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there), Xurno, a nation ruled by artists, and Skouras, a detailed maritime nation. Ereláe also has a detailed historical atlas, which was inspired by the New Penguin Historical Atlases. In addition to the various atlases and languages, there is also a wiki called the Almeopedia, which works as an
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Most words in those languages have etymologies, being derived from proto-languages (like Proto-Eastern above) by means of sound changes, and are given historical backgrounds, resulting in the presence of loan-words.
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encyclopedic reference. The part of the website devoted to Almea, Virtual Verduria, also includes a range of stories and guides to various subjects, including drawing and maps.
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Many features of the site have been noted by the press, including its culture tests, humorous excerpts from phrase books, its collection of numbers in over 5000 languages, and
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by fans, and came out in book form in March 2010. Rosenfelder has published several follow-up works:
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but now with its own domain at www.verduria.org. The Zompist Bulletin Board (often abbreviated
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documents written by Rosenfelder and hosted at Zompist.com intended to be a guide for making
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is mainly dedicated to. It is populated by several races, known as the
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is a fictional world constructed by Mark Rosenfelder, which
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La Ricerca della Lingua Perfetta nella Cultura Europea
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Languages of Almea described on the website include:
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