Re: Montanian

Joe wrote:
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>   From: joe
>   To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>   Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:12 PM
>   Subject: Re: Montanian
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Adam Walker" <dreamertwo@...>
>   To: <CONLANG@...>
>   Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 5:48 AM
>   Subject: Re: Montanian
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>   > >From: joe <josephhill@...>
>   > >Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:40:32 +0100
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > > joe wrote:
>   > > > > (montanian for woman is translated as "Breasted Man")
>   > > >
>   > > > Interesting!  What's "Man" then, in the sense of "adult male
>human"?
>   > > > Just the plain root "Man"?  Are there *any* words that
>differentiate
>   > > > between male and female?  What about "father" and "mother"?
>   > > >
>   > >
>   > >Person/man is khu. There are no single words that differentiate.
>Tallak khu
>   > >means woman,when necessary to differentiate and lhallud is parent.
>Tallak
>   > >lhallud is only used when it is absoloutly necessary to differentiate
>   > >between father and mother.
>   > >
>   >
>   > So the default gender on all words is male?  there are no "female"
>words in
>   > the language making all feminine references highly marked.  Is there a
>   > concultural reason for this extreme bias?
>   >
>   > Adam
>   >
>   >
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>   Actually, male's are dominant in most societies. (Just wondering, can
>you give me any examples of the reverse? maybe a language too?) So it is
>logical.
Traditional New Caledonian society is matriarchical. Same for some Amazon
basin peoples.

                                                   Andreas

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