11:38 pm

the language is Ehlnofex, and i believe there is no documented grammar for it.

*relurk*

Really? Because it seems to flow quite well when used in the excerpts that I have read. This sort of ticks me off... Somebody should translate the language for regual use. Does anyone know of a dictionary of sorts? I'm pretty good with languages.
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Post » Fri May 27, 2011 12:02 pm

Languages are not the strong point of TES (grumble-grumble), and I would like to see Ehlnofex fleshed out (wink-wink-hint-hint)

We know, in Ehlnofex, off the top of my head:
AE, which seems to mean a lot of things, acting seemingly as a conjunction or "to be" in some cases and in others meaning existence in some sort, the highest echelon of subgradient

ALTADOON, which means Weapon

CE, which would appear to be a definite article.

CHIM, which means "an ancient sigil connoting 'royalty', 'starlight', and 'high splendor' "

And then youv'e got a couple more splatterings of it in other places, notabley, in the Intercepts: "Aad semblio impera, dela can carpio semblex." Which is explained with: "The phrase-meanings can be both "as in the image of the kings become the hearts of their shadows" and "the shadows in kingly hearts are images of as", where "as" is meant in the sheathe of an ur word."
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Maria Garcia
 
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Post » Fri May 27, 2011 12:40 am

see Ehlnofex fleshed out (wink-wink-hint-hint)

That's like asking for a dictionary of glossolalia.
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natalie mccormick
 
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Post » Fri May 27, 2011 6:35 am

That's like asking for a dictionary of glossolalia.

True, Ehlnofex seems to be pretty...fluid, if you will, compared to other languages, but a guy can hope eh?
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Nick Jase Mason
 
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Post » Thu May 26, 2011 11:41 pm

True, Ehlnofex seems to be pretty...fluid, if you will, compared to other languages, but a guy can hope eh?

Which is its nifty aspect, if you ask me. Ehlnofex, for one, is a language that hasn't been quenyanized yet.
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Chris Johnston
 
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Post » Fri May 27, 2011 9:21 am

quenyanized

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Sabrina garzotto
 
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Post » Fri May 27, 2011 12:52 pm

Maybe someday... :(
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