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The Eloi Language was a simple spoken language, spoken by the Eloi of the Springtime Era, roughly 800,000 years into the future.

Glossary

Question Words

2002 Film

2002 Time Traveler

Separate Continuity!

This article or section covers a subject that is part of the 2002 Film Continuity and should not be considered part of the Novel Continuity or any other.

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.

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