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Re: Homonyms across conlangs (part 1)

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 1, 2005, 16:00
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From: "Sanghyeon Seo" <sanxiyn@...>


> (Watch Reply-To!) > > Now I am working on compiling wordlists for various conlangs (one word > per line, UTF-8 encoded), and formalizing their letter-to-sound rules > if possible. In order to have a look at homonyms across conlangs. > > Here's my first result, Iliani-Verdurian homonyms. Actually, since I > haven't completed letter-to-sound part, these are really homographs. > > Is this interesting in any way? :-)
Totally, Sanghyeon! While I don't believe that phonology reveals meaning, one might see if there are preferences for certain syllable combinations. What made you choose these two conlangs?
> Seo Sanghyeon > > aldea: Iliani sorrow, Verdurian village > aran: Iliani twenty, Verdurian cradle > firan: Iliani weaver, Verdurian to ferment > gali: Iliani script, Verdurian bath > gran: Iliani sane, Verdurian border > grel: Iliani clean-shaven, Verdurian hail > grelan: Iliani barber, Verdurian to hail > gula: Iliani to descend, Verdurian bile > host: Iliani white, Verdurian bone > lest: Iliani blue, Verdurian unit of distance > mena: Iliani to give, Verdurian wave > mura: Iliani to lie (flat), Verdurian wonder > pula: Iliani to harvest, Verdurian sphere > sora: Iliani to hunt, Verdurian community > torin: Iliani fame, Verdurian apart
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: aista, "this (bad) thing"; aista, "to work" fel, "you"; fel, "beauty, brightness" fon, "dust"; fon, "is deep" korb, "knot, bulge"; korb, "crow" mear, "northern"; mear, "simple." sinis, "shooting star" (object case); sinis, "burnt out." There ought to be more. Sally Euil Yrlo toil epa hsinva marreadaf! Give praise to God for the left eye.

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