Re: self designations

>What names do the speakers of your languages use to refer to
>themselves? Are the names morphologically transparent? How did
>these names come about?
>
>Dirk
The speakers of Ge'arthnuns are called the Ge'arthc,ins. "Ge'arths"
means the reciprocal relationship between the monarch and his/her
subjects; fealty on the one side and something akin to noblesse
oblige on the other. "Nuns" is an archaic word for "language, speech"
(the modern word is `mo"lkarhars'). "C,ins" is an archaic word for
"person" (a` la "wight"). They live on Ge'arthto"rs (to"rs being an
old word for "island" -- the word is still in use but the meaning has
shifted slightly to "ait"), an island in the Sea of Japan near
Vladivostok (where the borders of China, Korea, and Russia converge).

Kou