An Bhlaoighne: Difference between revisions

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In-universe, it is a conlang by [[Verse:Schngaoife|Schngaoife]]. Though its grammar is Standard Average Talman, its phonology (before it evolves into Dheofáid) is less so. Schngellstein was inspired by Talmic, especially [[Tigol]]; Aoife was inspired by the pre-Trician reform Irish orthography.

An Bhlaoighne is used in a popular [[Verse:Tricin|Trician]]/[[Verse:CF Tricin|Crackfic Trician]] sci-fi video game created by Schngaoife where it is the ceremonial language of ascended transhumans in a culture called Méich Bhaonnáiqh. The conlang steals morphemes from many languages, including [[Naeng]] (1sg r, 2sg ł), Irish (samhradh for summer etc.), Hebrew, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Korean, and Indo-Iranian (especially when they sound like literally read Irish words: for example ''tanaí'', 'thin' in Irish, means 'condition' in An Bhlaoighne, from Hebrew תנאי ''tănay''). However, the majority of the vocabulary is a priori (read: a significant fraction of which is Earth math and xenharmonic music Easter eggs).

The facts stated here as descriptive of the spoken language refer to the spoken language of the first generation of native speakers in Tricin/CF Tricin. Mentions of prescriptivism refer to the original grammar used in the video game and codified by Schngaoife.

Modern An Bhlaoighne, or ''An Bhlaoighne do Dheofáid'' (pronounced /fl{{breathy|a}}ːn θɪvʊid̪/, or /fl{{breathy|a}}ːnvʊid̪/ in rapid speech) is the most popular in-universe conlang in Future Tricin/Crackfic Tricin and has more native speakers in Cualuav than many natlangs. Its pronunciation is much simpler and more eroded but its orthography is pretty much the same as An Bhlaoighne, which makes for some really bloated spellings, and even whole words can be silent, like "na" which serves as a noun marker in written Dheofáid.