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?
Hm, the speakers of Tairezazh don't really have a word for themselves -
they'll call themselves "Tairezazhen" or "Vanizazhen" or Zanthen depending
of whether they're from Taireza (most of 'em), Vaniza (lots) or Zantha
(proportionally very few). In Vaniza, the language is in casual speech
usually refered to as "klaizh", tho Tairezazh is still the word used in
formal contexts. If a word specifically for (any) speaker is direly needed,
I suppose one'd use "suleln tairezazhi", lit "Tairezazh's speakers/sayers",
would be used.

The speakers of _Tersnu-kêl_ call themselves _Tersnu-leken_. Literally, the
words mean "horizonland-language" and "horizonland-persons".

                                              Andreas
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