Talossan - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Talossan Language Author R. Ben Madison Year Began 1980 Site Talossan Broken Link No Site Language English Language Type fictional language Editorial Madison has invented the imaginary country of Talossa (which claims part of Milwaukee as its sovereign territory). Talossan is a Gallo-Romance language, inspired by French, Provencal and Occitan, and very naturalistic (with quite a few irregularities). Little of the language is available on the Internet, but Madison does sell three books about Talossan: two dictionaries and a grammar. With over 20,000 words, it is one of the most detailed fictional languages ever invented. A principle weakness of the language is that it has no fictional derivation from Latin, with forms having been invented arbitrarily rather than regularly. Uniqueness National language of the Kingdom of Talossa. Language Sources In the beginning English, French, Spanish, Portuguese; followed by influences from many varied languages, including Romanian, Albanian, and Icelandic, but in particular Rumantsch and Occitan; most recently chief influences have been North African Latin and Sardinian. Interest Of Others One other person (Thomas Leigh) has learned Talossan to conversational fluency; the record for an entirely Talossan-language conversation (between Madison and Leigh) stands at 90 minutes. At least four or five others have composed written texts of various lengths in Talossan. Dictionary Yes Etymologies Yes Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script No Primer No Babel Text No Lexicon Size 30,000 Submitted By NA Updated By Jeffrey Henning Date Edited Sunday, August 01, 2004 Description Of Update Minor reformatting. Date To Headline Saturday, June 19, 2004 < Talhata  Talossan  Talumena >
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