This month's featured article/January, 2009
EXPERIMENT
The Dalcurian language and basic history-Di déalecti qve Dal'qöria,, ön ænÞal degérø
Dalcurian (Dalcurian spelling: Dal'qörian IPA ɗælkuːɹiːjæn) is the language of Dalcuria (Dal'qöria), a small group of islands approx 300 miles south-westerly off the southwest coast of Ireland. Stylistically, it's full of Indo-European traits, with strong influences from English, German, Latin, plus Finnish and Cornish.
The earliest form of Dalcurian language was developed as a religious tongue by a rather eccentric pagan king called Thadæus Thadurac (Dalcurian: þadæös þadörac) around 200 BC. The religion was a breakaway form of Paganism that was practiced throughout Europe around that time, and had thousands of followers, divided up into fellowships. Thadurac was the order's self appointed king, and highly revered among his followers. Although not fully substantiated, it's thought that he was a Carthaginan. Carthaginians were great seafarers and they capitalized on the trade of the Iberian silver and British tin. Thadurac had forged trade links as far as England, and was a highly respected Carthaginian councillor.
