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Re: A Conlang Pidgin Game

From:Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Friday, December 13, 2002, 4:49
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From: "Joe Mondello" <joemond@...>
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Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: A Conlang Pidgin Game


> Well, it was just an example. I was trying to picture a frustrated
merchant
> saying "I have wood! Do you want wood? wood, tree-stuff! you buy my wood, > no?
I'd imagine a whole lot of trade languages out there formed exactly this way. By the way, I've actually got a language where the word for "wood" is "tree-stuff". The whole language has relatively few roots, but is very big on compounding. If it'd help, I could give you a list of which roots have been most productive in forming new words. These might be good ones to have if you want a language with few root words to learn that gradually develops into something more. Joe Fatula