Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento

JOURNEYS TO
THE PLANET MARS
OUR MISSION TO ENTO
SARA WEISS
Author of Story of Decimon Huydas: A Romance of the Planet Mars
THE BRADFORD PRESS
45 BROADWAY NEW YORK
Copyright, 1903,
SARA WEISS
CONTENTS.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
In the Ento language, the accented A has the sound of a̤h. The horizontal line over E, gives it the long sound of a. The circumflex over ŷ and û, closes them, and in certain words I takes the sound of E. Thus, Info sta̤ tiva̤ Zēnossa̤a̤ oovistû is pronounced Info sta̤h teva̤h Zēnossa̤a̤ oovistû. In English this signifies, To the care of the gods until we meet again, and Info oovistû bears the same meaning as the French expression, au revoir. Largely the Ento language is a language of inferences, it expresses far more than words indicate. Various movements of the hands convey subtle meanings, adding to, or detracting from apparently simple statements, questions or replies. Tylû is Ento for city; y and û being closed it is pronounced Tilloo. The interjection, Loha̤û is Ento for the English word, hail; a form of greeting, as Loha̤û, ēmano (Hail, friend!) and is pronounced Lohowoo amano. These are simple examples of a language not at all complex, but replete with charming expressiveness.