Re: Sarah's language.

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen wrote:

> This list also illustrates a problem
> I have, in that by using LangMaker, my words
> have a lot of meaningless
> roots.
>
> spring                  zhoshra
> seagull                 zhoskei
> universe, cosmos                zhoslka
> library                 zhosllei
>
> See?  All start with the same root, "zhos,"
> but aren't connected to each other.
This is the same way that I learned NOT to use LangMaker to
generate "words". If you line up a hundred english definitions and then
tell LangMaker to generate words for them, this is what you'll get. Also,
there's this problem:

dog                   shebuskuduzku
hovercraft            geb

And so, I only ever use LangMaker to generate MEANINGLESS words based on
the sounds I give it. Then I give meanings to the words myself, based on
how they sound. I end up throwing out ninety percent of these words! For
example, one of the words I got was "fkivad". I had not restricted initial
clusters, but it would never have occurred to me to use fk- initially. Now
I have a lot of fk- words. And as for "fkivad", it sounded like a "crowd,
group of people" so that's what I made it mean. (with the vocative
particle, |a fkivad| means "hey everybody") These words, however, comprise
a small portion of the Rhean lexicon; the bulk of it is a posteriori or
pulled out of thin air. But it's a way to start.
Try doing it that way. Generate a list of POTENTIAL words, then assign
meanings "manually" to the ones you like.
Just a suggestion. Idlagut zar.

M