Odonien
From Langmaker
| Conlang | Odonien |
| Author | Steve Oostrom |
| Year Began | 1981 |
| Language Type | fictional language |
| Lexicon Size | N/A |
| Etymologies | No |
| Grammar | No |
| Sample Texts | No |
| Primer | Yes |
Odonien, a fictional language, was developed by Steve Oostrom. It is written with a unique script.
Uniqueness
Odonien is the language spoken by the Odonans, an alien race introduced by the author in his Star Trek fan fiction. When creating the language, he intentionally violated as many language universals as possible in order to produce a more alien language. Odonien was designed as an OSV language, and does not use prepositions or postpositions. Instead, it divides all nouns into adjuncts to nouns and verbs, and uses case particles to indicate the relationships. The aim of Odonien is to make sentences as succinct as possible. The language has a unique script, a primer and approximately a thousand words. Odonien is the language spoken by the Odonans, an alien race I have introduced in "Star Trek" fan fiction stories I have written. When creating the language, I tried to intentionally violate as many of the "language universals" as possible in order to produce a more "alien" language.
Language sources
No other languages inspired Odonien, since it was intended as an alien language, but Odonien has inspired some other languages I have created.
Design principles
Odonien was designed as an OSV language, and does not use prepositions or postpositions. Instead, it divides all nouns into adjuncts to nouns and verbs, and uses case particles to indicate the relationships. The aim of Odonien is to make sentences as succinct and short as possible.
Interest of others
No, although some of the stories featuring Odonans are posted on the Net.
External link
http://users.interlinks.net/soostrom/odonien0.htm - Steve Oostrom
