On Lapine (and I don't mean Warren)

[tamaranth]

Reading this page on Lapine makes me want to reread Watership Down, which was my very favourite book when I was about ten and which I don't think I have read since my teens.

From the Langmaker main page:
"Lapine, the language [Adams] sketches for his rabbits, is arguably the best naming language ever created, and is a minimalist virtuoso performance, a haiku of a language compared to the sonnet of Sindarin. It's amazing how much can be accomplished with so little (56 words!)."

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[lj_stowaway]

Hrududu/hrududil pop into my head now and again when I am stuck in traffic and make me chuckle. But not long ago I found myself using tharn, perfectly unconsciously, in a conversation with the veterinarian (What? It was the perfect word!) and had to scramble a bit to cover the slip. *g*