Old Tongue

[MarkDiLillo]

This has probably been touched on before, but I didnt see anything too flagrant so hopefully nobody minds rehashing this for me.

 

When RJ developed the Old Tongue, did he actually sit down and create a semi functional language or did he "wing it" so to speak? Does anyone have any info on this that they can share?

[thisguy]

I'm not sure, but this might be what you're looking for:

 

http://www.dragonmount.com/forums/topic/73874-the-real-world-origins-of-the-old-tongue/

[Orderofolde]

He borrowed from many languages, created some of it, etc.

[Darksmoon]

It would be interesting to see the notes that Brandon received on the Old Tongue to know how much of it was fleshed out.

[pepe Al'thor]

Funny, i was thinking about this the other day and was also going to make à thread.

 

I wonder which langueges influenced the old tounge or if RJ did just create really good sounding giberish lol

 

 

[FarShainMael]

There's some interesting stuff here:

 

http://www.wotmud.org/directory/oldtongue.php