Chakobsa, the Fremen language in Dune

[ysabetwordsmith]

The Invention of a Desert Tongue for ‘Dune’

Language constructors for the movies started with words Frank Herbert made up for his 1965 novel but went much further, creating an extensive vocabulary and specific grammar rules.

So very cool. :D

I think if I could have a dream job other than the wordsmithing I do now, it would be building constructed languages.  More than one of the times I've oopsed a book, it has been a dictionary-grammar.

Comments

[labelleizzy]

Oooh cool!! Thank you for sharing!

[kellan_the_tabby]

Fascinating, & awesome!

I had to go looking for the oldest known conlang, of course, since they mentioned it but didn't name it; it's somewhat less than a thousand years old, but it's called Lingua Ignota & it was invented by Hildegard von Bingen! Sources: wikipedia, langmaker via web archive.

Have fun down the rabbit hole!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I've been a Hildegard fan for years, including her music and artwork. Check out this giant blue vulva.

Re: Thoughts

[kellan_the_tabby]

I keep finding more things to love about her, & eventually I feel like I've got to run out of things, but it hasn't ever happened yet!