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I recently came up with an interesting idea for a romancelang. I am a big fan of anything in Tolkien linguistics. Quenya, for those who don't know, is his most developed language. It's status historically in Middle Earth is similar to what Latin is in Europe. It has even been called the Elvish Latin. After seeing that phrase, I thought of an idea to re-work Latin according to Elvish phonological rules. In case you don't know, Quenya has very restrictive phonology. To give a short run down, there are no voiced frictives initially or finally; very few consonant clusters, which are only allowed medially and only one allowed finally(nt); only vowels and n, s, t, r, and l are allowed finally, but with numerous palatalized consonants medially and some initially. I haven't done much work on it yet, but I did take the Babel Text and tryed it out. In the end, it'll probably look something like this. Latin: 1. Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorundem. 2. Cumque profiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Senaar, et habitaverunt in eo. 3. Dixitque alter ad proximum suum: Venite, faciemus lateres, et coquamus eos igni. Habueruntque lateres pro saxis, et bitumen pro caemento; 4. et dixerunt: Venite. faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim, cuius culmen pertingat ad caelum et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamus in universas terras. 5. Descendit autem Dominus ut videret civitatem et turrim, quam aedificabant filii Adam, 6. et dixit: Ecce, unus est populus, et unum labium omnibus: coeperuntque hoc facere, nec desistent a cogitationibus suis, donec eas opere compleant. 7. Venite igitur, descendamus, et confundamus ibi linguam eorum, ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui. 8. Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt aedificare civitatem. 9. Et idcirco vocatum est nomen eius Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universae terrae: et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum. Quenyized Latin 1. Era auten terra lambi unios, et sermonon yorunden 2. Cunque hrofisserentor te oriente, inveneron campon in terra Sinar, e' hambitanweron in yo. 3. Tixique alter at 'oximon sun: Venite, faciemos lateres, e' coquamos yos inye. Hamberonque lateres hro saxis, e' pitumen hro caimento; 4. E' tixeron: Venite. Faciamos nombis civitaten e' turrin, cuyus culmen pertinga at 'ailon e' celembiremos nomen noston antequan tivindamos in unwerisas terras. 5. Tessendi auten Tominos ut vindere civitaten e' turrin, quan andificamban fili Andan. 6. E' tixi: Ecce, unos es pompulos, et unon labion omnimbos: coiperonque hoca facere, neca tesisten a congitatyunimbos suis, tonca yas opere compean. 7. Venite ingitur, tessendamos, e' conyundamos imbi lingwan yorun, ut 'on ondia unosquisque vocen hroximi sui 8. Anque ita tivissi yos Tominos exo illo loco in unwerisas terras, e' cessaveron andificare civitaten 9. Et incirco vocaton es nomen eius Pambel, quia imbi conyuson es lambion unwerisai terrai: et inde tipseressi yos Tominos super facien cuncaron rengionon My next experiment is to try to impose Elvish noun declensions and verb endings on Latin roots. I welcome any comments or suggestions.