TallDarkAndWitty
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ORIGINAL: Wulfchyld I am working on a book that I would greatly appreciate feedback… good, bad, or ugly on. OK, so here are my thoughts. 1) I am all about the protocol. I enjoy the detail and the effort. Thanks much for sharing. 2) I found the "unusual" language distracting. I am not sure of its intent. In my mind there are those that use language as a gimmick, such as John Norman and his Gorean words, and those who use language as the integral part of the story, such as J.R.R. Tolkien or Neal Stephenson. Unfortunately, for me, this has much more a feel of the former. Languages evolve. They are formed by a history (the evolution of a culture), and are not just a English-Whatever translation book. I would highly recommend you read some of Tolkiens works on the Elvish language and try to bring some of that to your use of Lantion. Or perhaps take a step back and develop this idea a bit more: "A note on pronunciation in the Lantion language, which is the language all others stem from, you will see unfamiliar words that are of the Lantion language." If this statement is true, I imagine there would be a lot more cognates than we actualy find. (A quick scan of your dictionay turned up "Tempus".) Languages tend to grow as their culture's history does, so it is unlikely that all those words would just vanish. Instead, perhaps you could work your language as a simplified root of other languages...fewer letters...no future tense...no verb conjugation. It would make for an interesting experiment... You have an ambitious project on your hands...good luck with it! Taggard
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