Verse:Hmøøh/Srănga Tsayfuan

Srăga Tsayfuan was a major Windermere fantasy writer and conlanger.

Tsayfuan's conworld

Races

(English names are translation conventions)

• "Elves" are oviparous and are descended from platypus-like animals. Compared to humans they are less competitive and less sexually dimorphic but are more concerned with cleanliness.
• Humans
• 2 or 3 other races

Languages

• Elvish language 1: Vruxma
  • Səsnuθma Durin spəxna Moria; δünəŋ łetri hə čərθidəŋ
• Elvish language 2: pseudo-Austronesian/Amharic
  • Ah! pärtətəlič o sgəzu kə-fteru di-sumätäk!
• "Valarin": quasi-Amdo Tibetan/Polish (lots of consonant clusters, lenition mania)
• Humans: Germanic gibberish (loosely based on http://www.frathwiki.com/Wiobian)
• Orcs: Proto-Pulchric gibberish with suffixing morphology

qaDEppa behattur kel qImaNa,
TAmeppa behattur kel qImaNa,
Redubeppa behattur kel qImaNa,
qERupaTTEk Durre leDeppa behattur

• Dwarves: Arabo-RP (Báoluòveng-inspired)
  • Ĺawxaŋ uħsaʔtī ʕāftal n-aydajʔur ŋalťū! Maʔkust wir barahaysar šurāfays čawliʔā!
  • Wanawt rašačīm hatrif su3īkal 'iskawińā.
• Ents: Raamaanujan

Quotes

As the days wander on, and summer turns to winter,
And hopes vanish without a trace, a light shines far away.
Though Fortune's wheel turns, oblivious to our struggles,
we skillful beings work hard, seeking the light of day.