![]() ![]() Was this language ever developed beyond a short list of words and phrases? I know Adams wasn't an accomplished linguist like Tolkien, but he seems to have put some thought and effort into creating at least pieces of a fictional language which wasn't strictly necessary for the storytelling. ![]() Some editions of the book contain a vocabulary list at the back, although I think the edition I read as a child didn't have such a list printed in the book, being equipped instead with a handwritten list provided by a family member who'd read it before and left a sheet of paper inside the book. Mostly, of course, the rabbits are shown speaking in English, but we do get a fair few words of their vocabulary ( hrair, thlay, yona, pfeffa, and so on) as well as a few hints at grammar or at least word construction (e.g. One of the interesting features of Richard Adams's novel Watership Down is his invented language "Lapine" spoken by rabbits in the story. ![]()
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