Re: Concosmic Conlocation (was; Re; Back!)

Matt Pearson wrote:

>Just a passing remark:  A number of different kinds of concosmic
>conlocations have been mentioned in this thread (distant planets,
>fantasy settings, alternate universes, alternate histories with
>various degrees of divergence, etc.), but there's one type which
>hasn't been mentioned yet - namely, conlangs designed for actual
>cultures which actually exist(ed) in our world.
>
>An example of this is Brad Coon's Adena project.  The Adenan
>Culture is a civilisation which existed in North America many
>centuries ago (the Adenans were the original Mound Builders).
>However, the Adenans disappeared before their language could be
>recorded, and no-one is really sure even what family it belonged
>to, thus leaving Brad free to invent a language (family) for them.
>
>Has anyone else ever tried anything like this?
On occassion, I have sketch a language for the Tasmanian aboriginals.=20
On other occassions, I sketch the original language of the Philippine
Negritos before Austronesation. Both have remained sketches for quite=20
a while since I'm fully occupied with the Boreanesian project. Its=20
weird, but all three conlangs are supposedly spoken by people of=20
pygmy-stature. That's purely coincidental, I swear!

-kristian- 8)