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Vandalon
Ventalîque
[vɑ̃.ta.lik]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 26 June 2020
Language type A posteriori
Species Human/humanoid
About Vandalon Vandalon is the official language of Vandalia/Ventalie, a large country in Central Europe spanning what in our world corresponds to eastern part of France, Benilux and western part of Germany. It is also adopted as an official language in many of its former colonies. While Vandalon has gradually lost its status as primary international language during the XXth century, it remains one of the most widespread languages in the world.

It started simple. After a few wierdlangs with alien grammars and phonologies but lacking vocabularies, I've decided to take a short break and make something pretty standard: a Germanic Frenchlang. The rules were:

- It should look and sound like French; yet
- Whenever possible, a Germanic source is to be used;
- Sound changes from quasi-proto-Germanic should mostly follow sound changes in French;
- All Germanic borrowings in French are taken verbatim into Vantalîque;
- No Greek or Latin loanwords, unless they themselves are loans from some preferably non-Indo-European language. Why no? 4 teh gr8 justis!
- Aesthetics may override pedanticism.

With this rules applied and gradually refined, Vandalon now features:

- Fake French orthography with >95% words derived from Proto-Germanic
- 2½ genders, as, in addition to masculine and feminine, few nouns and a relative pronoun retained neuter gender
- horrible number system that becomes ever more absurd
- ???
- non-profit

What was planned as a short trip became a journey lasting for years. I think of all things I've been doing in my life, the greatest amount of time was devoted to Vandalonian.
Sample of Vandalon[view] Baveu sa Tour / / Anu, toute de erde a logné à avoir une tonge avec unes vortes. Aux sé veront ledues vers de août, fandont sé une valée en du land Chinare, avec sé gonont à voner drot. Dans s'ont sayé a un autre: "Commons! Équiperons des baquades avec des bachons mi de feu. Su s'ont natu des baquades en état des étins avec nauvet...[view all texts]
Latest vocabulary
cluyervobtain by lot
receindrevdeserve
Sound samples in Vandalon
Some sound samples of Vandalon. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Goucin est d'achelle son gron frêt, Son heuf du flus cœur à berdre. Sa blée de fluse aire est...
Nature’s first green is gold; Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an...
Du guintre chaud est naeu, un étorgne d'éniege combra. Comme tu mon hous gargne, mon guin. Guel...
The cold winter is near, a snowstorm will come. Come in my warm house my friend. Welcome! Come here,...
Voi! Vie, dé Danes des jaises, en des doigres vieux, Ouïmes après des cognes des juées son voux, ...
Listen! We of the Spear-Danes, in days old, had great kings who discovered the glory of what that ma...
De raison hui dé desses n'autrent pas des peuples ses maîs ses moins est paret dé peuples ses m...
The reason facts don't change most people's opinions is because most people don't use facts to form ...
Et ne jait pas ombre des degniers, et jait ombre et sangir un beaud. Tout brinnet.
It's not about money, it's about sending a message. Everything burns.
Et effer nou sivons-ons Temps vie neau sommes jeunes Après du écone jeunesse Après du aigliée sai...
So, let us rejoice While we are young. After a pleasant youth After a troublesome old age The ea...
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularOther
Nasal m   n   ɳ ɲ        
Plosive p b   t d         k g    
Fricative   f v s z ʃ ʒ         ʁ  
Lateral approximant     l              
Approximant           j w     ɥ
Trill                 ʀ  
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i y   u
Close-mid e ø   o
Mid   ə ə˞  
Open-mid ɛ ɛ̃ œ œ̃   ɔ ɔ̃
Open a   ɑ ɑ̃
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Vandalon Loanwords
Why some words of Greek/Latin origin do find their way into ...
10-Jan-24 11:06
Case in Vandalon
Case marking on articles, pronouns and nouns
01-Aug-23 11:11
Articles in Vandalon
Definiteness and the usage of articles
01-Mar-21 19:57
Vandalon Gender
Gender and gender agreement of Vandalon nouns, pronouns, adj...
16-Oct-20 21:36
Possession in Vandalon
Possessive pronouns and clauses, genitive case by articles a...
16-Oct-20 21:10
Du Hobbite 1.1
Vandalonian translation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit", WI...
26-Jul-20 13:57
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