Kvetha fricaya!
The Inheritance series is a compendium of four books written by author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaesia, it is a chronicle of how a teenage boy named Eragon finds a dragon egg in the forest and their subsequent adventures.
You can compare it to The Lord of the Rings series in that, as in, set in a fictional land filled with mythical creatures like elves, dwarves and orcs and a lot of underpinning themes of politics, power and of course, dragons.
The book revolves mainly around four languages:
- The Common Language spoken by all
- The Ancient Language spoken by the elves
- The Dwarf Language and
- The Urgal or Orc Language.
Let’s take a look at them.
The Ancient Language spoken by the Elves was also the language used to make use of magic. If you could decipher someone’s “true name” in the Ancient Language, you could exercise power over them and bend them to your will. This language is actually based on the Norse language.
A few common words and phrases translated from the Ancient Language spoken by the Elves can be found below:
- Brisingr – Fire
- Shur’tugal – Dragon Rider
- Wyrda – Fate
- Finiarel – A honorific phrase for a young man of great promise
- Kvetha – Greetings
- Eka aí fricai un Shur’tugal! – I am a Rider and a friend!
- Atra esterní ono thelduin. Mor’ranr lífa unin hjarta onr. Un du evarínya ono varda. – May good fortune rule over you. Peace live in your heart. And the stars watch over you. (an Elven greeting)
- Sé mor’ranr ono finna – May you find peace.
- Skulblaka, eka celöbra ono un malabra ono un onr Shur’tugal né haina. Atra nosu waíse fricai. – Dragon, I honor you and mean you and your Rider no harm. Let us be friends.
The Dwarf language was created completely from scratch according to the Inheritance wiki. A few common words and phrases translated from the Dwarf Language can be found below:
- Âz knurl deimi lanok. – Beware, the rock changes.
- Barzuln – to curse someone with multiple misfortunes
- Farthen – Father
- Ilf carnz orodüm. – It is one’s obligation/fate.
- Knurla – Dwarf
Only a few words from The Urgal Language is known as they didn’t converse much with other races. A few common words and phrases translated from the Urgal Language can be found below:
- Kaz jtierl razhid – Do not attack
- Urgralgra – Urgals’ name for themselves, means “those with horns”
- Ushnark – Father
- Nar – Title of great respect
You can find more such words at the official site or in the Inheritance wiki.
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Src:
- http://inheritance.wikia.com/wiki/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_(novel)
- My Inheritance book collection
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