Post History
I'm working on a fictional story set in a fantastical (although coherent) universe. I'm used to seeing invented languages in works like this: Tolkien's languages for The Lord of the Rings, or Paoli...
#3: Attribution notice added
by
System
·
2019-12-08T01:20:11Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/1897 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
by
iajrz
·
2019-12-08T01:20:11Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm working on a fictional story set in a fantastical (although coherent) universe. I'm used to seeing invented languages in works like this: Tolkien's languages for The Lord of the Rings, or Paolini's languages for his Inheritance Trilogy. So, they _are_ pretty and all that, but why would I want to use them? Or even better: What would you use them for? What's the benefit of actually inventing the language and writing (dialogs) in that language as opposed of simply specifying it exists and letting people know when it's being used?
#1: Imported from external source
by
System
·
2011-03-07T12:48:18Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 15