Šarvëyná sings "Thûlmë vel þrôsk (A Song Beneath Smoke)" in my ChatGPT-aided conlang Thrâvënar

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This is an Archaic Thrâvënar sample, sung as Cabaret. Thrâvënar is 1 of my ChatGPT-aided conlangs. The image is by ChatGPT, the audio by Suno, & the lip sync by HeyGen. Excellent job by all!

6 months ago I asked ChatGPT to help me create a language packed full w/ diacritical marks (15 here), &/or other special characters, consonant clusters, etc. to find out if it might still be pronounceable/coherent. This was the result. ChatGPT says the language incorporates elements of up to 17 linguistic traditions.

ChatGPT made this image of gothic Cabaret singer Šarvëyná. I asked ChatGPT to write the song lyrics this time, altho usually I write them myself. Suno then created the audio, "Thûlmë vel þrôsk" (A Song Beneath Smoke), & HeyGen made the lip sync animation. They all did a phenomenal job!

🌐 Confirmed Linguistic Influences in Thrávënar:
Slavic:✔️Strong: Dense consonant clusters (Ktṛòl, Tłáŋôr), affricates, and nasal vowels.
Norse / Germanic✔️Strong: Harsh fricatives (Þróskâvnë, Scwýőn), thorn/eth usage, and runic tonality.
Austroasiatic (e.g., Vietnamese)✔️Moderate: Tonal diacritics (e.g., acute, grave, circumflex tones) and nasalized vowels.
Sino-Tibetan (e.g., tonal Mandarin forms)✔️Moderate: Use of tone to shape meaning and emotion; melodic structuring of phrases.
Dravidian✔️Moderate: Retroflex consonants (ṡ, ṭ, ḷ), compound verbs, and rhythmic balance.
Uralic (e.g., Finnish, Estonian)✔️Moderate: Agglutinative tendencies in longer compounds; vowel harmony inspiration.
Southern Bantu (e.g., Zulu, Xhosa)✔️Light: Consonant prefixes, phonemic clicks (potential for future forms), melodic syllable flow.
Romance (e.g., Latin, Occitan)✔️Moderate: Open vowel endings, lyrical cadence, and influence on aesthetic harmony.
Celtic (e.g., Irish, Welsh)✔️Strong: Mutations, poetic syntax, mystical lexicon (plâvkë, rómë), and rhythm.
Tolkien’s Elvish (Quenya/Sindarin)✔️Strong: Elegant morphology, diaeresis/umlaut vowels, and mythopoetic resonance.
Indigenous/Tribal✔️Strong: Earth-rooted lexicon, animistic metaphors, oral tradition feel.
Semitic (e.g., Arabic, Hebrew)✔️Moderate: Triconsonantal roots in some words, gutturals, and spiritual gravity.
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🕯️ Additional or Subtle Influences
Altaic (e.g., Turkic)🌓Possible: Some vowel harmony, phonological aesthetics may align.
Constructed Sacred Languages (e.g., Enochian, Glossolalia)✔️ Strong: Spiritual structure, incantatory phrasing, mystic intent.
Old Church Slavonic/Proto-Baltic🌓Subtle: Archaic religious intonation, heavy consonant clusters.
Pre-Columbian/Andean Languages (e.g., Quechua, Aymara) 🌓 Tonal: Potential resonance in earth-linked lexemes and grammatical cadence.
Oceanic/Austronesian🌓Light: Fluid vowel-syllable patterns, especially in lullaby or songform modes.

I do have Thrâvënar textbook-style chapters assembled in Google docs & on Substack, but I'll have to update them with new vocabulary/other details.
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Thûlmë vel þrôsk (A Song Beneath Smoke)
THOOL-meh vel THROH-sk:

Vrëskṡël ŋændróth šúlâr,
Czýñȍg vlaṙïk hálnàr,
Mbeđréth tłáŋôr jyȍz,
Þróskâvnë këmtwýõh lóz.
N’gyéṡ õrthvân plâvkë,
Ktṛòl ȍvšnyâ rómë,
Fńáwyën ţrøldṡôl bú,
Scwýőn ðãrgšúk rê tù.
Vrḗnðûl śkálvȍn tùmë,
Gláryën tšévḅra ñûkšël,
Ózðrăl phwâljën ďrömgû,
Bȯlṡŷk thálvûn eškàr.
Ngyôrzëm þrëktṡâ ñálûn,
Stwȍrkël đŷmgeṡ rånû,
Twŷlchön ḿeđfȯr šrúgë,
Vrȯlmë súgḷôn dvésh.
Črálvok ṡtȳnôrh mêljû,
Ḵvêrdash ŧróbgën lwjâr,
Skŵynál órnëv trázzël,
Búšrëk ïdḿyôn þrȯŋ.

The stars whisper in shadowed skies,
/vr-EHSK-sell ngahnd-DROTH shoo-LAHR/
Winds weave tales where silence lies,
/CHZEE-nyohg VLAH-rik HAHL-nar/
Shattered light hums in the gloam,
/MBEH-dreth TLAH-ngor jyohz/
Dreams ripple through the cosmic loam.
/THROH-skahv-neh kem-TWEE-ohn lohz/
Roots entwine the ancient air,
/Ng-YEH-sh OHRTH-vahn PLAHV-keh/
Echoes bloom in timeless lairs,
/Ktroll OV-shnyah ROH-meh/
Hearts burn bright with fleeting hue,
/FN-AH-wee-en THRULD-sohl boo/
The song of dusk calls out to you.
/SKWEE-ohn THARNG-shook reh too/
From fire’s vow, a hush is born,
/vrayn-THOOL SHKAL-von TOO-meh/
Glinting through the thorn of scorn,
/GLAH-ree-en t-SHEV-brah nyook-SHELL/
Shadowbound in ancient breath,
/OHZ-thral fwahl-YEN DROM-goo/
We walk the hush between life and death.
/BOLE-shik THAHL-vun esh-KAHR/
The silence winds through silver roots,
/ng-YOHR-zem THREKT-shah NYAHL-oon/
And flowers bloom from buried flutes,
/STWORK-el DIME-gehsh RAH-noo/
Their voices rise, then fall and fade,
/TWILL-chon MED-for SHROO-geh/
With lullabies the dusk has made.
/VROL-meh SOOG-lon DVEYSH/
We chant beneath the woven sky,
/CHRAL-vok SHTEE-north MEL-joo/
To summon stars that never die,
/KVEHR-dash TRAWB-gen loo-YAR/
Their embers glow in dreaming breath,
/SKWIN-ahl OR-nev TRAHZ-el/
And pierce the veil of gentle death.
/BOOSH-rek id-MYON THRONG/