![]() ![]() 'th' was voiced or unvoiced, whether 'dj' was pronounced The exact sounds of all of these symbols are currently unknown.įor instance, without further field study, we cannot know whether Only in Okarian, while SS is used only in the valley Dor. Two digraphs are used only in dialects - LL is used He used the following consonant symbols and digraphs: B, C, D,ĭJ, DW, F, G, K, L, LL, M, N, NG, PT, QU, R, S, SK, ST, SS, T, Silent 'e' (to rhyme with lode), but we cannot be sure.īurroughs used the following vowel symbols: A, AI, E, EE, I, O, Thus zode, for instance, is probably pronounced with a Which it would be difficult and useless to reproduce."īurroughs transcribed all words as if they were English words The written language of Helium and is spelled in hieroglyphics, Manuscript it is mentioned always by the name used in Princess Of Mars, Burroughs writes, "In Captain Carter's For instance, inĪ footnote discussed the use of the word radium in A Words as he heard John Carter pronounce them. John Carter's manuscripts for publication, then spelled these To represent Barsoomian words Edgar Rice Burroughs, who prepared To furtherĬomplicate things, John Carter's manuscript used hieroglyphics The grammar and vocabulary must be significantly more regularīecause the only field notes we have for Barsoomian came fromĪ soldier who was untrained in linguistics, we do not have anĪccurate understanding of how Barsoomian is pronounced. This was no doubt exaggerated for convenience of the narrative, The Barsoomian language can be learned very quickly.Slower than they did (1000 divided by 20 = 50). Of Christ), Terran languages might have changed 50 times Thousand years (compared to the average of 20 years at the time The races of Martian men, who can live up to a thousand years One factor in this conservatism has to be the long lifespans of ![]() That some influence - probably biological - keeps the languageįrom changing at the same pace as the languages of Earth humans. Given that the different racesĪre separated by vast distances and had in many cases become isolatedįrom one another, yet still speak the same language, it is clear (Little is known about the language of Dor.) Has then evolved while maintaining compability across species. To develop linguistic capabilities, Barsoomians apparently firstĭeveloped a language long ago in a primal species this capability Where on Earth homo sapiens is the only species To the telepathic capability), being known across species and
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