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Re: Homonyms across conlangs (part 1)

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 1, 2005, 17:45
Sarahal Meyuçnel isnerq (Sally Caves wrote):

> What might be equally interesting is finding out how > many conlangs have homonyms within themselves, as I > think this is a feature of most natural languages > and a good source of punning.. I've been trying to > assign more than one meaning to words I make up, but > I've noted a few inadvertant homonyms in Teonaht:
In Kejeb, the protolanguage of the Sohlob dialects there are by design no homonyms, though there probably must arise some in the daughters due to the sound changes, though I know of no easy way tpfind them in the database. The same goes for false friends across the dialects. -- /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)

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