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Language Name Cetonian Language Author James E. F. Landau Year Began 1998 Site Cetonian Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author James E. F. Landau Language Type fictional language Editorial If you have ever wondered what language whales might speak, you will be interested in Cetonian, the language that the extraterrestrial cetaceans of the planet Wuiou (called Cetonia in English). All words are made up out of eight syllables, each approximating a sound that can be made by the cetacean's blowhole: ha, ho, hui, ma, o, u, wa, and wui. A typical sentence is huiuwui.ha.uhuiu.wui.ho.huiwaho, "The dolphin bit the fish." Landau looked to the songs of Terran whales and dolphins for inspiration. Uniqueness Cetonian (not called that by its speakers, of course) is spoken by a race of intelligent cetaceans living on the planet Wuiou (called Cetonia in English). All words are made up out of eight blowhole-produced syllables. Language Sources The language on whales and dolphins on Earth, which some scientists claim to hold tremendous amounts of information. Design Principles Stick eight syllables together, simplest words shortest, when I've filled up all the possible X-syllable combinations I move on to attaching a meaning to words with X+1 syllables, sort of like Solresol. Except for the words used by Kankonians. I made them up in Kankonian first, so you could say I made those retroactively -- like Hergé making up Syldavian. Interest Of Others One person once emailed me asking for a grammar of Cetonian. Conculture Noun Phrase 12-foot-long cetaceans from Cetonia (Wuiou), a planet in the Kelhetoma solar system Quotation ohaho . mauo . ha . hoo . wui . wuiuma . ouu . ho . hawui . wuiwui . uu . wawuiho . uha . mauo . ha . waohui . wui . ho . hawui. Explanation although shark it not then(past) be_able_to use towards signal Wuiwui he know that shark it understand then(past) towards signal Translation Although the shark could not use communication, Wuiwui knew that the shark could understand language. Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script No Primer No Babel Text No Lexicon Size 613 Submitted By James E. F. Landau Updated By Jeffrey Henning Date Edited Sunday, August 15, 2004 Description Of Update Replaced link with link to archive.org. Date To Headline Sunday, August 29, 2004 < Ceqli  Cetonian  Chanan >
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