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Q&A Chants in fictional languages

I plan at several parts of my book to have war chants done in the fictional language of my main race/species. Would it be better to write the chant in their language? Put the fictional language w...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by ggiaquin16‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:01:44Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar ggiaquin16‭ · 2019-12-08T07:01:44Z (about 5 years ago)
I plan at several parts of my book to have war chants done in the fictional language of my main race/species. Would it be better to write the chant in their language? Put the fictional language with an English translation next to it? Or is this something that should just go straight to English?

I thought I recall some of my fantasy books in the past doing one or both of the first 2 options but to me, it is important that the reader is able to also understand the meaning to the words.

Most of my inspiration for my main species' culture is drawn from the Maori, the natives of New Zealand. [This video](https://youtu.be/EgU-RWQ4J7o?t=158) would demonstrate what I mean by attaching the English words to a chant:

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-20T17:40:51Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 4