Re: New Conlanger

My two cents worth:


-----Original Message-----
From: Kulorblind@AOL.COM <Kulorblind@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 2:02 PM
Subject: New Conlanger



>NUMBERS - NOMBRA'ez
>YUN = one
>YAN = two
>YEN = three
>YON = four
>YIN = five
>LUN = six
>LAN = seven
>LEN = eight
>LON = nine
>LIN = ten
>

I've always ended up regretting using words that only different by one
letter.  It seems to be a cause of endless confusion, especially if the
language is meant to be spoken.  One place I worked in had myself (Gary) and
three other men named Larry, Terry, and Jerry.  We never knew whose name was
being called over the P.A.  In a noisy environment six, seven, eight, nine,
and ten (lun, lan, len, lon, lin) will all sound like L*N to the listener.

--Gary