gzb - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name gzb Language Author Jim Henry Year Began 1998 Site gzb Broken Link No Site Language English Language Type personal language Uniqueness In handwriting I use a Latin-based alphabet with thirty or forty extra letters (the language has 60+ phonemes). That's not on the web site, though; there I use an ASCII transcription which, though unambiguous, is frankly pretty ugly. Language Sources Some roots are from Germanic, Romance, Slavic languages and Malaysian; most are a priori. Design Principles I wanted the grammar and phonology to be as weird as possible and still be speakable. I have acquired some fluency in writing and reading, and thinking in it, but the phonology is too weird for extended utterances to be easily pronouncable. Quotation ce hxy-i lq tu-i twax-zox mje-zxa: hoqnx "txlunrana-ram liqw-i liqm-cox tu-i re o runx-zox mje-cox. Explanation this [patient] one [agent] says long-ago: that Thlunrana of enemy [agent] there to come awhile-hence. Translation It had been prophesied of old and foreseen from the ancient days that its enemy would come upon Thlunrana. Dictionary Yes Etymologies Yes Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script Yes Primer Yes Babel Text No Lexicon Size 1,333 Submitted By Dean Easton Date Submitted Wednesday, February 11, 2004 Updated By Jim Henry Date Edited Sunday, May 02, 2004 Date To Headline Wednesday, May 05, 2004 < Gwr  gzb  Hadwan >
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