Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Thinhyandoiel]

Creating a language is like learning one. The grammar comes first, for it controls not just the word order but the elements that form words.

Yeah, way back on the first page there! But I love making up languages! This is from the prologue of my story:

Iu'mae liani y'er
Cel da'cir viel da'tui el'anen
Iu'da'anen siu ce agrane ti'da'ceii
Dua'mae ce viar ti'da'merey el'da'maeir.

Iu'Reis da'anen ter iran
Dianen ti'diare da'mae
Mae dua'anen, oliran dua'nasur
Oir iu'da'gher iran ti Reis
Viel da'mae ce aper ulonin
Ti'draleon da'anen' diare da'mae
Da'anen ce agrane ulonin,
Dua oir ce viar' ti'da'uloria el'Reis
Viel lliu ulanini, Reis' siu viar.

In darkness there is nothing
But the hope for the bringer of light
In the light we will rise to the stars
And darkness will fall to the depths of the night.

In Reis the light was given
Power to fight the darkness
Darkness and light, Good and evil
All in the gift given to Reis
For the darkness will come again
To release the light, fight the darkness
The light will rise again
And all will fall to the glory of Reis
For your grace, Reis, we fall.