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.
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/BP 8^)>
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