Danan (A synthetic language which delights in ambiguity) - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Danan Language Author Bruce Rimell Year Began 2003 Site Danan Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author Bruce Rimell Language Type personal language Uniqueness Danan has been created to be an aesthetically-sounding natural language fake which delights in ambiguity. There are a number of unique points to this language. Morphologically head-last but syntactically head-last, Danan depends on 'morphosyntactic tension' between these rules to function. Very common is the breaking of one of these rules to emphasize another. -Strongly creative and polysynthetic. -Interrogatives are verbs which require suffixes to denote their interrogative function (yes/no, informational and rhetorical questions). Without these suffixes they are roughly equivalent to verbs such as 'to be' and 'to have'. Phrase symmetry in logically connected clause is also common. Language Sources Words have come from French, Japanese, Tahitian and other Polynesian languages, but Dananized so that they are often unrecognizable. The phonology is largely based on a mixture of Basque and Tahitian. Design Principles Danan was designed to be a very creative natural language fake, which encourages ambiguity and further development. Grammatical rule breakage is common and accepted. Interest Of Others A few friends have some interest in the principles behind it. Motto Zadani piroriveton, nezaixaoheonamni ho! Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script No Primer Yes Babel Text Yes Lexicon Size 5,000 Submitted By NA Date Submitted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 Updated By Bruce Rimell Date Edited Monday, March 07, 2005 Description Of Update Motto added; minor textual update. Date To Headline Wednesday, February 23, 2005 < Damin  Danan  Danarib >
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