![]() ![]() Written versions of Barsoomian however can differ greatly between different cities. ![]() ![]() Therefore, there never are any language barriers between different people from Barsoom, no matter what country or city on the planet they originate from. In the distant past, it bore five seas, the largest and mightiest of them being Throxeus. It is orbited by the moons Thuria (Phobos) and Cluros (Deimos). In the books it is mentioned that Barsoomian is the only language spoken on the entire planet of Barsoom. Barsoom (known to humans as Mars, and known as Garobus by Jupiter 's inhabitants) is the fourth planet in the Solar System, and the main setting of Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Martian novels. Consonants, both voiced and unvoiced, may also be long or short. Consonants are similar to English (b d j g, p t tj k, v z, f th s h, r l, m n, w y), with the addition of the velar fricatives ch and gh. There are ten vowels, five long and five short, transcribed short a e i o u and long aa ey ee oa oo diphthongs are ao (as in how) and ay (as in high). To form the plural, the consonants are voiced: du "we", dud "us", gi "they". For the object, the initial consonant is suffixed: tu "I", tut "me" ki "he", kik "him". Some inflection is found in the pronouns. The vocabulary is relatively simple, with little poetic language. There is a word that makes direct object definite, as in Hebrew. Possession is indicated by juxtaposing the object with the possessor, as in Malay. There are few inflections, and word order is fixed to verb–subject–object. John Carter: Barsoom Series (7 Novels) A Princess of Mars Gods of Mars Warlord of Mars Thuvia, Maid of Mars Chessmen of Mars Master Mind of Mars Fighting Man of Mars COMPLETE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS: Burroughs, Edgar Rice, St John, J. Spoken Barsoomian has mostly lexical words, with the equivalent of grammatical words such as prepositions and pronouns conveyed telepathically. It was developed from Burroughs' examples and descriptions by Paul Frommer for the 2012 film John Carter of Mars Frommer also created the Na’vi language for Avatar. Barsoomian is the constructed language of the fictional Barsoomians, the sapient humanoid inhabitants of Mars in the Barsoom series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ![]()
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