Invented Languages

Tolkein fans please brace -

I have never enjoyed Lord of The Rings.

But I like the fact that he made up a great language.

Tolkein was a professor of linguistics. He loved Germanic and Finnish languages and from thirteen created some "fun languages"...

Then, boom.

The Tolkenian language is like this:

Lord's Prayer

1
Attolma i menelessie,
nai airitainiéva esselya.
2
Nai ardalya tuluva.
3
Nai írelya tyarniéva mardesse ve menelesse.
4
Anta men síre ilyaurea mastalma.
5
Ar avanta men raikalmar ve avantalme raikatyarolmain.

Ar nai útukuvalye me mailenna ná fainu me ulkallo.

Amen.

Try saying that.
Tolkein language can be used for texts like this, but tring to translate something like, say, the whole bible or Harry Potter, would be useless. The language is not advanced enough to handle the wide range of vocab and idioms.

And if you're looking to know the language, you're finished. Even Tolkein cannot speak the language -it was only his intention to entertain himself, not turn it into Latin for nerds.

But if you look for something that is simple and like English, here it is:

Newspeak.

Newspeak, Oceanian speak, oldspeak remade fullwise. Party make newspeak, remake newspeak, remake newspeak. Party use newspeak in Times, recs, papers, etc. Party req members use newspeak, speak newspeak, write newspeak, think newspeak. BB doubleplusreq members use newspeak. Party uncare proles. Proles speak oldspeak, duckspeak to newspeakers. Newspeakfuluse is ex of goodthink. Member use newspeak oft with party and BB.

Newspeakfulaim keep goodthink and undo crimethinks. Newspeakuse make plentfuler goodthinkers and unmake plentfuler crimethinkers. Newspeak unspeak crimethink. Crimethinkfulwrds unis newspeak or is malrep. Newspeak is speak pos unplentfulwrds (est. 400 wrds or unplenter)

Translation: Newspeak is from 1984's Oceania which is abbreviated from oldspeak (ie language used today) The party produces Newspeak. Newspeak is used in many places, and party members use it (different forms). BB recommends people to use newspeak. The party doesn't care about proles, and they speak oldspeak, which is duckspeak to newspeakers. Newspeak eradicates oldthink (ideas of freedom, democracy etc.)

Newspeak aims to keep loyalty to party, love for BB etc. and to stop Enlightenment ideas etc. Newspeak is short (less than 400 words, so no novels here)

George Orwell, the maker of this language, has in 1984's appendix a full review of the language.

This is the language that in every year, has less and less words. "Unnecessary" words, like splendid, great, wonderful are turned into good. To add emphasis, plus- and doubleplus- are added. To show disdain, un- is used.

But let's say you want to adapt the Communist Manifesto...

A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

Eurasia bellyfeel ungoodthink - the (untranslatable) Fullwise (u.t.) of Eurasia enter group (I'm not an expert here :D) umake plentifuller oldthinkers (replaces everything) plus German thinkpol.

And the rest can be swallowed into:

CRIMETHINK!

Such is the nature of Newspeak. The most you can do is to speak it to break ice in parties. And show that you're cool...

...but imagine, in a parallel universe, where people are brainwashed into thinking party ideals...