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Q&A How to implement a fictional language in my novel?

As a writer, I used to write short stories and poems. As a reader, fantasy is my favorite genre. I created some what of a language for my (first ) novel. It's phoneme, pronunciation, rules and ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sangeetha‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:11:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48795
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Sangeetha‭ · 2019-12-08T13:11:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
As a writer, I used to write short stories and poems. As a reader, fantasy is my favorite genre.

I created some what of a language for my (first ) novel. It's phoneme, pronunciation, rules and a set of words. The outline / first draft of my novel is also completed. It is an extra terrestrial fantasy story.

I am decided to participate in this Nanowrimo, and sets everything according to that.

But when I start writing, the problem arises. How to implement my new language in my novel? I am planning to write the novel in my mother tongue. But the invented language is the mother tongue of all my characters. Also none of them know my mother tongue.

The problem is about dialogues, if I write them completely in my new language, it will really difficult to readers. If I use only some words from my new language ( like words for hi, god, king, queen, land ) and write everything else in normal language will it feel wired? How to do it in correct way? Please Help.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-11-01T05:35:27Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 5