Re: [UPDATE] New Language: Zhyler (Noun Classes)

 --- David Peterson wrote:

> <<Do you have an idea of the kind of society that
>
> produced the language?>>
>
>     In a word, "no", but this...
>
> <<Your noun classes look to me like the product of a
> society, that lives close to nature, and that is
> perhaps not exactly primitive, but definitely not
very developed technically.>>

... which does not necessarily mean, that they still
live in trees, of course ;)

>     With that said, I've updated my noun classes.
Very well. I especially like the last one, covering
all (potentially) edible things. Perhaps you ought to
have a look at the pictures of Maarten's dinner party,
posted a few weeks ago.

Will Zhyler (I like the name, BTW) also have such an
elaborate verb system?

>     Sounds like you've got a noun class language to
> create for yourself.  ;)
Who knows?

Jan

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