The Eloi Language was a simple spoken language, spoken by the Eloi of the Springtime Era, roughly 800,000 years into the future.
Glossary
- Baw - Away; go away ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Bee-Een-Da - Little Friend ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Cum - I want
- Doo - You ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Eth - Yes ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Gimm - Mother ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Kee - Child, Dear Child ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Narr - Sullen ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Narra - Sullen One. ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Unu - No ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Ween - Boldly adventurous, impulsive. ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Weena - Boldly adventurous one. ("Beyond the Time Machine")
Question Words
- Oo - Why ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Ood - How ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Oom - Where ("Beyond the Time Machine")
- Oon - When ("Beyond the Time Machine")
2002 Film
- An Eloi language was constructed by screenwriter John Logan to be spoken in this film.
The Eloi in this continuity seem to speak a different language than their counterparts in the Novel Continuity.
Glossary
Basic Root Words
- En - You/your
- Em - I/mine
- Lath - Me
- Dal - Are/is
- Del - Was/were
- Nem - Our
- Den - Would/will
- Cal - Fear
- Ser'em - Head
- Tor - No/Not
- Quin - Here
- Fur'on - River
- Tan'som - Sleep
- Aurl - Know/understand
- Mor - Night
- Lock - Hunter
- Orn'bren - Hope
- Bal - Safe
- El - Day
- Jen'wel - Speak (example: When Alexander wakes, Kalen tells Mara, '"Len em jen'wel Lex!" - He speaks the stone language (to me).
Basic Compound Words
- En`em - We/us
- Tar`wen - She
- Sa`tahn - Many
- Nove`tan - After
- Nove tan`quin - Soon
- Tor`lon - Sick/Hurt/Injured
- Quin`tan - Up
- Ses'quin'tan - Rope ladder
- Quin'tor'tan - Journey
- Tor Ser'em - Idiot (literally: no head)
- Tor'jen - Stop it (literally: don't speak)
- Mar'jen'wel - Dream (possibly derived from Mor'jen'wel - Night speech, because the Eloi wake up screaming from night terrors).
- Tor'mar - Children
- Tor'col'orn - Don't worry (literally: don't wish fear)
- Tal'pax - Dangerous
- Far'quil'pax - Fight
Chants
These are some common chants in this Eloi language.