Sunday, May 29, 2016

Invented language for subterranean aliens... from Harri

Dear Word Spy,

I was reading your Word Spy books, and was inspired by the sections on invented languages.

I have a few characters that I sometimes write stories for, and I'm into Klingon, so here it is so far!

(N.B. this language is spoken by aliens from subterranean cities on the dwarf planet Eris)

Know thyself, and pokata!
- Harriffan Conshertini

Ro-noni Language

Hello = kata
Goodbye = pokata
Please = ruwiH
Go! = wa-ya!
Eris = ro-no
Home = no
World = ro
Prefix that changes a word’s meaning to its opposite = po-
Call the police! = faHn ui yon! (Lit. summon nearby patrol officers!)
Call = yon
Patol Officers = faHn
Near, close, nearby = ui
Suffix that changes a word to a plural = -n
Earth = ro-apel
Apple (company) = apel
Zero, nothing, none = click of the tongue
One = to
Two = jo
Three = yo
Four = zo
Five = po
Six = do
Seven = cho
Eight = ko
Nine = lo
Ten = wo
Eleven = ho
20 = jowo
30 = yowo
40 = zowo
50 = powo
60 = dowo
70 = chowo
80 = kowo
90 = lowo
100 = wowo
200 = ja
300 = ya
Where is = paHn
Bathroom = ka-pe
Where is the bathroom? = ka-pe ui paHn? (Lit. where is a  nearby bathroom?)
Daughter = ma’ee
Dysnomia (moon of Eris) = ma’eena ro-no (Lit. daughter of home-world)
Suffix that indicates possession = -na
Son – ko’po (if another moon of Eris is ever discovered, it will be called ko’po ro-no (son of home-world)

If there is an apostrophe in the middle of a word, as in ko’po, if there is an o at the end, it is pronounced like off. If there is no o at the end, it is just to help you differentiate the sounds of Ro-noni Language

Hello = kata
Goodbye = pokata
Please = ruwiH
Go! = wa-ya!
Eris = ro-no
Home = no
World = ro
Prefix that changes a word’s meaning to its opposite = po-
Call the police! = faHn ui yon! (Lit. summon nearby patrol officers!)
Call = yon
Patol Officers = faHn
Near, close, nearby = ui
Suffix that changes a word to a plural = -n
Earth = ro-apel
Apple (company) = apel
Zero, nothing, none = click of the tongue
One = to
Two = jo
Three = yo
Four = zo
Five = po
Six = do
Seven = cho
Eight = ko
Nine = lo
Ten = wo
Eleven = ho
20 = jowo
30 = yowo
40 = zowo
50 = powo
60 = dowo
70 = chowo
80 = kowo
90 = lowo
100 = wowo
200 = ja
300 = ya
Where is = paHn
Bathroom = ka-pe
Where is the bathroom? = ka-pe ui paHn? (Lit. where is a  nearby bathroom?)
Daughter = ma’ee
Dysnomia (moon of Eris) = ma’eena ro-no (Lit. daughter of home-world)
Suffix that indicates possession = -na
Son – ko’po (if another moon of Eris is ever discovered, it will be called ko’po ro-no (son of home-world)

If there is an apostrophe in the middle of a word, as in ko’po, if there is an o at the end, it is pronounced like off. If there is no o at the end, it is just to help you differentiate the sounds of the word.


 KATA HARRI,

This is wonderful - in fact WOWO times wonderful!!!!!
I especially love (for some reason) the way zero is a click of the tongue. And I love the use of the apostrophe - and the prefixes and suffixes. This is truly the production of a brilliant Word Spy....

Wa-ya Harri! More ruwiH!!!!

Pokata till next time,

The Word Spy

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