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Overview

dal'qörian (pronounced: dal-koo-ree-yan) is a 3 year old conlang invented by myself. It's basic style is Indo-European, and although mainly arbitrarily invented, many words are drawn from English, German, Welsh, Cornish and Latin. To date, the language is fully functional, with a dictionary of around 10,000 references, words and phrases, idioms, (including a small colloquial element), fully grammatical, and the language also includes around 400 'dal'qörian' people's names. All the countries of the world have also been 'dal'qöranized, (as in anglisized).
The language actually sounds like a hybrid of Romance and eastern European languages. Here is a quick taster:

ela mantábel, am gravætas ön jerandel, nämambr eƒragörädn ön equahörädn.

éren Þöldr, máriÞ resæÞámn ön qevésenámn, néba qväombr,, ön, máriÞ ela, am perös qve beröjelperös, agöentr.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

They should be endowed with reason and conscience and act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Style

dal'qörian is a 'rhotic' language; the letter 'r' is pronounced after every vowel. It's also slightly trilled like that of the Scottish or Spanish r. However, unlike Spanish or indeed most of the Romance languages, it's pronounciation is very deliberate and somewhat slower. By and large, dal'qörian is quite formal; it has no 'slang' form, although there is a small colloquial element to it.

Alphabet/letter names and pronunciation

Letter name:

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

l

m

n

o

p

q

qu

r

s

t

v

y

x

special vowels

ö

ä

á

é

ø

æ

Þ