Re: (con)lang names & RE: Pima determiners

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 12:14:05PM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> Other possible candidates for coolest lang name would be !Kung (etc.)
> and "the Bzyb dialect of Abkhaz". I quite like Hixkaryana, too. And
> Guugu Yimidhirr. And Wolof. And Twi. (Note that I'm talking cool names,
> not just likeable ones like Malayalam.)
>
> Anyone have any other nominations? (I'll go through my Ruhlen
> classification book when I get back to my other flat, to see if there
> are any more ace names that haven't occurred to me.)
Tosk and Gheg; Kapampangan; Amharic; Papiamento; Uighur; Warlpiri; Tlingit;
Tzotzil; Chibcha; Shoshone.

>
> As for Conlang names, my votes provisionally go to Tsxaah ([ts^xaa]
> with harsh voice, iirc; ^ is the coarticulation arc) and Namyuan
> (because it's pronounced [D@bj@]).
Elet Anta; Olaetyan; Tsolyani; Almaqerin; ámman-îar; rtemmu; Breathanach;
Brithenig; Rokbeigalmki; Sitarwelas; Teonaht; Valdyan; Classical Yiklamu;
Saalangal.

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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo