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	Syldavian - Langmaker
		Syldavian (in the original French, syldave), the language of a fictional East European kingdom in the world of Tintin, was designed by Hergé in 1937.
		When King Ottokar's Sceptre was redrawn for the color edition of 1947, Hergé took the opportunity to revise the Syldavian texts— in particular the long extract from a medieval chronicle that helps undergird the book’s plot (the king loses his right to rule if he loses his sceptre).
		Syldavian, though it's set in a fictional East European country, is based on Dutch— specifically, the Marols dialect of Brussels, which Hergé's grandmother spoke.
	www.langmaker.com /db/Syldavian (294 words)

	Syldavia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Syldavia is also called "The Realm of the Black Pelican" and its flag is similar to that of the flag of Albania, but with a pelican replacing the Albanian eagle.
		Syldavians seem to be fond of mineral water, which does not go down well with the whisky-drinking Captain Haddock, one of Tintin's travelling companions.
		Marols, which Hergé learnt from his grandmother, is a Flemish dialect incorporating many words of French origin as well as a sprinking of Spanish dating back to the occupation of the Low Countries during the Spanish Inquisition (circa 1500).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syldavia (679 words)

	King Ottokar's Sceptre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For instance, in the 1938 version, the Syldavian Royal Guard are dressed like British Beefeaters, while the 1947 version has them dressed in a more Balkan-like uniform.
		The Syldavian motto, "Eih bennek, eih blavek", means "Here I am and here I stay", and the Syldavian words resemble that expression in the popular dialect of Brussels.
		The whole Syldavian language is based broadly on the slang of the Marolliens, the people of the popular quarter of Brussels, with the addition of some s and z sounds to make it sound more "Slavic".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Ottokar's_Sceptre (909 words)

	King Ottokar's Sceptre
		He shows Tintin his collection of seals, including one belonging to a Syldavian king, and asks Tintin to help him arrange a trip to Syldavia for research.
		The seal contains the Syldavian motto, "Eih bennek, eih blavek", and a picture of a pelican.
		The Syldavian language is a Germanic language with an admixture of French and Slavic.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/King_Ottokar's_Sceptre.html (423 words)

	Hergé's Syldavian
		In Syldavian you don't say you 'are thirsty' but (as in French or Dutch) that you 'have thirst'.
		The evidence is clear: Syldavian is of Germanic stock, not Slavic; there are no cases (apart from proper names) where there is a Slavic but no Germanic cognate.
		The best interpretation of the facts is that Syldavian Ю is a bilabial approximant /β/, as in continental Spanish lavar, and should be identified with the v seen in transliterated Syldavian.
	www.zompist.com /syldavian.html (4506 words)

	Do you think Syldavians smell funny?
		I am Syldavian, and therefore am too used to the funny smell to have an opinion.
		Although the language of a fictional East European country, Sylavian is based on Dutch, but with a Slavic-sounding orthography and some French and German borrowings.
		yea, i am very active in qual, but i had nothing to do with this survey after it was changed to syldavian.
	surveycentral.org /?x&V=14115&ReSort=1 (1087 words)

	Shift in Syldavian politics - Tintinologist.org Forums
		One can argue, of course, that the Syldavian agents liberate him from the Bordurian ones, but the fact that they gag him and talk about him "being in their power" demonstrates that they are kidnappers as well.
		Of course Syldavian politics has been known to be relatively unstable, but then why on Earth would an (apparently) international team of researchers choose this country for their nuclear space programme?
		Being that the case, it is probable that he never knew whatever was happening in terms of Syldavian external espionage.
	www.tintinologist.org /forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=1&topic=2420 (794 words)

	Writing.Com: The Spirit of Music
		Vandel Syldavian was an older man. His hair, what remained of it, was as white like bleached bones.
		Syldavian casually said, "Good help is so hard to find these days, so I find it useful to create my own."
		Syldavian looked almost as bad as Ranek by the time she was through with him.
	www.writing.com /main/view_item/item_id/402895 (3676 words)

	Amazon.ca: King Ottokar's Sceptre: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On the eve of their departure, a phone call to Alembick is interrupted by screams, but all seems normal as they leave for Klow, the Syldavian capital.
		Its exotic magic is subtly prepared by the lengthy contrasting prelude in Brussels, all drab brown interrupted by the heavy fl of the bungling Thom(p)sons.
		Herge is no sentimentalist, he is alive to the conformity and social rigidity of Syldavian society, but he is also in love with its precarious culture, its nobility and generosity, and makes us love and fear for it too.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0828850445 (679 words)

	Tintin aux Indes
		These include Doctor and Mrs Nicholson, Syldavian ambassador Count Koulansky and the almost deaf archeologist Chippendale and his wife.
		In the evening the celebrities begin, including hypnotizing performances by the fakir Caudebathimouva Thoubva and dancing by The Great Hindou Ballet of Padakhore.
		The Thompsons are initially involved in a comic scene with knightly armours, trying to disguise themselves as phantoms.
	www.angelfire.com /space/u_line/indes.htm (797 words)

	LINGUIST List 6.821: Syldavian
		Five Belgian readers e-mailed me that Syldavian was in fact Brusselaar camouflaged under a Slavic orthography, and that "Eih bennek, eih blavek" really was "hier ben ik, hier blijf ik" which even my nearly non-existent Dutch let me immediately understand: "here I am, here I stay".
		Dear Syldavian fans: This fascination for Syldavian is all good and well, but let's not forget the only serious article (to my knowledge) about the origins of Syldavian.
		The same is true of Arumbaya, and of the South American language spoken by natives in Tintin and the Picaros, not mentioned in Brok's article.
	www.linguistlist.org /issues/6/6-821.html (370 words)

	LINGUIST List 6.775: Syldavian Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Date: Tue, 23 May 95 19:35:48 +0Re: Syldavian tutorial
		Jacques Guy's Grammar of Syldavian is of course a very welcome contribution to the understanding of that seldom investigated language.
		However, one couldn't help being slightly disappointed that it did not contain a translation of the longest text (and only one, as far as I know) which has survived in this ancient language.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/6/6-775.html (117 words)

	Tintin Books
		Hergé; based his narrative freely upon the events of the time, including the blowing-up of the South Manchurian railway, which led to further incursions by Japan into China and ultimately to Japan's resignation from the League of Nations in 1933.
		When Tintin and Snowy travel to Syldavia with Professor Alembick they find themselves mixed up in a rebel plot to depose the Syldavian king.
		If the king does not carry King Ottokar's scepter in the royal procession he will lose his throne, and when the rebels manage to steal the scepter the detectives Thomson and Thompson are called in.
	www.princeton.edu /~ferguson/adw/tintin/biblio.htm (1772 words)

	The Language Construction Kit
		A bad example is Hergé's Syldavian; since he basically made it up in pieces, as he needed it, it's impossible to create a consistent phonology or morphology for it, based on the scraps of the language provided in the Tintin books.
		(This didn't prevent me from coming up with my best attempt at a Syldavian grammar.)
		Click on the topics you're interested in (or pick the first one and read sequentially).
	zompist.com /kit.html (800 words)

	Klow Restaurant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Syldavia may be inspired by some real places (although I doubt any of these had any chance of launching the first moon rocket).
		One of these, in Brussels, is named after the Syldavian capital, Klow.
		He enters the restaurant shadowing a suspect who he believes was spying on him.
	www.proaktiva.ch /shadowfax/tintin/klow/en.html (434 words)

	Amazon.ca: Tintin and the Lake of Sharks: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This time Tintin, Captain Haddock, the Thompsons and Snowy fly to Syldavia to meet Professor Calculus on Lake Pollishoff, an artificial lake that has a curse on it.
		The trip is doomed from the start when Tintin & Co. barely survive a plane crash only to be saved by two Syldavian kids, Niko and Nushka.
		The crew meets Professor Calculus on the Villa Sproj on the lakeside but mysterious things happen when the group gets attacked by a frogman who is trying to steal an invention by Professor Calculus.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1405208228 (514 words)

	A trip in Tintin's Syldavia with Air Palombia.
		Behind syldavian folklore and traditions, there is a real scientific impetus.
		American propaganda, too often, makes forget that syldavian carried out the moon landing of an inhabited ship almost twenty years before NASA.
		Would you like to go for a fly in the rocket to discover another countries ?
	g.courtial.free.fr /country8.htm (130 words)

	KidsArt Art Education Supplies On-Line Catalog - King Ottokar's Sceptre
		Snowy tries to warn Tintin not to pick up the abandoned briefcase on the park bench, but the boy reporter's good nature leads themonce again into adventure.
		In 1938 and 1939, they travel to Syldavia with Professor Alembick, only to find themselves mixed up in a rebel plot to depose the Syldavian king.
		If the king does not carry King Ottokar's scepter in the royal procession he will lose his throne, and when the rebels manage to steal the scepter the detectives Thomson and Thompson are called in.
	www.kidsart.com /store/ttottokar.html (138 words)

	Adventures of Tintin, The-Volume 1: Mystery at Shark Lake, The - Rent This DVD with Quickflix
		Meanwhile, TinTin, Snowy, Captain Haddock and Thompson and Thompson board a flight to Syldavia on holiday to meet up with their friend, Professor Calculus.
		On the beautiful Lake Flaychyzaff in the Syldavian countryside, Professor Calculus is experimenting with a new way to create perfect 3 dimensional copies in a laboratory donated by a mysteriously anonymous patron.
		The holiday is short lived when TinTin is confronted by the evil Rastapopulous, who uses the lake as headquarters for a world-wide art theft operation.
	www.quickflix.com.au /public/tools/viewmovie/AdventuresofTintinTheVolume1MysteryatSharkLakeThe/22454.aspx (308 words)

	King Ottokar's Sceptre quiz -- free game
		The Syldavians nickname their country the Kingdom of the...?
		Does Tintin finally return the sceptre to the king?
		Tintin is bestowed with the Syldavian honour of 'Knight of the Order of the...'?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=182797&origin= (150 words)

	Tintin Characters Guide: K
		Début: The Broken Ear - page 50, frame 11 (name first appears on page 52, frame 3) - Arumbaya aboriginal who saved Snowy from being killed by Arumbaya witch doctor.
		Début: King Ottokar's Sceptre - first appeared on page 7, frame 2; identified on page 60, frame 10 - Agent from the Syldavian secret police.
		It charges 10% for service and its specialty is Szlazeck - the hind leg of a young dog in Syldavian sauce.The customary Syldavian proverb/motto on the restaurant bill reads: Danger awaits the one who dares to poke his nose in others' affairs.
	www.tintinologist.org /guides/characters/k.html (543 words)

	Official Tintin sites and addresses - Tintinologist.org
		A display of LP and CD covers featuring Tintin.
		Mark Rosenfelder's detailed analysis of the Syldavian language, which comes complete with translation of all the Syldavian texts found in the Tintin series.
		An essay by Vincent Oberle about how history and science influenced the work of Hergé;.
	www.tintinologist.org /links (247 words)

	Inquiry Unit (u11726.xml)
		We were happy that they didn't just learn phrases or pronunciation but also a little of the history.
		For example, one group did the artificial language Syldavian from the Tin-Tin comic books, and they gave a nice background to their language.
		RELATED QUESTIONS -- Since some of these languages have increasingly smaller numbers of speakers, what will happen to them and what can be done to save them?
	inquiry.uiuc.edu /bin/update_unit.cgi?command=select&xmlfile=u11726.xml (357 words)

	Eih bennek, eih blavek :: mike.whybark.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hergé’s Syldavian documents the language of Syldavia, as seen in Tintin.
		Handy for the traveler that seeks to visit Molvania, a neighboring state, recently discuted at MeFi.
		Posted at May 04, 2004 09:53 PM Comments
	mike.whybark.com /archives/001508.html (35 words)

	Mars Import - Comic
		Destination Moon (1953) details the preparation for and the beginning of the lunar expedition which will leave from Syldavian soil.
		Check out other books in this series: Tintin.
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	www.marsimport.com /display_comic?ID=2510 (99 words)

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