Linguistics
El Norno
Native Tongues
Although breeders typically teach their creatures their local variation of Handish,
when norns and
grendels are born, their vocabulary is filled randomly from a list of "Nornish"
and "Grendalese" words.
| Nornish/Nornir (Bibble) |
Grendalese |
| ba | arg |
| bab | beh |
| bibble | bih |
| boop | bilp |
| bub | buh |
| coo | bleh |
| daa | flabber |
| dat | graaaah |
| dis | grah |
| doo | grish |
| flib | narg |
| flub | nug |
| foo | oogle |
| gaa | urg |
| goo | urrh |
| me | |
| na | |
| oogh |
Although there are no native geat / shee or ettin languages
Here are some common sentence structures used by creatures:
| Structure | Description |
| noun | |
| verb | |
| verb noun | |
| [Name] verb | "I will do this" |
| [Name] noun | "I will do something to this" |
| [Name] verb noun | "I will do this to this" |
| [Name] adjective | "I am feeling X" |
| verb yes noun | rare - yes after verb |
yes, no, look etc. are meta-verbs
Thanks go to Shea Swissdorf and Daljit of NORN for their help composing the following pronunciation guide:
| Word | Pronunciation of the Nornish |
| Verbs | |
| Yes | "chin-pa" (or "Chee pah") |
| No | no-ho |
| Push | "yah bay bee" (or "Yow beh bee") |
| Run | "Ching-so" (or "Chee pee doh") |
| Pull | Yow bah bee go |
| Right | Mah he yo ga |
| Left | Yow be pah |
| Why | Yo dee |
| runNorn | Chee fur fur dee |
| Rest | Chee rob dee |
| What | Yo doh |
| Stop | Doh rah dih |
| Drop | Mah po heh |
| Look | Yow pah peh |
| Come | Oh beh gaa |
| Get | Yow gaa doh |
| Nouns |
|
| Food | Doh-rah-soo (soo pronounced "zo") (or "Doh rah doh") |
| Hand | Mah-rah-soo (soo pronounced "zo") |
| Drink | mah hoa hah |
| Hand | Yah rah doh |
| Toy | to-he (or "hee hoo" or "Doh dih"?) |
| Norn | Doh rah dee |
| Plant | Oh he yo ho |
| Computer | Beh beh fur bee gaa |
| Adjectives | |
| Lonely | Yow he rah dee |
| Crowded | Mah beh beh gaa |
| Sad | Mah bee |
| Hurt | Ray fur coe |
| Hot | Yow ho |
| Cold | Doh rob doh |
| Hungry | Ray ree rob coe |
| Tired | Ray rob pah |
| Sleepy | Doh ee yo rob pah |
| Loneley | Yow pee rob dih |
| Scared | Chee he yo fur pah |
| Bored | Yo beh pah |
| Angry | Yo he yo poe |
