Are the Dwarf, Ancient, and Urgal languages based on real languages from Earth, and if so, which ones?
asked Nov 17, 2011 at 13:16
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The Ancient/Elven language is based on old Germanic languages, which is especially seen in names like Du Weldenvarden.
The language of the Dwarves, or at least their names, also seem to be based on Norse. Hrothgar, for example, was the name of a Danish king who appears in Beowulf.
answered Nov 17, 2011 at 16:38
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1Thanks! Dutch is related to old Germanic languages! I always thought I imagined similarities with Dutch!– 11684Commented Sep 11, 2012 at 15:42
From what I understand: 1: Gramarye (The Ancient Language) is based on a combination of Old Norse, Plättedeutsch, Nederlands Deutsch, and some small amounts of Russian. 2: Dwarvish Language is very much so based on Norse and Slavic languages, with the Gnostvik runes being similar to the runes of Elder Futhark. 3: Urgal Language honestly gives me a headache just to pronounce, espacially the word "jtierl". Perhaps some ancient Slavic or Uralic language base? Very real possibility of being a complete conlang though, with how few words of Urgal are actually directly spoken in the series. 4: Nomadic Language is the language of the Wandering Tribes of Surda. There is really no way to determine the source language here, as the only word of this language used in any of the books is the honorific "-no".
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4Hi, welcome to SF&F. If you have evidence for any of these assertions, you should cite it. You also shouldn't include unsupported guesses (e.g. point 3), sticking to just details you can find sources for.– DavidWCommented Jul 8 at 17:26