Tag Archives: Constructed Language

Thracian Translations

Posted on April 10, 2019 by dan

Here are three of the four Thracian inscriptions. I translated two of them differently from the official translations, and of course there’s a lot I’m assuming. Question marks show stuff I’m really not sure about. What do you think? SEG … Continue reading →

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Thracian sound shifts

Posted on April 8, 2019 by dan

The fun part of writing my cave-Thracian story is of course getting the chance to reconstruct the Thracian language. I poured through word lists, looked up cognates, shook, stirred, and here’s what crystallized. Proto-Indo European > Thracian (examples) Notes *bʰ > b (*bʰébʰrus > berbrus “beaver”, *bʰuǵ … Continue reading →

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Wealthgiver

Posted on March 27, 2019 by dan

So, I’m starting a new book… The Thracians were an ancient people who lived in various places on the Balkans north of Greece, and spoke a language that was (maybe) distantly related to Albanian, the Balto-Slavic languages, and Greek. They … Continue reading →

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The Neo-Thracian language

Posted on February 22, 2019 by dan

Let’s think about the Neo-Thracian language. The Point of Divergence is a vision received by a early 4th-century Bessi oracle, telling the Thracians to switch from worship of Dionysus to Pluto and unite against the Christians. The oracle’s charismatic interpreter … Continue reading →

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The Maiden and the Wealthgiver 1

Posted on February 22, 2019 by dan

Kori Utzemeli was 16 when she realized that the myth of Persephone was about her. “Now, the daughter of Demeter was Persephone, also called “Kore,” the Maiden. And she was carried off by grim Hades to his kingdom the underworld…” … Continue reading →

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2nd Day of Junction: The Nun Language

Posted on January 4, 2019 by dan

Junction’s launch day is on the 10th, and I have a day off, so this is a good day for some language-constructing! In Junction, a wormhole is discovered in the New Guinea highlands…by the rest of the world. The people … Continue reading →

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The Lands by the Waters – An Ucaptian Myth (4)

Posted on August 24, 2018 by dan

(start, previous) For the hunt, with his hair he (Ptahh) strung the bow of cedar. For the memory, with papyrus as the writing tablet he painted (words on) it. For the steering, with his hand as an oar he paddled the … Continue reading →

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Shiftin’ shapes!

Posted on July 12, 2018 by dan

Yesterday I asked for writing prompts, and Lew Delport responded: “Shapeshifters with language that changes according to shape” and upon follow-up questioning: “No idea, you’re the writer! Seasonal, maybe?” So I got to thinking: V. nonhuman idea: alien sophonts go through … Continue reading →

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Tipi from outside of Tuta

Posted on June 28, 2018 by dan

I finished The Centuries Unlimited this week, so you’re getting some conlanging! This project’s goal was simple: derive the tenses (and voices and aspects) of verbs from prepositions. For example, the epic poem   Tipi-kan-tan-Tuta (Tipi from outside of Tuta) has … Continue reading →

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The Lands by the Waters – An Ucaptian Myth (3)

Posted on June 13, 2018 by dan

(start, previous) And thus Obedient Ptahh built of cedar wood a boat and caused it to be loaded with things. (He) caused it to be loaded with the grain(1) and the date. (He) caused it to be loaded with the sheep … Continue reading →

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