Presentation: D’ni Linguistic Fellowship

D’ni Linguistic Fellowship

[Introduction in D’ni]
D’ni linguists (http://linguists.bahro.com/home.html)

Letters set up at the table to try out your calligraphy
Great satisfaction in translating
Translation for the Great Shaft is an example
Only 2 sentences long but it gives great insight

The letters in a D’ni word are overlapped, the characters described as intricate. They do have an element of beauty.
The D’ni work for shaft is [D’ni word]. This is comprised of 4 symbols. You can see here where the characters overlap. These can be seen at the bottom of the Great Shaft in URU … which you can’t normally get to … [giggles from the audience]
For the past few months I’ve been getting requests to translate their name or username into a mandala. It’s something that I enjoy doing so I thought I’d offer my services.

Q – When is it applicable to use a mandala? A city name makes sense, but what about a “door”.
A – It might be used as a label. It takes less space.
A – A mandala is a very exquisite way of displaying a name. A fancy, fun way of display.
Q – Could you use them as a more immediately recognizable label? This is a Men’s Room.
A – It’s a gorgeous way to display a name.

We were talking about dictionaries. Many have shown up over the years. ??? has mounds of information.

Q – The difficulty I have with the D’ni language is that some symbols sound different.
A – It’s very straight-forward.
Q – So there are no dialects.
A – No. Most people would be from the cavern so there would be no difference. As outside people came in, differences would begin to occur.

The web-site has links to the pronunciation of each symbol. It also has diagrams and animations that will help with calligraphy.

Personal dictionary that I brought tonight is 2 years worth of work to help me with my own writing.

[Lots of talk about the D’ni language]

If nothing else, the script is a beautiful language.

This is what I typed during the presentation. Any mistakes are my inability to listen or type – Devon