Ailurin - Conlang Profile

Ailurin - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Ailurin
Language Author	Diane Duane
Year Began	1999
Site	Ailurin
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Language Type	professional fictional language
Uniqueness	The language spoken by cats in Diane Duane's novels, The Book of Night with Moon and To Visit the Queen, both of which include glossaries.
Language Sources	English (borrowed words)
Design Principles	Made to sound as feline as possible. In some cases words are approximants of English as a cat would pronounce them (as "o'hra" for "opera" or "ffrihh" for "refrigerator").
Interest Of Others	Readers of the novels.
Dictionary	No
Etymologies	No
Grammar	No
Sample Texts	Yes
Unique Script	No
Primer	No
Babel Text	No
Submitted By	Marce
Date Submitted	Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Updated By	Mia
Date Edited	Saturday, April 24, 2004
Description Of Update	Changed uniqueness description; added design principles and language source.
Date To Headline	Wednesday, April 14, 2004

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