Re: Difficult language ideas

On 9/19/06, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On 9/19/06, Leigh Richards <palomaverde@...> wrote:
> > Hi all, I'm Leigh.
>
> If I may ask - are you a female Leigh or a male Leigh? (and is it
> pronounced "Lee"?)
Female, and yes, though I have some clever friends who like to
pronounce it like 'sleigh'. Why?

By the way, sorry for the HTML. I didn't realize gmail was set to do
that (I think this fixed it? Let me know if it didn't).

In case anyone had trouble with it, the original post:

Hi all, I'm Leigh. I've lurked for a while, but I haven't posted
before. I've toyed with a few conlangs over the years, and now I'm
brainstorming on a language for a conworld of mine.

Design goals:
1. As unambiguous as possible, especially in full sentences; it's easy
to clarify any ambiguities.
2. Hard to learn, and easy to say the wrong thing. Small and subtle
changes have a large impact on the meaning, and it's unpredictable in
that guessing something new from what you already know will rarely
work.

It is a status language of sorts and effectively a conlang itself, so
it isn't meant to be simple or naturalistic. It can change, but it
takes a concerted effort by the speakers because outside forces keep
it from changing otherwise.

I don't know a lot about the normal languages of the area, but I think
they'll be similar to the Andean languages.

I have a few ideas, but my knowledge of linguistics is fairly limited.
So I'd like your input.

Suggestions? Things to include? Things to avoid?

Thanks,
Leigh

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