Pig Languages for Zany Fantasy Settings

I devised the following Pig Fantasy Languages for my Wildlands of Yawon Con Campaign I am developing. (Ran it at our Camp Allen Mini Con and will run it again at the NTRPGCon.)

In this sub-setting of the Perilous Realms there is common plus 8 other languages.

1. Ancient (human)

2. Barbarian (human)

3. Elvish

4. Dwarfish

5. Fell (orcs, goblins, etc.)

6. Chthonic

7. Elemental

8. Celestial

No “Alignment languages.” I've replaced them with Chthonic, Elemental and Celestial, respectively.

With regards to some of the instructions below, note that sometimes I move entire first syllables, and not just first letters, to the end, to make the word sound more like a real language or to avoid every word starting with a vowel.

I found Pig Elvish, first, with a google search. Can’t tell who first came up with it so I can’t give proper credit. Sorry! From Pig Elvish and good old Pig Latin I have imagined the rest.

Enjoy!

Pig Ancient (Human)

Igpay Atinlay

Pig Barbarian

Drop articles

Drop pronouns

No auxiliary verbs

Reduplicate first syllables of nouns

1 syllable words and verbs: append “um”

Orthography: ALL CAPS

Pig Elvish

1st letter to the end

3 letters or view: append “en”

4 letters or more: append random vowel

Change all Ks to Cs

Add umlauts to end and accent at will

Pig Dwarfish

1st letter to the end

3 letters or fewer: append “(z)ad”

4 letters or more: append “(‘)ka”

Change all Cs to Kh

Add apostrophes at will

Pig Orcish

As Pig Barbarian, above, and

appending and prefixing "(n)ash,” “(g)osh,” or “(g)ash” at will

Change all Cs to Ch, all Gs to Gh, Ks to Kh

Add apostrophes to separate excessive consonants

Pig Chthonic

1st letter to end

3 letters or fewer: prefix “(n)az”

4 letters or more: infix “(gh)ül”

Cs to Ch; Ks to Kh, Gs to Gh

Umlauts at will

Add apostrophes wherever necessary or fun

Pig Elemental

As Chthonic but

Prefix “(bo)ra”

Infix “rüm”

No other letter changes

Pig Celestial

As Chthonic but:

Prefix “La”

Infix “oo,” or “ü”

Use apostrophes to separate excessive vowels

Fight on!

(Image from link to: http://www.incidentalcomics.com/2012/08/pig-latin.html)