Verdurian

English

Etymology

From Verduria + -an, the language of the fictional country Verduria.

Proper noun

Verdurian

1. A constructed language invented by Mark Rosenfelder in 1995.
   • 2001, Philip Newton, “Re: Niuman debutio”, in alt.language.artificial (Usenet):

     Well, Mark has posted a "secret dictionary" for Verdurian, a descendant of Cadhinor, containing words for modern concepts; it has an entry for "atomic bomb" which could possibly be back-ported to Cadhinor.

   • 2007, Susan Conant, Gaits of Heaven, Penguin, →ISBN:

     After resolving to recommit herself to aesthetic dermatology and cosmetic surgery , Johanna turns to her professional work, which at the moment consists of feminist linguistic research on grammatical gender in Hebrew, Verdurian, and various other languages in which verbs as well as nouns are masculine, feminine, or, in some instances, neuter.

   • 2011, Stephen D. Rogers, The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons, Adams Media, →ISBN:

     Rosenfelder derived Verdurian originally from French and Russian, and was influenced by other constructed languages.

Translations

constructed language

• Spanish: verduriano m

Anagrams

• unarrived, verinurad