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Ablean Buckslinger	Language	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3459 (08/06/06 22:32:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Here is how I see the language pattern. Tell me if I'm wrong: Common - language spoken by humans and learnt by almost everyone else (essentially English) Lilithian - fluid and watery language spoken by lilithians Dwarven - language spoken by dwarves Lizardish - gutturual language spoken by lizardmen Orcish - language spoken by orcs and ogres; the swamp ogres speak a dialect called Vulgar Orcish There are more for the minor races as well I'm guessing.
anacharis	Re: Language	#1	[-]
Posts: 976 (08/07/06 04:53:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've actually been working on a language for the Intli, which is not quite a ripoff of Nahuatl. I'd imagine that the Orcs, at least, would have a bit more linguistic variation- probably something harsh and Slavic-sounding for the Northern Orcs, something more chaotic and flowing for the southern Orcs, and some sort of grand, monolithic, liturgical language for the Great Ogres- the Night Orcs would probably speak Lilithian in an effort to be pretentious . I think X mentioned something about dwarves having different, if related, languages, too. Oh, and I really want Common to be a sort of flowing, Greco-Romance language originally spoken in Kyrosos, if Milady doesn't mind. ________________ Punk Rock!
Lord DragonFang	Re: Language	#2	[-]
Posts: 1762 (08/07/06 06:57:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	*Quote:* the Night Orcs would probably speak Lilithian in an effort to be pretentious Chuckles. I could see that, actually. It wouldn't be entirely out of character for them. Nevertheless they do still have their very much Orcish roots which reflects in their language. Perhaps they speak a sort of bastard language with the base words being Orcish and Lilithian-esque modifiers, and all in Common syntax! We're not really going to call the common tongue Common are we? Kyrososian? Kyrese? Kyrosish? I'm sure you can do better than those!
Syera	Re: Language	#3	[-]
Posts: 203 (08/25/06 21:29:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Oh, gosh, please don't be calling it Common. That one's been driving me nuts now for ages... Also, just because I like questioning things, must Orcish sound rough-and-grunty? Must we be able to tell everything about a culture just by the way its language sounds? Why can't we have peaceful people who sound Slavic? Or a war-like race with a flowing language? The Springhole \| SH.net's Message Board
Lady of Darkness	Re: Language	#4	[-]
Posts: 1874 (08/26/06 14:58:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	*Quote:* Oh, and I really want Common to be a sort of flowing, Greco-Romance language originally spoken in Kyrosos, if Milady doesn't mind. Of course I don't mind! I would have suggested it! Although I don't know about calling it anything that comes from the word 'Kyrosos.' What about something that would just mean 'The language' like 'la langue' or 'lingua' or something like that? Maybe the Kyrosian word for Language would work???
Syera	Re: Language	#5	[-]
Posts: 203 (08/27/06 14:27:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nah; the Kyrosians would need a word to describe other languages. A more logical step would be to use their word for speech or language attached to the name of the language's country or origin. Is there a reason we're using the -ian suffix, by the way? Wouldn't they have their own suffix or whathaveyou? The Springhole \| SH.net's Message Board

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