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Old Albic was the language of the [[British Elves]] prior to the | Old Albic was the language of the [[British Elves]] prior to the | ||
Tartessan War and the Celtic takeover in Britain. | Tartessan War and the Celtic takeover in Britain. | ||
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==Sketch of Old Albic== | ==Sketch of Old Albic== | ||
Revision as of 12:10, 15 February 2006
| Old Albic (Elbirin) | |
| Spoken in: | British Isles |
| Timeline/Universe: | League of Lost Languages; UKW World |
| Total speakers: | extinct |
| Genealogical classification: | Albic South Albic |
Old Albic (native name Elbirin 'Elvish') is the oldest Albic language attested in writing. The oldest surviving text fragments date back to the 7th century BCE. Old Albic was the language of the British Elves prior to the Tartessan War and the Celtic takeover in Britain.
Sketch of Old Albic
I posted this sketch of Old Albic on June 21, 2004, to the CONLANG mailing list. (This sketch is partly outdated; I have made a few minor changes since then. Stay tuned for updates.)
Selected Conlang mailing list articles on Old Albic
- (2004/06/22) Suffixaufnahme
- (2004/06/23) Some bits on Old Albic culture
- (2004/06/24) Something about Albic religion and demonology
- (2004/07/27) Degrees of volition in Old Albic
- (2005/05/20) Some calendar and mythology stuff
- (2005/08/07) Fluid-S pivot
- (2005/09/04) An autosegmental view of the vowel features
Old Albic texts
- Babel Text
- Am talal am ñgohama ara am henam (from the 10th Conlang Translation Relay)
- A kitchen recipe (from the 11th Conlang Translation Relay)
