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Re: Introduction to FourHorse

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 20, 2001, 1:09
From: "Shreyas Sampat" <nsampat@...>
> I would be tempted to say that the Orcs actually have a language that's > wholly human at first glance, but did not develop from any human language.
That's right!! They use sign language.. that they learned from CHIMPS!!
> On nonhuman tongues in general: > These seem to be rare birds in the conlang world. How many are there
flying
> around? > At one point I had a conlang for very long-lived beings who had a
longevity
> gender system; humans fell under 'transient', the same category as
mayflies
> and sea turtles.
Huh. Well, my langs are for nonhumans--not *alien* nonhumans, though, and basically humanoid in mindset (and demihumans, even), except for one race, which is .. a little bit different. And I'm trying to make the lang for them different.. while still usable.. but considering all the weird things *actual* languages do, I'll probably end up reinventing Proto-Chukchi-Kamchatkan. ;p
> I lost my otes on it, though.
I'm sure they'll be sprouting soon. *Muke!