I found a post of 10 fictional languages that are used in books, movies, and games. The post is from listverse.com. I found it interesting because I could recognize 3 of the 10 fictional languages, these include Parseltoung from the Harry Potter series, Simlish from the Sims computer games, and Klingonese from the Star Treck series.This is interesting to me because everyone knows that the languages are not real and have no meaning at all, but people can still recognize them give them a name. I also feel like I can recognize these languages better that real languages. For example, I don't have much experience with different Asian Languages. So if I heard someone speaking Japanese, I would probably guess Chinese or Korean because I don't have experience with hearing those languages. But If I heard someone trying to speak Parseltounge I would know that it's from Harry Potter. I guess it just has to do with what your exposed to.
I love Harry Potter! I have to say, that I think maybe you wouldn't recognized it because you were exposed to it, more that it's such an unusual sounding language that it's completely identifiable. Perhaps the language the Elves speak in the Lord of the Rings trilogy would be more difficult to place, even if you had seen the movies and read the books. Just a thought.
I also love Harry Potter, but I am agreeing with both of you on this one. I believe that had I never before hear Parseltongue I would think you were silly for speaking that way; however, because I am familiar with where it comes from and the context it was used in I understand that it is a fictional language. On the otherhand, I understand that it's unusual sound also makes it distinguishable from other languages. The Elven language from Lord of the Rings does sounds closer to something that might be an actual language. This is possibly a result of the usage of the letters within the language. The Elven language is derived from a mixture of Latin, German, English and Spanish. In it's written form it uses the Latin alphabet, but when spoken it uses the other base languages for pronunciation. I will admit that this topic influenced me to do a little research on this.
Fantastic idea! It is very neat how it can be so easy to make up a language and make its meaning what ever the creator wants. I enjoy the Harry Potter movies as well!
I love artificial language! Since it's created on purpose, the developments are much different from regular language. There is a lot more say on how it works from one particular source and it can be simpler than what we know as language. Great stuff.
I love Harry Potter! I have to say, that I think maybe you wouldn't recognized it because you were exposed to it, more that it's such an unusual sounding language that it's completely identifiable. Perhaps the language the Elves speak in the Lord of the Rings trilogy would be more difficult to place, even if you had seen the movies and read the books. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteI also love Harry Potter, but I am agreeing with both of you on this one. I believe that had I never before hear Parseltongue I would think you were silly for speaking that way; however, because I am familiar with where it comes from and the context it was used in I understand that it is a fictional language. On the otherhand, I understand that it's unusual sound also makes it distinguishable from other languages. The Elven language from Lord of the Rings does sounds closer to something that might be an actual language. This is possibly a result of the usage of the letters within the language. The Elven language is derived from a mixture of Latin, German, English and Spanish. In it's written form it uses the Latin alphabet, but when spoken it uses the other base languages for pronunciation. I will admit that this topic influenced me to do a little research on this.
ReplyDeleteFantastic idea! It is very neat how it can be so easy to make up a language and make its meaning what ever the creator wants. I enjoy the Harry Potter movies as well!
ReplyDeleteI love artificial language! Since it's created on purpose, the developments are much different from regular language. There is a lot more say on how it works from one particular source and it can be simpler than what we know as language. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteI would totally have an easier time identifying these fictional languages than 90% of real ones, too!
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