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Re: Naming the conlang

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, July 12, 2004, 7:12
Tairezazh, and all the other languages from the same coniverse, are named for
the countries where they are spoken or the peoples who speak them. So, Tairezazh
is the language of Taireza, Steienzh is that of Steiene, and so on.

Kalini Sapak means "clans' speech".

Yargish is an English name based on the Yargish word _yarg_ "warrior", which is
how the speakers are wont to characterize themselves to outsiders. It doesn't
really have a name in itself - if needed, speakers will refer to it as _u-rakh
u-nayargiz-ung_ "the language of the warriors" or _u-rakh u-natayiz-ung
u-Nashavariz-ung_ "the language of the orcs of the Shavar Mountains".

Meghean is simply _meghean_ "our words", composed of possessive prefix _me-_
"our", and a mutated form of _gean_ "words", sg _gea_. It's pronounced [me'Zan],
BTW.

                                                     Andreas