This has probably been touched on before, but I didnt see anything too flagrant so hopefully nobody minds rehashing this for me.

 

When RJ developed the Old Tongue, did he actually sit down and create a semi functional language or did he "wing it" so to speak? Does anyone have any info on this that they can share?

I'm not sure, but this might be what you're looking for:

 

http://www.dragonmount.com/forums/topic/73874-the-real-world-origins-of-the-old-tongue/

He borrowed from many languages, created some of it, etc.

It would be interesting to see the notes that Brandon received on the Old Tongue to know how much of it was fleshed out.

Funny, i was thinking about this the other day and was also going to make à thread.

 

I wonder which langueges influenced the old tounge or if RJ did just create really good sounding giberish lol

 

 

There's some interesting stuff here:

 

http://www.wotmud.org/directory/oldtongue.php