Lapine language residential dormitories within Ohio State University. Other authors, such as Patrick Jemmer (who corresponded briefly with Adams regarding the Lapine language), have made large-scale 'recreations' of various possible historical stages of the language. Jemmer's work documents the evolution of numerous inter-related languages (the process of development and analysis is called 'aleolinguistics'). It contains comprehensive syntax for each linguistic stage (or 'aleostate'), and vocabularies involving approximately 2000 lexemes. Sample scripts and comparative texts are available. Lapine language Lapine is a fictional language created by author Richard Adams for his 1972 novel "Watership Down", where it is spoken by rabbit characters. The
Freefolk Freefolk Freefolk is a village in Hampshire, England. It lies to the west and almost directly alongside the village of Laverstoke; the two villages are separated by the River Test. It is about east of Whitchurch and west of Overton on the B3400 road between Basingstoke and Andover. In the village is an inn named the "Watership Down", known locally as "the jerry". Built in 1840, it was called the Freefolk Arms but was renamed in honour of local author Richard Adams and his book "Watership Down", which took its name from the down about to the north of the