Re: A question about language-naming

En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:

>
> My questions are the following:
> - Has anyone ever had a similar problem/situation?
Not as far as I know. Does anybody know a language called Astou, Moten, Notya,
Azak, Reman, Tj'a-ts'a~n, Chasma"o"cho, O, or Itakian? :)))

> - Does anyone know about two natural languages, that
> share a name but have nothing in common?
Let me think... I do know of languages that have similar names, but they are
sister languages... So the "nothing in common" doesn't fit. But among the 5000
languages on Earth (not counting the ones which are now dead), I'd find it very
unlikely that such a coincidence never happened.

> - Would you advise me to change the name (because it's
> wrong to "steal" one) or should I just leave it the
> way it is?
>
Well, you gave it that name before you knew about the other one, and the
languages have nothing in common, as you said. Personally, if the name fits
your language, I don't see the point in changing it. I don't think anyone will
get confused with that (especially if the other language is an obscure dead
language spoken long ago and which may even have other designations
that "Hattic" - it looks to me like an English designation. What would be the
name of the language in that language itself? It would probably be quite
different -).

BTW, is "Hattic" the name you gave to the language in the language itself, or
is it an adaptation of that name in English? (like my Narbonósc is called
Narbonese in English and Narbonnois in French :)) )

Christophe.

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