I've been contemplating the idea of portraying bits and pieces of a fictional language for my fictional species in my WIP. I am inclined to avoid this all together, but this species does speak not-english, too. In fact they have two separate dialects depending on what sub-division the individual is born into. Then there's 'the common tongue,' which everyone speaks: English. Kos I speak it.
Thing is I'm not sure how to execute any such fictional language in a way that doesn't blatantly irritate the reader. In them old roleplays where I used to do something like this it was easy to just spout off a random set of characters and leave it at that; no one asked a thing. How some ever, I think that's a bad idea in novelwork. I mean like:
"Jakyl U aobai mamaju'quy ey derp." He said.
"Totally." Replied his Mary-sue companion.
So if there's anyone out there with some suggestions on how to do this kind of thing, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thing is I'm not sure how to execute any such fictional language in a way that doesn't blatantly irritate the reader. In them old roleplays where I used to do something like this it was easy to just spout off a random set of characters and leave it at that; no one asked a thing. How some ever, I think that's a bad idea in novelwork. I mean like:
"Jakyl U aobai mamaju'quy ey derp." He said.
"Totally." Replied his Mary-sue companion.
So if there's anyone out there with some suggestions on how to do this kind of thing, I'd greatly appreciate it.