Re: Semitic languages & Cultures

Balazs wrote:


>Do you have any created cultures? I saw you wrote about calendars, but have
>you invented creatures, history, places?
Yes, yes, yes and yes. Making up imaginary cultures, peoples, histories
("conculturing" to use a term common on this list) has been a hobby of mine
since I don't remember. My conlanging started as a project for providing
good placenames and personal names for my invented worlds. For me, the
culture almost always comes before the language.

>And how have you invented names? Do you take all possible words and choose
>the ones you like? I don't think so ;-) If there's someone who prefers
>taking from other sources, what are they?
>
Well, nowadays the names I come up with usually means something in the
relevant language. I have alot of long-standing names I'm not willing to
change; some of these I've conjured up an etymology for, most others I blame
on not-yet-invented languages.

                                                    Andreas

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