Re: self designations

dirk elzinga wrote:

> What names do the speakers of your languages use to refer to
> themselves? Are the names morphologically transparent? How did
> these names come about?
The speakers of Aredos referred to themselves as Carastans (carastánes),
after their capital city, Carasta. Originally, they called themselves Aria
"the people", from PIE *h2erya-, but when they gained the Empire, the
majority of Aredos-speakers were no longer ethnically aria, so the
appelation "carastános" came into use, much like citizens of the Roman
Empire called themselves "romani".

Carasta, BTW is Old Aredos for "city", borrowed from the Dweinasen word
karaston, "large collection of houses".

Dan

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Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".

Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá
alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama
yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam
vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."
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Dan Jones