Avesta - Conlang Profile

Avesta - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Avesta
Language Author	H. Ellis Ensle
Site	Avesta
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Language Type	miscellaneous
Uniqueness	The vocabulary is strongly derivational, with all the words coming from about 300 base roots. Avesta only has two word types: many declinable and a few indeclinable words.
Language Sources	Avesta shows no relation to known languages.
Interest Of Others	Some.
Conculture Noun Phrase	of the Ankanya, the people who fell from a star, the gods (enkan) of Atlantian legend.
Quotation	Ezdu ega avutwe batro vau ezdu hega vutwaxeth lhäntromno abartre fongúleg. Sinaxu uaga?
Explanation	Used one the-intellect to-choose and used another intellect-greater-own to-justify-only the-choices had-made-already-them-he. Wise-more-was which-of-them?
Translation	One used his intellect to choose and another used his stronger intellect only to justify the choices that he had already made. Who was the wiser?
Dictionary	Yes
Etymologies	No
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	Yes
Unique Script	Yes
Primer	No
Babel Text	Yes
Lexicon Size	4,100
Submitted By	Harold Ensle
Date Submitted	Thursday, March 27, 2003
Updated By	H.E. Ensle
Date Edited	Monday, February 21, 2005
Description Of Update	Explanations improved for prefixes and changed parsing particles; extended opposition explained; genitive -e vs. -eu roles swapped; root shifts-losing dh and zh intrinsic roots.
Date To Headline	Monday, March 07, 2005

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