Divine Language

From Langmaker

Conlang	Divine Language
Author	Luc Besson
Year Began	1997
Language Type	fictional language
Lexicon Size	225
Etymologies	No
Grammar	No
Sample Texts	Yes
Primer	No

Divine Language, The is a fictional language and was designed by Luc Besson.

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Language sources

The language, upon close scrutiny, is sourced from a concoction of every language upon which Besson could lay his hands; Japanese, German, French, and various other languages may be noticed in parts of the spoken language by Jovovich in the film, eg, "Domo danko," spoken to the character David by Leeloo after receiving clothing. "Domo" is obviously Japanese, while "danko" is simply made by replacing the "e" in German's "danke" with an "o.".

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Design principles

It seems to be a mixture of everything from French to Japanese to Aramaic and maybe even a hint of English. From the looks, it's really just a complex cipher of French.

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Interest of others

I'm unsure. I know that Luc Besson, the French writer/director, is responsible for the movie, but I don't know if he's responsible for the language itself, or if he had someone else design it. Update from IMDB: The language spoken by Leeloo was invented by director Luc Besson and further refined by Milla Jovovich. By the end of filming they were able to have full conversations in this language.

I managed to find some hidden phrases online that have not been included in this area but I want everyone to know even if they have not explored the links I added. If not, please check them out.

"Caupo ruto welso brak." (I'll show you where.) I came across this while researching for other phrases online in hopes of finding the rest of dictionary explaination/translations unknown to us fans.

"Mu fryesh akta simoulai." meaning "The action that you just took is offensive to me, and I consider it to be an evil act." or simply, "You shouldn't have done that; it was wrong."

Also, just so everyone knows, "Mlarta" was never pronounced as such on the movie. It was "Oualarta" (Wah-lahr-tah).

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