Bertie the Parselmouth
written by Louisa S R W
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Last Updated
05/31/21
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The Language
Chapter 2
So, this next part is all with the help of Alessandra Slytherie who is a relative somewhere along the line but I don’t know where or how. I hope it helps you understand how I used to speak to my father and how I now speak to my son.
Parseltongue has no official written alphabet as it is a fully verbal language. There are several distinct sounds that can be considered the “alphabet” and they correspond to sounds of the English letters A, E, H, I, J, K, L, R, T, Y, Z. As you can see these correspond to the softer letters of the alphabet.
Technically there are many different sounds (47 if I’m correct) the difference as, I am teaching my son is the length of time that you spend on the vowels.
Vowels:
Ssa / Ssu / Ssie (pronounced sigh) / Ssii (pronounced see) / Sse (pronounced say)
Sha / Shu / Shie (pronounced shy) / Shii (pronounced she) / She (pronounced shey)
Hsa / Hsu / Hsie (pronounced h-sigh) / Hsii (pronounced h-see) / Hse (pronounced h-say)
Hha / Hhu / Hhie (pronounced high) / Hhii (pronounced he) / Hhe (pronounced hay)
Consonants:
Sss / Sst / Ssn / Ssj / Ssk / Ssl / Ssr / Ssz / Ssh
Hss / Hst / Hsn / Hsj / Hsk / Hsl / Hsr / Hsz / Hsh
Sht / Shn / Shl / Shr / Shz / Shh / Shj / Shk / Shs
The most difficult for “non-parselmouths” to pronounce is the “J” and “Z”
I spoke in another book that the way you speak is very different from one language to another. English is basic, bland, fairly common and harsh. Elvish is possibly sounds quite harsh to a foreign ear but it is a very soft language and sounds like a lullaby and Parseltongue as I say is the most direct and harsh of all my languages. You speak in the third person (it) but there are still 3 tenses past / present / future. It actually would be quite easy to learn if you wanted to because you don’t conjugate a verb. To negate a verb, add Sra- to the beginning of the infinitive.
I have to say that to me parseltongue just sounds like speech I have had people tell me that I am hissing at them but I am not so I could give you a long dictionary. But I won’t I hope this helped a bit and if you want to read more there is a book with more than 10000 reads here in the library. Have fun!!!
Parseltongue has no official written alphabet as it is a fully verbal language. There are several distinct sounds that can be considered the “alphabet” and they correspond to sounds of the English letters A, E, H, I, J, K, L, R, T, Y, Z. As you can see these correspond to the softer letters of the alphabet.
Technically there are many different sounds (47 if I’m correct) the difference as, I am teaching my son is the length of time that you spend on the vowels.
Vowels:
Ssa / Ssu / Ssie (pronounced sigh) / Ssii (pronounced see) / Sse (pronounced say)
Sha / Shu / Shie (pronounced shy) / Shii (pronounced she) / She (pronounced shey)
Hsa / Hsu / Hsie (pronounced h-sigh) / Hsii (pronounced h-see) / Hse (pronounced h-say)
Hha / Hhu / Hhie (pronounced high) / Hhii (pronounced he) / Hhe (pronounced hay)
Consonants:
Sss / Sst / Ssn / Ssj / Ssk / Ssl / Ssr / Ssz / Ssh
Hss / Hst / Hsn / Hsj / Hsk / Hsl / Hsr / Hsz / Hsh
Sht / Shn / Shl / Shr / Shz / Shh / Shj / Shk / Shs
The most difficult for “non-parselmouths” to pronounce is the “J” and “Z”
I spoke in another book that the way you speak is very different from one language to another. English is basic, bland, fairly common and harsh. Elvish is possibly sounds quite harsh to a foreign ear but it is a very soft language and sounds like a lullaby and Parseltongue as I say is the most direct and harsh of all my languages. You speak in the third person (it) but there are still 3 tenses past / present / future. It actually would be quite easy to learn if you wanted to because you don’t conjugate a verb. To negate a verb, add Sra- to the beginning of the infinitive.
I have to say that to me parseltongue just sounds like speech I have had people tell me that I am hissing at them but I am not so I could give you a long dictionary. But I won’t I hope this helped a bit and if you want to read more there is a book with more than 10000 reads here in the library. Have fun!!!
