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submitted 2 days ago by skedye@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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You were on your way home when you died

Tu est sur tu via dorm et tu mort.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless.

Id est uno vehicle accident. Null particularly remarkable, sed fatal ultimately.

You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death.

Tu exit retro uno spouse et duo pedo. Id est uno mort sans pain.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there a translator or thesaurus for this?
It would be a great "Terran language" for a sci-fi campaign.

[–] skedye@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

unfortunately no, but you can use https://www.etymonline.com/ to check if a word is Latin/Greek origin.

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 days ago

Also, strong open source LLM might even be able to give you a skeleton to work from with the right prompting.

(Though you should double check words, LLM’s aren’t error proof).