Re: Introducing Dmēnna
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 15, 2007, 6:24 |
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On Sep 15, 2007, at 12:24 AM, Joseph Fatula wrote:
> Hi, everyone! I’d like to introduce you to Dmēnna, a
> language I’ve
> been working on for a little while now. It’s sort of a side
> project, so
> it’s not as fleshed out as some of my other conlangs, but it has a
> pretty good vocabulary at this point.
>
> Dmēnna is kind of an eclectic language, borrowing from many
> different languages, including some Semitic ones. I’ve been rather
> interested in Amharic for a few years, and you might see some of
> that in
> this language.
Amharic is great!
> The consonant clusters can be a bit tricky for English
> speakers, almost Caucasian at times, but I’ve actually managed to
> teach
> a few people some of the basics (in an earlier version, as this
> one’s a
> bit harder to work with).
[...]
> That’s all I have for now. I’d be very interested to hear what
> you think!
I like it a lot.
Is there a connection between the -_agŗy/āgŗy_ in _mōhzyāgŗy_
and _kīsanagŗy_? If I read correctly, the former has 2nd plural
possession, while the latter is 2nd singular -- I had expected them
to have the same person/number combination, based on their formal
similarity.
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