Creative spurt...
I sometimes get these moments of inspiration while either off sitting down waiting for something or taking a shower. Or at any time I have a chance to let my mind wander. At first it was just a few words that started coming to mind. Next thing I know it, I'm rushing to the computer to write things down before I forget anything that I just came up with. Then, it just started taking on a life of its own for a few moments.
I've been meaning to get around to writing what I would call a 'Five year report on the Falarins'. The Falarins being race of various anthros that have been working with my Online self/character's organization, for the past five years (of course). I hadn't bothered till recently to being piecing things together about who or what they are.
Below is a small selection vocabulary and a rudimentary translation of the words. I'm no where close to being a linguist, so I tried to make do with what I know. Why here? Well I'm posting in a few places to get some thoughts, maybe to see if anyone has experiences in this sort of thing. Who knows. I figured since the Falarins were raised for a time by the ancient race that created them, they had to adapt a lot of the sounds of the words to make it easier for them to speak. I don't know if I'll expand on this further yet or not.
Sun - Sarii = Light+center
(the sun was natural source of light)
Moon - Husa = dark+light
(Perhaps given because unlike the sun, the moon can be seen both in the day and the night)
Dark - Hus
Light - Sa
Center - Rii
House/shelter - Rus'Sa-Rai (outside+protection+from)
(There is no hard rules on word combinations other than to allow for smoother flow of the vocalizations)
Outside - Rus
Protection - Sa
Inside - R'was
From - Haii
To - Rauf
Land - Um'pt
Water - Oo'ss
Air - Saama (sky)
Space - Hamma (void, place of the stars)
(I know there isn't much, this was a sort of 'get it down before I loose my drive' sort of thing.)
I've been meaning to get around to writing what I would call a 'Five year report on the Falarins'. The Falarins being race of various anthros that have been working with my Online self/character's organization, for the past five years (of course). I hadn't bothered till recently to being piecing things together about who or what they are.
Below is a small selection vocabulary and a rudimentary translation of the words. I'm no where close to being a linguist, so I tried to make do with what I know. Why here? Well I'm posting in a few places to get some thoughts, maybe to see if anyone has experiences in this sort of thing. Who knows. I figured since the Falarins were raised for a time by the ancient race that created them, they had to adapt a lot of the sounds of the words to make it easier for them to speak. I don't know if I'll expand on this further yet or not.
Sun - Sarii = Light+center
(the sun was natural source of light)
Moon - Husa = dark+light
(Perhaps given because unlike the sun, the moon can be seen both in the day and the night)
Dark - Hus
Light - Sa
Center - Rii
House/shelter - Rus'Sa-Rai (outside+protection+from)
(There is no hard rules on word combinations other than to allow for smoother flow of the vocalizations)
Outside - Rus
Protection - Sa
Inside - R'was
From - Haii
To - Rauf
Land - Um'pt
Water - Oo'ss
Air - Saama (sky)
Space - Hamma (void, place of the stars)
(I know there isn't much, this was a sort of 'get it down before I loose my drive' sort of thing.)