Piat - Conlang Profile

Piat - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Piat
Language Author	John Cowan
Year Began	1996
Site	Piat
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Language Type	fictional language
Uniqueness	John Cowan wrote, "Piat is a fictional language spoken in a fictional country somewhere in Central Europe. It is probably a language isolate." While the phonology was designed in 1996, the grammar and word list were created in 24 hours in 2004. "The original idea, not really fulfilled, was to combine the good points of Chinese and Finnish."
Language Sources	Chinese ('de', 'ta'), Finnish, German.
Interest Of Others	Piat was used in the 9th Conlang Relay.
Conculture Noun Phrase	a fictional Central European country
Quotation	Dwo pitii de fiatwnwe, li giann-giann mieso puhio.
Translation	In leaf-falling season, bears catch sick.
Dictionary	Yes
Etymologies	No
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	No
Unique Script	No
Primer	No
Babel Text	No
Lexicon Size	47
Submitted By	Jeffrey Henning
Date Submitted	Saturday, September 25, 2004
Updated By	Jeffrey Henning
Date Edited	Saturday, October 09, 2004
Description Of Update	Added quotation and translation.
Date To Headline	Saturday, October 09, 2004