Re: Back!
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 19, 1999, 5:14 |
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On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:56:10 -0500, Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
wrote:
>Hey everyone! Just got back from a month of vacation/studying in
>Taos, New Mexico, where I couldn't access my email. But I'm
>eager to get back! So, what've y'all been up to recently?
Not much directly related to conlanging, but I've been working on star
maps, figuring out where the people who speak my languages actually live.
Olaeyat remains in the Gamma Pavonis system. Azzyat, an Olaetyan colony,
moved from Chi Draconis to Zeta Tucanae, and Nizanya, another Olaetyan
colony, moved from Epsilon Indi to Delta Pavonis. Striezarait, the
homeworld of the Mizarian rat-people, now orbits a 7th magnitude star =
near
Mizar called BD+57 1438, rather than Mizar itself. Draconia, the home of
elves and dragons, is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation Draco
called BD+66 1281. I've tentatively assigned the Thrinn homeworld to a =
star
in the general direction of the Pleiades, but actually closer to the =
Hyades
cluster: BD+22 583. The Nikta homeworld remains at Delta Trianguli for =
the
time being, although I'll probably be moving it once I have a more =
complete
star map.
I've actually been wondering about star names, whether anyone has names =
for
bright stars or constellations in their languages. The brightest stars =
all
have names in English, but they're mainly from Arabic or other languages:
Sirius, Canopus, Arcturus, Vega, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Achernar,
Betelgeuse, etc. Do other languages (natural or otherwise) tend to borrow
the same star names, or have their own names for the stars? I'm trying to
decide whether Tirelat should borrow the English star names or come up =
with
names (and mythologies?) especially designed for Tirelat.
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