Re: Opinions on English
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 18, 2000, 6:00 |
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CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>>Obconlang: how are units of time handled in conlangs? And I've been
>>wondering how many natlangs have 7-day "weeks," and what other
>>day-groupings are common.
The Saalangal have a calendar of lets see if I can remember (i'm too lazy
to go digging through my stuff to find it :))....
10 days
4 weeks
9 months
an extra special month of 5 days (basically, which is actually a festival)
so, we get 365 days.
The months are named after deities/elements, the weeks after fire, water,
air, and I think earth. The days are named after deities/elements as well.
The date is said: number of the day + number of the week + number of the
month + year. So, we could have a date of: "3 air 4 earth 9 death 2000"
(please dont ask for deity names lol. I'd have to go look them up right
now ;))