Re: word choice process (was: Announcement Follow-up)
| From: | Amber Adams <amber@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 6, 2001, 23:31 |
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On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 08:19:54AM -0700, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
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> What languages do you have in your world? :-)
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Well, my biggest project right now is Cenlatorre [sEnlAtOrr@], but I have
a few other languages that I toss around, too, many of them not very fleshed
out. Shotali [Sotali] is my attempt at an ergative language (though, in
an odd twist, Ergativity seems to be the "norm" on my conworld), and Yil
is my attempt at a monosyllabic, isolating language. Nyo'fa [njO?fA] is
my attempt at an "alien" language. These languages are all being torn up
and constantly revised (but what conlanger's languages aren't?)
My problem is that I have a rather disgustingly detailed history of this
conworld, including invasions, migrations, and the like, and the effect
that it has on the languages. So, I have a very good idea of *what*
the languages are, and how they're related, but I don't know yet what
they sound like.
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