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{{Infobox|name=Parseltongue-inspired|pronounce=''n.a.''|tu=''Harry Potter'' world|species=Ophidic<br/>(snakes and snake-likes)|in=All over the HP world|no=''unknown''|script=''n.a.''|tree=Isolate|morph=Inflecting|ms=Accusative|wo=SOV|creator=[[User:Denihilonihil|Eugene Oh]]|date=July 2005}}


'''Parseltongue''' is a fictional language spoken by snakes in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels (author: J. K. Rowling), whose known human speakers include the Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This language has, however, not been publicly described by Rowling and has no known form.
'''Parseltongue''' is a fictional language spoken by snakes in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels (author: J. K. Rowling), whose known human speakers include the Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This language has, however, not been publicly described by Rowling and has no known form.


The '''Parseltongue''' referred to below in this article refers to a hypothetical form of the abovementioned snake-speak, as conjectured by fan [[User:Denihilonihil|Denihilonihil]].
The '''Parseltongue''' referred to below in this article refers to '''Parseltongue-inspired''', a hypothetical form of the abovementioned snake-speak. Because the tongue has no written form, the text samples appearing hereafter are in romanised form.

Revision as of 00:40, 23 February 2006


Parseltongue-inspired
Pronounced: n.a.
Timeline and Universe: Harry Potter world
Species: Ophidic
(snakes and snake-likes)
Spoken: All over the HP world
Total speakers: unknown
Writing system: n.a.
Genealogy: Isolate
Typology
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Accusative
Basic word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: Eugene Oh
Created: July 2005

Parseltongue is a fictional language spoken by snakes in the Harry Potter series of novels (author: J. K. Rowling), whose known human speakers include the Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This language has, however, not been publicly described by Rowling and has no known form.

The Parseltongue referred to below in this article refers to Parseltongue-inspired, a hypothetical form of the abovementioned snake-speak. Because the tongue has no written form, the text samples appearing hereafter are in romanised form.