Sunday 21 May 2017

Laputan language, and Barlnibarbian and Luggnaggian as well

Laputan:

Lap (archaic) - high
untuh (archaic) - governor
Lapuntuh (archaic) - high governor, modernized as "Laputa"; the name of the flying island
Lagado - capital city
Flandona Gagnole - Astronomer's Cave
Balnibarbi - a continent located under Laputa
Munodi - a governor in Laputa
"Tribnia" (invented) - Gulliver's anagram for "Britain", a nation of informers
"Langden" (invented) - Gulliver's anagram for "England"

Balnibarbian:

Ickpling gloffthrobb squut serumm blhiop mlashnalt zwin tnodbalkuffh slhiophad gurdlubh asht - May your celestial majesty outlive the sun eleven moons and a half
Fluft drin yalerick dwuldom prastrad mirpush - My tongue is in the mouth of my friend; I need to bring my interpreter
bliffmarklub - high chamberlain

Luggnaggian:

Luggnagg - an island east of Japan
Maldonada - a large port in Luggnagg
Glubbdubdribb - an island of sorcerers and magicians
Clumegnig - a river that flows along the southeastern point of Luggnagg
Traldragdubb, Trildrogdrib - a port in Luggnagg
struldbrug -an immortal with a red mark on his forehead who becomes incapable on activity upon reaching old age
slumskudask - an item given by a struldbrug to ensure that the receiver remembers him
Glanguenstald - a port in southwestern Luggnagg, that functions as its only link with Japan

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