do any of my followers play around with "conlangs" (constructed languages) ? I'm starting on books 3 and 4 and one faction of uplifted Dogs are starting to play with creating their own culture...and language. Any help would be appreciated (and would be noted in the book!).
it's needed mostly for names you remember Max, the more war-like Dog? There has been a factional split between two tribes of Dogs, Max wants his own culture. And he'd obviously name his offspring in conlang, not English No dialogue in book will be conlang.
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It'd be cool to embed into the language the dogs' unique, non-human experience. Like work the importance of scent into emotionally expressive language. Or even have language constructs that reflect a pack hierarchy?
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If it's just for names, you can hint at it with a descriptive, almost native-like naming style. A dog named, "he-smells-of-fear" as a simple and silly example.
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So let me get this straight. You don't want a language that you invented for the Dogs to use (like Klingon). You want a language that the DOGS invented to use for THEMSELVES. This is a much easier, and much more interesting, challenge.
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Your inspirational model here is part Esperanto and part Modern Hebrew. Both were constructed / re-constructed for cultural and ideological purposes. So don't think "What would be a cool Dog language?" Think "How would MAX go about making a Dog language?"
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Be careful not to make your conlang sound dumb. Tolkien was great at this. Many lesser writers were not. I’d start with good-sounding names, decide what they mean, and then go from there.
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