Re: Old draconic grammar and such

On zo, 2008-02-10 at 21:07 +0100, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> Hallo!
>
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:51:56 +0100, Geijss Streijde wrote:
>
> > Hello, I've finished most of the grammar of the old draconic language,
> > and would like to hear your comments on it.
> >
> > http://stridercorp.gethost.be/wiki/CW:Old_Draconic
>
> Quite nice overall; it is highly regular but that's not necessarily
> a bad thing.  Does the name "Old Draconic" mean that it is spoken
> by some kind of dragons?  What kind of world is it spoken in?
Yes, it is supposed to be the ancestor language of all draconic
languages. The world it is spoken in is stil in development, but is most
likely going to be used as a backdrop for at least a couple of short
stories.

> One nitpick: slashes are for phonemic transcription, not for orthography.
> Use boldface or italic instead.
Fixed that.

> (And using the letter _m_ for /N/ is
> quite odd.  So is having /N/ but not /m/.)
Wished to stay away from using multiple letters for single consonants,
and using a letter not usually used for a nasal seemed worse to me.

Geijss