I have been playing DD for over 20 years now. The official campaign, back before it was owned by wizards of the coast, released the Elven language as part of a series of languages used in ADD. I still have my original copy of the Thieves' Cant dictionary (with translations to english and back). I didn't keep the elven copy as at that time, I played a rogue, not an elf. You might not want to "reinvent the wheel" so to speak and contact Wizards of the Coast to see if they play on re- releasing all the racial language dictionaries in Dragon Magazine like they did back in 1979!
Posted by Anaeles at 2003-02-1804:14:00
That looks like Quenya, although the sites usually say. Although the Adrugil has forty letters, it doesn't have a Q.
Posted by Anaeles at 2003-02-1104:24:00
Iavas - All of the Faerûnian languages except Drow were invented by me, recently. As yet there are no dictionaries, but I am working on the Elven one. Most of them are quite complicated, and it helps if you know Latin or a similar language (for the noun cases), but this is not necessary. Email me for the dictionary and alphabet. Arranvin - The Elven you have found is undoubtedly Quenya or some such J.R.R. Tolkien Elven. As I'm sure you know, the DD Elves are different from LOTR, and with different languages. These do not exist online, because they don't formally exist, or they didn't until recently. All of these languages are ones which I have made up myself, and only I know them. As I have said before, Email me with anything you want translated. (Note - The Elven used in the Witch's Wake was not actual Elven, just a reskinning of English.) Algaril - Do you still want a some Elven information? Anaeles
Posted by Arranvin at 2003-01-2507:37:00
Very impressive! And u DO sound Spanish :) One criticism tho is that perhaps u could slow the reading down a little bit, so that the 'flow' is a bit better. In any case, nice work! Can u tell me where I can get a good source of Elvish? I've downloaded the grey company's dictionary, and have looked through the appendices of LOTR The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, but haven't found anything really comprehensive yet.
Posted by Iavas at 2003-01-2014:57:00
Where can I find a dictionary of these Faerunean languages you speak of?
Posted by Anaeles at 2003-01-1304:36:00
Algaril - I'd be happy to Email how the language basically works.
Posted by Anaeles at 2003-01-1304:34:00
Sorry, ilta kasi means it *keeps* being stolen. "-Asi" is the first conjugation present repetitive. In ilta takasi, however, the verb stem is takas-, so takasi is imperative (Takasi on its own would mean "impale").
Posted by Anaeles at 2003-01-1304:26:00
Do you know how Ogham looks? It's like a long line with lots of shorter lines going through it at different angles. Anyway, this language is not a *real* language, i.e. people don't actually speak to each other in it (not yet anyway), but it does work. It doesn't use Espruar, it uses Adrugil (my own devising). The only thing I've in corporated into it is Takasi, an Elven swear word. Takasi could mean, on its own, it keeps refilling, but it is more likely to come from ilta takasi, meaning be impaled, although it could come from ilta kasi, which means it is being stolen. Takai and takasai have a common root with tiakai, which means putting inside. Remember - Email me for translations! I'm not quite swamped under yet!
Posted by astroman64 at 2003-01-1304:15:00
well technically, not matter what cunningham says, the way any metaphysicist will explain it is that if anyone believes it is true than it is. Hence you cannot deny the existence of anything unless you know that nobody believes in its truth. But back to the subject love the recording,did you go straight into the computer or do you use outboard too? There are actually 2 forms of Espruar now commonly reffered to 2nd and 3rd edition.Given for the editions of the DnD ruleset they were published under. The former was alot more runic reminding me of a cross between norse and the welsh/irish oghma(?).The latter is much more cylleric(?) and stylized, and reminds me of asian inspired casting/premonition rune designs. I do have a copy of the 2nd edition Espruar font if anyone is interested drop me a line and ill zip it off to you. But again pro audio work, if im ever in need i'll be back :)
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