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