derula Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 æ úngǔ i úngächüuld ǎnhü ǔætu ists hlyǔ̈uld ǔnhúupiws irdræchengglǔb ǔstrâ údirspârdrû ilts äpu unchyârdrû uyûrspǔiws ä ǎngâw irspǔrdrû ǔplung ǒwǔ̈ngúrdrû ǔngärdrü ústs i uyochǔe ǔngkchúe ists ǔchu úrdruuld tǔnchyombǐ ilts ungâks u úchǔnggl ǔvwǔ iksmǔe ʻslü ǔ úyongü iyu ʻdunchyee Listen here: https://wolkenzimmer.haus/s/B2iJweQ5WEAF2eG (courtesy of http://ipa-reader.xyz/) Irdruian language: https://wolkenzimmer.haus/s/2J3zKz34NRNaPcs (courtesy of https://www.vulgarlang.com/generator/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Dyack Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Some context may be appropriate here - LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derula Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Some context may be appropriate here - LOL Aw, I thought I could just leave it a mystery I originally created, using Vulgar, a language called O'dán, for use with the Lord Ch'sebur'gah Discord bot. But since then, Vulgar received larger updates and couldn't read my exported settings anymore. It's possible to use an older version instead, but I wanted to see what the new version had to offer. (If anyone's interested, it was mostly a system for affixes.) Sadly, some previous settings were also removed and are now just random again. I hope they fix that and add even more custom settings. Anyway, Irdruian is partially based on the settings used for O'dán, but due to randomness distinctly different. E.g., the grammar is much simpler. The primary goal of both languages was to use many different vowels with a dark u-like sound. O'dán was a bit closer to what I intended, but Irdruian is neat in its own way. I wanted to create a language that would be used by the old ones (Lord Ch'sebur'gah in particular), originally inspired by ... whatever the "Cthulhu fhtagn" language is, but as you can see, the result looks quite different. After @Varik Keldun's poetry thread I felt inspired to use the language for poetry. Turns out that writing poems in a language you don't speak just from a very basic list of grammar rules and a short list of words is... something else. I couldn't even try to think of rhymes because I was preoccupied with trying to figure out word order and grammar; all the present near-rhymes are accidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varik Keldun Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Well it doest sound as dark and mysterious when the text to speech bot does it. And i have no idea what it says exactly... But it does look cool 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derula Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Well it doest sound as dark and mysterious when the text to speech bot does it. Unfortunately you can't tell the bot to read it in a deep, dramatic voice XD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calypso Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 this is wonderful. I understood every word. fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derula Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Here is an adapted translation for those not fluent in Irdruian: The office is where I do sleep a feline lifestyle I do keep my mortal, hairless slaves can't tell the secret plots on which I dwell. When they don't work, then they do feed whom they believe to be a pet, a member of a harmless breed - but they don't know the first thing yet! For I am god in cat's disguise, until the day that I will rise when they will stand in utter awe and dread the pounding of my paw. And when that sacred time is here the world will finally be mine and humans will bow down in fear before Ch'sebur'gah the Devine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Dyack Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 This just got turned up to awesome! This is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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