Dritok

Dritok
/t͜r̥ʼǂʷ/
Created byDonald Boozer
Date2007
Setting and usageKryslan
EthnicityDrushek /t͜r̥ʷʼʂq/
Purpose
SourcesA priori language
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
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Dritok is a constructed language (conlang) created by Donald Boozer in 2007.[1] Boozer was Secretary (2012–2015) and Librarian (2009–2013) of the Language Creation Society.[2]

Dritok is in the artistic language genre of conlangs, specifically a fictional language. It is spoken by the Drushek, a species residing in the mountains of the fictional continent of Kryslan. The Drushek are large-eared, long-tailed leaping sciurine sapients with no vocal cords, who value solitude and quietness.[3] The Drushek are culturally and linguistically homogeneous, but there are other languages spoken on Kryslan, including Umod and Elasin, by two other sentient species,.[4]

In Dritok, the name of the language is /t͜r̥ʼǃʷ/, with a labialized click at the end. 'Dritok' is its pronunciation in Umod, which renders the click as tɔk.[5]

  1. ^ "In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent".
  2. ^ LCS Officers & Directors page
  3. ^ Arika Okrent (2010) In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, p. 289
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Michael Norman (2019-03-28) [2008-06-06]. "Inventing own language, Don Boozer opened up another world". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.