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I have plans for creating an elven language, but I have no ideas on where to start, and would like to have a few people (2 or 3) who might be able to help me.
Atleast one of them has to be a literate german person, for any translations. That would be great, since it might ease up talking to eachother a little (just a little >.<). So, have thoughts or want to help? Post here.

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I think we got this once and please don't think i spam, but this is just useless, when playing a game yes it maybe adds some flair talking in elfish, but hell i don't wanna print me all of this out and look up every word. Do you think it will be easy creating a new language that means new grammar, new words new timeforms, just new everything, because when we steal it from other languages together we just could use them instead.

You would not have to use it Ava. I really do think it is possible, as it has been done with the lizard language too. Haslus, remember? So why not an elven language?

i have a book with elven language...but the problem is.....the first word is the elven one and the second the german...thats why i never can find the words i want to find.

http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm

Elven language tools.

Thank you Moathia. I like this suggestion. I would have to look it through though, if I ever want to use it *gg*. But I like it. Any more suggestions?

One of those articles, sadly, goes above my understanding of the english language. And I would probably need someone who knows about it to learn.
But I like the idea.

I don't like the idea of peoples running around ig and speaking a language i can't understand but should be the motherlanguage of my character. I would feel dumb, and my character would look like that, just because i have not the time and strength to sit down and learn the elven language.

I prefer it to write "#me speaks in elvish"..." ", or, like moathia did, just writing an "(e)" infront of your normal text.

We should be good roleplayers enough to accept that your character may not be able to speak elven or to understand it.

I like that idea. Why shouldn't it work? Haslus worked too.
But it should be related with the normal english and german.

Haslus was just normal english or german changed abit. But that elven Language means a completly new grammar, vocabulary and wordstile. Thats different.

If the elfs are to speak this language which you propose, it is only fitting the dwarfs have to go through the same trouble we will face

Uzgâ wrote:But it should be related with the normal english and german.

As I said...
The language could be like Haslus. Why do you want to change it totally?
An easy language is funny and possible to realize, but a elvenlanguage, which is completely new, wouldn't be spoken by anybody.

I like Uzgâ's idea too. In my own benefit ofcourse. But some people will have to take the initiative, and I would not do it if people think it is "stupid".

I like the idea of this proposel, but it would have to be worked upon and implemented slowly, for example.. Greetings and farewells to be learned first. Such as the orcs have Greebas and Fareeba, if the langauge is implemented slowly, it should not be as hard to grasp.

Great idea. Opinions?

I prefer it to write "#me speaks in elvish"..." ", or, like moathia did, just writing an "(e)" infront of your normal text.

So humans get the short end of the straw? Then if you are elf you should only be able to speak elf as humans can only speak their native tongue.

Seems like it Cliu...we humans are just too normal and/or boring...

Humans, even, have their own language. At least, it is the intention that there will be a human language implemented along with the rest come the next client.

Aegohl

Humans, even, have their own language. At least, it is the intention that there will be a human language implemented along with the rest come the next client.

Aegohl

Yes, but we assume that english/german is human language, and since everyone can speak it humans get an unfair advantage if you use the (e)(l) or (o).

Moonsilver wrote:Old human dialects mixed with dwarven, elven, and some orcish words, and so, the now known common language has been formed. Humans speak the common language natively, sometimes influenced by local dialects.

According to Moosilver, Common and Human is, indeed, the same. I don't think that this is unfair at all, either. Just as Orcs are expected to not be farmers, and Halflings are expected to not be mages, Humans shouldn't be expected to have their own fancy language. Each race has their own personality. And who says that we can't learn other people's languages? Though this should be an exception.

Just change key words.

The = Maska
It = Kin
Him = Hisjba

etc.

That is the point here mister Byron. Who is going to do it, and it will take some time. Maybe you should start counting the keywords in a dictionary. And I assure you, there are many.

The problem is convincing all the elf players to learn it, and convincing all the new elf players to leard it too. I do honestly prefer just useing (e) as if you try speaking elvish to and elf and he doesn't understand you, it's just pointless and stupid.