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THE COMPLEAT OLD TONGUE

A compilation of the documents of me
BAClubb , Mark , and
Andrea Leistra . Also drawed upon is the
long letter that Don Harlow was nice enough to send. I
compiled, typed, and edited this document. I did not, however, find most
of the words.

LINGUISTIC COMMENTARY

In an attempt to provide a definition for the majority of cases,
certain linguistic assumptions were made that seem to be characteristic
of the majority, although not all, of the Old Tongue statements in the
series. These are assumptions about word order. The first is the
characteristic word order of the sentence: predicate-verb-subject.
Many of the sentences follow this with the notable exception of
"Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin." In my opinion. For more information
on this exception, see the corresponding entry. It has been suggested
that I also assume that the adjective would preced the noun, but there
are numerous examples that seem to contradict this, so I have elected
not to do this. By looking at the cross-referenced phrase, one can
draw one's own conclusions. Many assumptions have also been made based
on the idea that "an", "in" and "en" all seem to indicate pluralization.
One of the major problems with attempting to compile this list is that I

do not believe that Mr. Jordan made an effort to provide a basis for the
Old Tongue until after _The_Eye_of_the_World_. This is evidenced by the
failure of phrases like "Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin" to follow
established word order.

EXCLUSIONS

After thinking about it, I have decided to not include phrases
from the Language of the Fourth Age, the Ogian Language and the Trolloc
Language.

Key: ? indicates uncertainty

Words and fragments:

a = /preposition or article/
a'dam = the leash /see "dam"/
a'vron = watcher /see "vron/"
aan = one
aan'allein = one man /see "aan" and "allein"/
aethan ?= shelds /see "aethan dor"/
aiel = dedicated
ailen = ??? /see "ta'maral'ailen"/
ain ?= is /see note 1/
al = /article/

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