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In recognition of its detailed and intricate design, Verdurian received a [[Smiley Award]] from David J. Peterson in 2020. | In recognition of its detailed and intricate design, Verdurian received a [[Smiley Award]] from David J. Peterson in 2020. | ||
==Real-life history== | |||
When Rosenfelder was a freshman in college, his dorm was next to that of a [[Dungeons & Dragons]] aficionado, one Chris Vargas. Vargas introduced Rosenfelder to the game, and Rosenfelder created the wilderness and also the languages for the game. All the players in Vargas and Rosenfelder's Dungeons & Dragons group were given Verdurian names.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zompist.com/secreth.htm |title=The Secret History of Verduria |publisher=Zompist.com |access-date=2015-05-30}}</ref> | |||
The language borrows words and grammar from various [[Indo-European languages|languages of Europe]], but has been described as not resembling any one language. Many of the words were inspired directly by [[French language|French]] or [[Russian language|Russian]]. Others, such as "elir" for life, were [[A priori (languages)|a priori]] coinages by Rosenfelder. There are also words based on political humor, e.g. 'fanaticism' is [[Sun Myung Moon|''sunmünmún'']] and 'terror' is [[Yassir Arafat|''arhafát'']]. | |||
==Fictional history== | |||
In Rosenfelder's Almean universe, Verdurian is spoken by about 55 million people in the kingdom of Verduria, as well as nations nearby in Almea's Cadhinorian plain. | |||
Verdurian is a member of the '''Eastern language phylum'''. This derives from a [[proto-language]] called '''proto-Eastern''', spoken by invaders of the Cadhinorian and Xurnese plains, about 4,000 years before the present time in Rosenfelder's universe. Some of the Eastern invaders were Cuzeian, while others were Cadhinorian. Cadhinorians picked up [[civilization]] from Cuzeians (who left behind such works as the ''Count of Years'', showing the clear influence of [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zompist.com/ciroma.htm |title=The Count of Years : 1 |publisher=Zompist.com |access-date=2015-05-30}}</ref> The Cadhinorians spoke a classical language called '''Cadhinorian''' (its relationship to Verdurian is analogous to that of [[Latin language|Latin]] to [[Spanish language|Spanish]]). After the fall of the Cadhinorian Empire, Cadhinorian developed into several daughter languages, among them Old Verdurian, which evolved later into Modern Verdurian. | |||
The fictional country of Verduria has an [[embassy]] in [[Linköping]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://relaz.pl/magazyn,wymyslone-jezyki,824 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628154646/http://relaz.pl/magazyn,wymyslone-jezyki,824 |archive-date=2012-06-28 |title=Wymyślone języki, Jakub Kowalski - relaz.pl |access-date=2015-05-30}}</ref> | |||
==Phonology and grammar== | ==Phonology and grammar== | ||
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The eight “Aux” variant fonts of [https://Kurinto.com/ Kurinto] (Kurinto Text Aux, Book Aux, Sans Aux, etc.) support the Verdurian alphabet. | The eight “Aux” variant fonts of [https://Kurinto.com/ Kurinto] (Kurinto Text Aux, Book Aux, Sans Aux, etc.) support the Verdurian alphabet. | ||
== | ==Verdurian in popular culture== | ||
Out of all the languages of Almea, Verdurian is not only the best-developed but the most popular. Rosenfelder has translated texts from other languages into Verdurian and also published short stories and a newspaper in the language. He has also started a Verdurian course due to the requests of Verdurian aficionados. | Out of all the languages of Almea, Verdurian is not only the best-developed but the most popular. Rosenfelder has translated texts from other languages into Verdurian and also published short stories and a newspaper in the language. He has also started a Verdurian course due to the requests of Verdurian aficionados. | ||
Verdurian makes an appearance in the novel ''Gaits of Heaven'', one of [[Susan Conant]]'s "Dog Lover's Mysteries". The character Johanna does [[linguistics|linguistic]] research with a [[feminist]] bent on [[grammatical gender]] "in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], Verdurian and various other languages in which verbs as well as nouns are masculine, feminine, or, in some instances, neuter".<ref>Gaits of Heaven, Susan Conant, (2007), p.102, ISBN, 9780786292813, Thorndike Press</ref> | Verdurian makes an appearance in the novel ''Gaits of Heaven'', one of [[Susan Conant]]'s "Dog Lover's Mysteries". The character Johanna does [[linguistics|linguistic]] research with a [[feminist]] bent on [[grammatical gender]] "in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], Verdurian and various other languages in which verbs as well as nouns are masculine, feminine, or, in some instances, neuter".<ref>Gaits of Heaven, Susan Conant, (2007), p.102, ISBN, 9780786292813, Thorndike Press</ref> | ||