Fictional History
Hopyratian was one of the first languages created by the Scribes of Hema. Unlike the other languages such as Eldich and Fairish, it was a sibling language to Angelic whereas the others had been children. Hopyratian was originally given to the race of Men when they were created. Hopyratian became the most spoken language throughout Chorus, over taking Eldich. The race of Men governed three countries all of which spoke Hopyratian as its native tongue. Hopyratian was then given to the people of the Holic Wood when the Angels created the Zondors and Harpies. Emalo, the first Harpy and Darian, the first Zondor united and formed a land in the North East of Karagon (a country of men). The Hopyratian spoken by the people of the Holic Wood was, however, a little different, for example the loss of the indefinite article. From then on, the Hopyratian spoken by Men was know as Classic Hopyratian and that spoken in the Holic Wood was known as: The Hopyratian of the Holic Wood.
Eventually, Men began to stop speaking Classic Hopyratian as the invention of a new language had become more and more popular, Linghom (or Latin which began to be spoken in Chorus and came to Europe when a man sailed from Sepistania) was now spoken throughout the countries of Men and only the Hopyratian of the Holic Wood remained. Classic Hopyratian was still studied by Magis, as a lot of the old magic books they required were written in Hopyratian. Classic Hopyratian became like Latin is in our world today.
Hopyratian means "The Language for Strength", "Hopyrat" which means "For strength" with the Katýcarem ending of "-ia" in the Accusative making it "-ian"
Eventually, Men began to stop speaking Classic Hopyratian as the invention of a new language had become more and more popular, Linghom (or Latin which began to be spoken in Chorus and came to Europe when a man sailed from Sepistania) was now spoken throughout the countries of Men and only the Hopyratian of the Holic Wood remained. Classic Hopyratian was still studied by Magis, as a lot of the old magic books they required were written in Hopyratian. Classic Hopyratian became like Latin is in our world today.
Hopyratian means "The Language for Strength", "Hopyrat" which means "For strength" with the Katýcarem ending of "-ia" in the Accusative making it "-ian"
Construction History
My inspiration for creating language came from when I first saw "The Lord of The Rings" during mid 2009 and I fell in love with "The Elvish Languages".
I began constructing Hopyratian in the summer of 2009 when I was coming home from Longleat Centre Parks (seriously) and I originally named it "Hopra". I found several pieces of A4 paper in the car and I pushed it up against the window and began writing my first word list. As I was only 11, I was only writing one word in English and then the Hopyratian word next to it with no grammatical rules.
Later that year, around Christmas, I began designing the script for Hopyratian. When first constructed, it had 26 letters that were very similar to Egyptian hieroglyphs. I then moved on to creating an additional 80 letters making it 106 letters. I kept this version of the script for a long time until I began looking at the "Tengwar" and had the urge to create an alphabet similar to it. This new alphabet then replaced the original and this is what the current alphabet has been based on.
I continued developing the Hopyratian language up until mid 2011 when I started to leave it for a while. I then began studying "Esperanto" and began reconstructing Hopyratian during mid 2012. You will find a lot of similarities between how Esperanto is conjugated and how Hopyratian is conjugated. From then on, I was just adding to the lexicon and building onto the grammar.
During early 2013, I added the Animate and Inanimate gender system, the Grammatical Cases and the Katýcarem to the language. Into March, I did my last revision of the alphabet (the one you see now). I am now just adding more and more to the lexicon and the language is always evolving, as all languages do.
I began constructing Hopyratian in the summer of 2009 when I was coming home from Longleat Centre Parks (seriously) and I originally named it "Hopra". I found several pieces of A4 paper in the car and I pushed it up against the window and began writing my first word list. As I was only 11, I was only writing one word in English and then the Hopyratian word next to it with no grammatical rules.
Later that year, around Christmas, I began designing the script for Hopyratian. When first constructed, it had 26 letters that were very similar to Egyptian hieroglyphs. I then moved on to creating an additional 80 letters making it 106 letters. I kept this version of the script for a long time until I began looking at the "Tengwar" and had the urge to create an alphabet similar to it. This new alphabet then replaced the original and this is what the current alphabet has been based on.
I continued developing the Hopyratian language up until mid 2011 when I started to leave it for a while. I then began studying "Esperanto" and began reconstructing Hopyratian during mid 2012. You will find a lot of similarities between how Esperanto is conjugated and how Hopyratian is conjugated. From then on, I was just adding to the lexicon and building onto the grammar.
During early 2013, I added the Animate and Inanimate gender system, the Grammatical Cases and the Katýcarem to the language. Into March, I did my last revision of the alphabet (the one you see now). I am now just adding more and more to the lexicon and the language is always evolving, as all languages do.