Languages, Anyone interested? Options

[Maya]

I learnt through a topic that some people in here are interested in languages.
How about a topic where we can share our languages? I'll suggest a greeting for example and members who are interested can post their translation of it in their own languages. (In English letters plz, so that we can all pronounce it)
I'm an Arab, so I hope I can be useful as one

Good Morning

"Sabah el kheir" -----------> Arabic
" Ohayoo Gozaimus" ------> Japanese
" Bonjour" ------------------> French

Anybody interested to add to my list?

[deacon]

Well, it is true that the Irish have almost forgotten their language. It is sad actually. The have this saying about the situation: Tir gan teanga tir gan anam which means "land without a language land without a soul". The good thing is that there seems to be a revival of the language these days as more and more want to learn Irish and Irish is about to be recognized as an official EU language. (If not already recognized).

Today's language is Quenya! While it has all characteristics of a language it has a difference from most others: it is artificial. As Esperanto or Klingon, this language was created by a linguist and not via evolution in the real world. Quenya specifically, was created by famous linguist J.R.R. Tolkien, mostly known by the fantasy novels he wrote. It's purpose was to be the language spoken by the Elves of his universe called Arda. Despite being artificial, it evolved inside the mythos (it's evolution depicting the changes made to it by Tolkien, which where numerous). But Quenya was not the only language Tolkien created.

It is based on ideas taken from latin, finnish and propably other european languages. Its pronunciation approaches that of Italian. Words tend to get long because of the addition of suffixes to their stem. It is written using its own alphabet, called Tengwar, but oftenly latin letters are used for simplicity. Here are some example phrases commonly utilized by the Elves

Aiya! - Hello! (EYE-ya)
Aa harya melwa arin - Have a nice day (ah HAR-yah MEL-wah AHR-in)
Ma quetelye Eldarin? - Do you speak Elvish? (ma kwet-ELL-yeh ELL-dar-in)
Ma istanyel? - Do I know you? (mah iss-TAN-yell)
A harya melwa anduune - Have a nice evening. (ah HAR-yah MEL-wah an-DOO-neh)

These I found from a site I stumbled upon Note that double vowels where used where normally the acute accent would occur. (It denotes long vowels).

Enjoy!