Arka: One of the Most Developed Conlangs

Literary and artistic expressions

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Arka is good at literary and artistic expressions.

Here is a sample from xistina, a picture book on Mel calendar.


Every day in a year has its own color. The color of the day on the sample page is white. The name of the color is honoka which means snow in the language of Altia (Altian).
Every day in a year has its own word. The word of the day on the sample page is honesty. It tells us snow is a symbol of honesty.

There is a poem in the middle of the sample page.
There is a picture which is related to the color.


Next, read this article on "Melidia". "Melidia" is a novel written in Arka.
In this novel, a college student is murdered and the heroine named Sae become a suspect.
A girl named Miina (it means a flower) thinks Sae is the murderer and makes the following remark:



el rens honoka til diasex.
fien la fenvlen nekt tuuno enfrex,
tyu klos xal laas til diasex i fiona yundi.

They say snow doesn't tell a lie.
But snow hides dirt on the ground.
Do you really think the snow is still "intact"?



Miina is a college student from the art department, so she knows xistina well. She knows snow is a symbol of honesty but says snow can hide dark secrets. What is the intention of her remark?
There are three words which mean snow in her remark. Honoka is an Altian word for snow. "La fenvlen" is a Lutian word for something white and means snow in this case.
Where is the third snow, then? It lies between lines. It is Sae whose name means snow in Arka. Yes, her remark implies that Sae told lies and is the murderer. She tells her idea without saying the suspect's name. It is a sophisticated euphemism.

"La" of "la fenvlen" is a definite article of Lutian (the language of Lutia). Fenvl itself is just white.
In Arka, la means that the following word is an animate noun, so "la fenvlen" also means "that white fellow".
Who is the "fellow", then? It is Sae again. Remember what her name means. Miina's remark implies the suspected girl with a pale face.

Thus Arka is good at literary and artistic expressions.
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