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Talossan is the best-known example of the micronational language genre of constructed languages. The language is spoken and used regularly in the Kingdom of Talossa. The full dictionary of Talossan has over 28,000 words. Talossan requires only a single word (''fieschada'') to say "love at first sight".
Talossan is the best-known example of the micronational language genre of constructed languages. The language is spoken and used regularly in the Kingdom of Talossa. The full dictionary of Talossan has over 28,000 words. Talossan requires only a single word (''fieschada'') to say "love at first sight".


The language is overseen by the ''[[Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ]]'' (CÚG; the Committee for the Use of the Language), a group formed by Madison in 1983. This group periodically issues ''Arestadas'' (Decrees), which describe and document changes in the usage of the language, and ''Pienamaintschen'' (Supplements), which list updates to the vocabulary.
The language has traditionally been overseen by ''[[Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ]]'' (CÚG; the Committee for the Use of the Language), a group formed by Madison in 1983. This group periodically issues ''Arestadas'' (Decrees), which describe and document changes in the usage of the language, and ''Pienamaintschen'' (Supplements), which list updates to the vocabulary. A new organisation, ''[[La Società per l'Ilesnaziun del Glheþ Naziunal]]'' (SIGN: the Society for the Facilitation of the National Language) has was set up in 2017 following a lapse in activity of the CÚG.


== History ==
== History ==
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With the creation of the CUG in 1983, the language began its formal life, with the Committee issuing frequent adjustments to the structure and form of the language. Various trends seen in word derivation were encouraged, while other practices have been (not always successfully) discouraged by the Committee.
With the creation of the CUG in 1983, the language began its formal life, with the Committee issuing frequent adjustments to the structure and form of the language. Various trends seen in word derivation were encouraged, while other practices have been (not always successfully) discouraged by the Committee.


The most significant recent development in the language was the issuance of the ''Arestada sür Speliçaziun'' (Decree on Orthography) of December 12, 2007. This ''Arestada'' instituted a rule for stress that allowed many extraneous stressmarks to be omitted, simplified the vowel set by recognizing certain letters as allophones of other vowels, and respelled a few strange consonant graphemes. However, in the era of the National Schism, the 'Ladîntschen' of the [[Talossan Republic]] were not involved in this decision, and refused to accept it, continuing to use the pre-2007 spelling.
The most significant recent development in the language was the issuance of the ''Arestada sür Speliçaziun'' (Decree on Orthography) of December 12, 2007. This ''Arestada'' instituted a rule for stress that allowed many extraneous stressmarks to be omitted, simplified the vowel set by recognizing certain letters as allophones of other vowels, and respelled a few strange consonant graphemes. However, in the era of the [[National Schism]], the 'Ladîntschen' of the [[Talossan Republic]] were not involved in this decision, and refused to accept it, continuing to use the pre-2007 spelling.


Work is presently underway to bring the two conventions together under a single set of rules.
Work is presently underway to bring the two conventions together under a single set of rules.


=== Historical Documents on the Rules of the Language ===
=== Historical Documents on the Rules of the Language ===
==== Talossan 4.0 (current version, in beta testing) ====
* [[SIGN:Dals Recomendăs sür el Glheþ Talossan|''Dals Recomendăs sür el Glheþ Talossan'']], a grammar of the Talossan language by [[Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial]] and [[La Società per l'Ilesnaziun del Glheþ Naziunal|SIGN]]. '''WORK IN PROGRESS'''
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xIqZB8WsCMejSoYBNuW9BgbGRlxVpDmu/view SIGN's Provisional Rules, April 2020] ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nxz9s52Rj3TMCsEfwQ5LSR-hcgRKe7DT/view ''Pienamaintsch''])
==== Talossan 3.0 (after the Arestadâ of 2007) ====
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Talossan-Language-English/dp/1453777296/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295378052&sr=1-1| A Complete Guide to the Talossan Language: Second English Edition]''. Ma la Mhà. Abbavilla: CÚG, 2011.
* CÚG documents:
** [[Media:arest07.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/07]] (plus ''[[Media:pein07.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'' - consequent amendments to ''El Treisoûr'')
** [[Media:Arest10.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/10]] (''[[Media:pein10.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'')
** [[Media:Arest11.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/11]] (''[[Media:pein11.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'')
** [[Media:Arest14.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/14]] (''[[Media:pein14.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'')


==== Talossan 2.1 (as used pre-National Schism and in the [[Talossan Republic]]) ====
==== Talossan 2.1 (as used pre-National Schism and in the [[Talossan Republic]]) ====
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* [[''Corrections, additions and amendments to the second edition of «La Scúrzniâ Gramáticâ del Glheþ Talossán»'']].  Tomás Gariçéir. Abbavilla: CÚG, 1999.
* [[''Corrections, additions and amendments to the second edition of «La Scúrzniâ Gramáticâ del Glheþ Talossán»'']].  Tomás Gariçéir. Abbavilla: CÚG, 1999.


* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818022757/www.execpc.com/~talossa/glhetg.html| A brief description of the historical development of the language], R. Ben Donatüs, CÚG, 1999.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818022757/www.execpc.com/~talossa/glhetg.html A brief description of the historical development of the language], R. Ben Donatüs, CÚG, 1999.


* ''[[Media:Talpronipa.pdf|Talossan Pronunciation and Spelling with IPA]]''. [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h]], 2006.
* ''[[Media:Talpronipa.pdf|Talossan Pronunciation and Spelling with IPA]]''. [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h]], 2006.


* Learning materials for Talossan 2.1 (written by Tomás Gariçéir and the CÚG, 1997-1999, hosted by [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h]]):
* Learning materials for Talossan 2.1 (written by Tomás Gariçéir and the CÚG, 1997-1999, hosted by [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h]]):
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/talpron.html| Talossan Pronunciation and Spelling]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/talpron.html Talossan Pronunciation and Spelling]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/irradj.html| Irregular Adjectives]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/irradj.html Irregular Adjectives]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/irrnoun.html| Irregular Noun Plurals]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/irrnoun.html Irregular Noun Plurals]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/irrverbs.html| Irregular Verbs]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/irrverbs.html Irregular Verbs]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/pronouns.html| Pronouns]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/pronouns.html Pronouns]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/stresacc.html| Stress and Accents]
** [http://jeffrags.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/stresacc.html Stress and Accents]
 
==== Talossan 3.0 (after the Arestadâ of 2007) ====
 
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Talossan-Language-English/dp/1453777296/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295378052&sr=1-1| A Complete Guide to the Talossan Language: Second English Edition]''. Ma la Mhà. Abbavilla: CÚG, 2011.


* CÚG documents:
====Glhetg materials from all Glhetg iteration (materials as collected by GV et al) at libraryoftalossa.com====
** [[Media:arest07.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/07]] (plus ''[[Media:pein07.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'' - conseqeunt amendments to ''El Treisoûr'')
* They may be found [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PamBV7mlEN2JXC3gWMvI7v0fYQPFJtDJ?usp=sharing HERE.]
** [[Media:arest11.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/10]] (''[[Media:pein10.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'')
** [[Media:arest12.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/11]] (''[[Media:pein11.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'')
** [[Media:arest14.pdf|Arestadâ of 12/12/14]] (''[[Media:pein14.pdf|Pienamainstchen]]'')


== Linguistic properties ==
== Linguistic properties ==
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* The corresponding evolution of the Talossan verb ''viénarh'' (originally equivalent to "to come") to indicate motion in time, in the same sense that ''irh'' indicates motion in space, again with prepositions indicating approach or departure. For example, ''viennent da menxharh'' (= the group just ate).
* The corresponding evolution of the Talossan verb ''viénarh'' (originally equivalent to "to come") to indicate motion in time, in the same sense that ''irh'' indicates motion in space, again with prepositions indicating approach or departure. For example, ''viennent da menxharh'' (= the group just ate).
* The corresponding evolution resulting in the ability and use of the prepositions ''à'' and ''da'' to indicate the positive or negative meaning of any dependent infinitive. For example, ''os neceßent à menxharh'' (= they need to eat) and ''os neceßent da menxharh'' (= they need to not eat; that is, they need to avoid eating).
* The corresponding evolution resulting in the ability and use of the prepositions ''à'' and ''da'' to indicate the positive or negative meaning of any dependent infinitive. For example, ''os neceßent à menxharh'' (= they need to eat) and ''os neceßent da menxharh'' (= they need to not eat; that is, they need to avoid eating).
== Sample Texts ==
=== John 3:16 ===
Car Dïeu så ameva el mundeu, që o zoneva à sieu viensplet Figlheu, svo ath qitevri qi créa în lo fost non pieriçar, más tenadra la vidâ eternál. ''(translated by [[Robert I]], 1996.)''
=== Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ===
Toct i esteirs ƿumaes sint nascats liverats es equais in la zignità es els drepts. Os sint amac'htats avetz el säpençéu es la cunschençù es fossent actarhact l'iens à l'altreu in ün atitüd da viensqab. ''(translated by Lord [[Hooligan]], 2008.)''
== Literature in Talossan ==
{{Main|TalossaWiki:Library#Talossan Language Section}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Büreu del Glheþ|El Büreu del Glheþ]] - including the ''Prüms Päçen'' series of basic learning materials
* [[Büreu del Glheþ|El Büreu del Glheþ]] - including the ''Prüms Päçen'' series of basic learning materials
*[[Help:IPA for Talossan]]
* [[Electronic_Conversation_Abbreviations|Electronic Conversation Abbreviations]]
* [[Berber_substrate|Berber substrate]]
* [[Accusative_preposition|Accusative preposition]]
* [[Help:IPA for Talossan]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://oversteir.talossa.com ''L'Översteir'' - Online English<->Talossan dictionary]
*[http://www.talossan.com talossan.com - Informational Website maintained by the Association of Talossan Language Organisations]
*[http://www.talossan.com talossan.com - Informational Website maintained by the Association of Talossan Language Organisations]
* Website of the ''Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.cuglang.com archived copy])
* Website of the ''Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ'' ([http://web.archive.org/web/20011118223507/www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3931/cug1.htm archived copy from 2000]; [http://web.archive.org/web/20020330015419/http://glhetg.talossa.com/ archived copy from 2001]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20181208045739/http://cuglang.com/ archived copy from 2018])
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth#Computer_input 'Typing Ð and ð per Wikipedia']
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) 'Typing Þ and þ per Wikipedia']
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 30 June 2021

For the English language as spoken in Talossa, see: Talossan English.

El glheþ Talossan (the Talossan language, pronounced [ɛɫ ʎeθ tɐɫɔˈsan] or pronounced [ɛw ʎeθ tɐɫɔˈsan]), commonly referred to as el glheþ (the language) or ár glheþ (our language IPA: [aːɾ]) (ISO 639-3 language code tzl) is a constructed language created by Robert Ben Madison in 1980 for the nation he had founded on December 26, 1979.

Talossan is the best-known example of the micronational language genre of constructed languages. The language is spoken and used regularly in the Kingdom of Talossa. The full dictionary of Talossan has over 28,000 words. Talossan requires only a single word (fieschada) to say "love at first sight".

The language has traditionally been overseen by Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ (CÚG; the Committee for the Use of the Language), a group formed by Madison in 1983. This group periodically issues Arestadas (Decrees), which describe and document changes in the usage of the language, and Pienamaintschen (Supplements), which list updates to the vocabulary. A new organisation, La Società per l'Ilesnaziun del Glheþ Naziunal (SIGN: the Society for the Facilitation of the National Language) has was set up in 2017 following a lapse in activity of the CÚG.

History

The first use of the Talossan language was on 12 December 1980, a day commemorated as Llimbaziua (Language Day) in the Kingdom, and the day on which the Committee has recently chosen to issue annual Arestadas.

Early Talossan, however, sometimes only bears scant resemblance to modern Talossan. This is seen in examples from Madison's Støtanneu newsletter, which served as his vehicle for growing the language's vocabulary and building the language through use.

With the creation of the CUG in 1983, the language began its formal life, with the Committee issuing frequent adjustments to the structure and form of the language. Various trends seen in word derivation were encouraged, while other practices have been (not always successfully) discouraged by the Committee.

The most significant recent development in the language was the issuance of the Arestada sür Speliçaziun (Decree on Orthography) of December 12, 2007. This Arestada instituted a rule for stress that allowed many extraneous stressmarks to be omitted, simplified the vowel set by recognizing certain letters as allophones of other vowels, and respelled a few strange consonant graphemes. However, in the era of the National Schism, the 'Ladîntschen' of the Talossan Republic were not involved in this decision, and refused to accept it, continuing to use the pre-2007 spelling.

Work is presently underway to bring the two conventions together under a single set of rules.

Historical Documents on the Rules of the Language

Talossan 4.0 (current version, in beta testing)

Talossan 3.0 (after the Arestadâ of 2007)

Talossan 2.1 (as used pre-National Schism and in the Talossan Republic)

Glhetg materials from all Glhetg iteration (materials as collected by GV et al) at libraryoftalossa.com

Linguistic properties

Classification

Talossan is a constructed Gallo-Romance language, inspired by French and Occitan, and very naturalistic, with quite a few irregularities. Its mythical backstory posits that the language evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken by North African Berbers, who were forced to migrate north by the Moorish invasion. The myth holds that the language evolved by picking up features from other languages with which these migratory Berbers came in contact, eventually imbuing it with features not only of Romance languages, but Germanic, Slavic, Celtic, and Amerind languages as well.

Writing system

The Talossan language uses the Latin alphabet, but contains some letters not (or no longer) found in English—including the Germanic sharp s (ß) [known as "eseta" in Talossan], and the Old English letters thorn (þ) and eth (ð), and the cedilla-c (ç). The eseta can be replaced by the equivalent digraph ss, and the thorn by the digraph tg. Prior to the 2007 Arestada, the eth was often seen written using the digraph th; the 2007 Arestada recognized the eth as replaceable in modern Talossan by the letter d.

The letters of the modern Talossan alphabet are:

a, ä, b, c, ç, d, ð, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, q, r, s, ß, t, u, ü, v, w, x, z, þ

In alphabetical ordering, c and ç are not distinguished from one another, nor are s and ß, nor any vowel from its marked counterpart.

In the Arestada of 2007 that recognised what is called "Modern Orthography", the vowel system was simplified by the adoption of a default stress rule, which made explicit stress marking necessary only in words that are stressed irregularly. Prior to the adoption of the stress rule, words are often marked with multiple diacriticals, which often have different meanings, sometimes indicating stress, sometimes a difference in pronunciation, sometimes both, and sometimes the same mark indicates neither. The Arestada further standardized the stress marking system so that the vowels a, e, i, o, and u are stressmarked using acute or grave accents (as in á or à). Pending discussions surround modifying the stressmark for the vowels ä, ö, and ü to become a tilde (as in ã and õ) from the currently-seen circumflexes (as in ô and û).

Many Talossan writers choose to retain conventions of "Classic Orthography", in which a number of other vowel marks are also appear (typically using the circumflex, such as â, ê, and î), and in a particular trigraph, the consonant n is often seen written with a tilde (ñ). Current discussions of the Committee concern specifying the optional use of these marks, which some consider and term "decorative" in nature.

In speech, Talossan exhibits a system of consonant mutation (lenition and eclipsis) very similar to that found in Irish Gaelic. This system is indicated in orthography only rarely, typically only in prepositional phrases, and even then typically only with pronouns. For example, the pronoun tu (meaning "you") experiences lenition after a vowel to become pronounced "hu" (this mutation is indicated orthographically by spelling the word as thu), and experiences eclipsis after a consonant to be pronounced "du" (indicated orthographically as dtu). Thus à thu (meaning "to you") and per dtu (meaning "for you").

In addition to this system of consonant mutation, Talossan exhibits some other unusual consonant combinations, including c'h, gnh (which in Classic Orthography is written gñh), glh, rh (pronounced as English "sh"), tx, and xh.

Unusual features

In general, Talossan is a straightforward Romance language, true to its mythical heritage as a Latin derivative. However, it also has a number of unique features not typically found in Romance or other languages, including:

  • A genitive marker (similar to the apostrophe-s in English or the genitive marker in Afrikaans). For example, Ian sè casa (= John's house).
  • The (evolved, not created) merger of the first- and third-person plural verb conjugations, indicative of a unique "group mentality", in which the concept “the group” is the more important semantic aspect being communicated, and whether the group does (“we”) or does not (“they”) include the speaker is somehow tangential. For example, te burlescarhent (= some group, perhaps including the speaker, perhaps not, will laugh at you).
  • The (evolved, not created) merger of the verbs corresponding to English "to go" and "to come", creating in Talossan a single "verb of motion", irh (originally only "to go"). Motion in space is described exclusively by this verb, with the prepositions à (= to) and da (= from) determining direction if necessary.
  • The corresponding evolution of the Talossan verb viénarh (originally equivalent to "to come") to indicate motion in time, in the same sense that irh indicates motion in space, again with prepositions indicating approach or departure. For example, viennent da menxharh (= the group just ate).
  • The corresponding evolution resulting in the ability and use of the prepositions à and da to indicate the positive or negative meaning of any dependent infinitive. For example, os neceßent à menxharh (= they need to eat) and os neceßent da menxharh (= they need to not eat; that is, they need to avoid eating).

Sample Texts

John 3:16

Car Dïeu så ameva el mundeu, që o zoneva à sieu viensplet Figlheu, svo ath qitevri qi créa în lo fost non pieriçar, más tenadra la vidâ eternál. (translated by Robert I, 1996.)

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Toct i esteirs ƿumaes sint nascats liverats es equais in la zignità es els drepts. Os sint amac'htats avetz el säpençéu es la cunschençù es fossent actarhact l'iens à l'altreu in ün atitüd da viensqab. (translated by Lord Hooligan, 2008.)

Literature in Talossan

See our main article on this subject at TalossaWiki:Library#Talossan Language Section.

See also

External links