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Syldavian is a fictional West Germanic language created by Hergé as the national language of Syldavia a small fictional Balkan kingdom that serves as a major setting in many of The Adventures of Tintin stories. Hergé modeled the language on Marols a dialect of Dutch spoken in and around Brussels. The entire corpus of the language has been analyzed by Mark Rosenfelder and his work forms the basis of this article. (See References below.)