#wenedyk

Modern Cyrodiilic: Romance Polish isn't real, it can't hurt you! Basically Venedic/Wenedyk. Figured with the Slavic names (skinGRAD, riSLAV the righteous, etc) combined with the Roman aesthetic, it made the most sense. Despite the evolution of the language, many patrician/noble families, especially those of the Elder Council and Imperial Dynasty, still carry the Classical Cyrodiilic "Praenymic, Nymic, Cognymic" naming pattern.

Old Cyrodiilic: Classical Latin, with bits of Quenya/Sindarin carried over from Ayleidoon

Nordic: Old Norse, with bits of Lithuanian and Tibetan for flair (see Project Tamriel: SHotN)

Khajiiti: Romanian-Spanish-esque language

Al(t/d)meris: Sanskrit-esque alien language, with bits of Quenya/Sindarin to tie them back to the DnD / Tolkien elves that inspired them

Dunmeris: Imagine Hindi, but Australian.

Ayleidoon / Falmeris (dialects of same language): Proto-Latin/Greek with bits of Quenya/Sindarin

Bosmeris: Cousin of Ayleidoon, went more Greek than Latin but still close

Redguard: Arabic, but weeaboo

Bretic: Pre-Roman English / Anglo-Saxon, with a little Welsh influence for flavor. The Fr*nch do not exist in Tamriel 😤

Orcish: Mongolian x Black Speech

You don’t need to get permission from anyone to conlang in a certain way. Do whatever you enjoy! It’s useful to bear in mind a distinction we have in the conlanging communitiy: a priori vs. a posteriori. A priori languages are original in construction, with novel grammar and vocabulary, the best of the conlanger’s ability. A posteriori languages are not. Usually for a posteriori languages there’s a purpose to it. For example, Jan van Steenbergen’s Wenedyk is a Romance language with Polish sound changes applied to Latin. Why that? Because Jan thought it would be fun (he’s a big fan of Polish, and he enjoys contributing to the Ill Bethisad universe. Seemed like a good thing to do). After he made that decision, though, his use of Latin was quite specific and intentional. He did so methodically, because that was the nature of the experiment. In general, it’s a good idea to be methodical, and to have a good answer to the question “Why?” if anyone asks it. “Because I like it” is always a reason, but it’s a reason that others may not find compelling, if you care what others think.

Most conlangers go through a stage where they kind of “start with” a natural language and branch off. Some stop there, as well. It’s certainly possible. You also need not. It just depends what you want to do. Sometimes it helps to work through patterns found in natural languages to figure out what it is you like, and what it is you want to do with a language. Think of it like art students who go into museums and copy famous works. Doesn’t seem likely that they’ll sell any of those (or maybe they will?), but it helps them to figure out how those masters painted, and helps them figure out what they want to do with their own art.

There is Breton.

SS: To think i used to hate calligraphy so fucking much. For me it was punishment, since every week, my teacher would send me home with a different short story to go and rewrite in an attempt to improve my calligraphy. It never worked.

And i hated it.

And yet here we are fifteen years later, practicing calligraphy as i try to make a custom script (both cursive and print) for a conlang.

Da mie łąga wita, O Jowie, da mie mócie onie.

Da me longa vita, O Jove, da me moute one.

Hmmm what if we resurrecte Wenedyk and use this language? 🤔

Mółt lube iła lęgwa i pięzu, kód Wenedyk je mółt interesęci!

I really like this language and I think that Wenedyk is very interesting!

Niekód szkoda si szy iła lęgwa dziewniora sie oblita