Re: Naming the conlang

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:18:23 -0600, Scotto Hlad <scotto@...> wrote:

>Hello everyone. I am just joining this group and look forward to talking
>with others with similar interests.
>
>Ok I'm sure that here is another topic that has been discussed so many times
>that everyone is groaning yet again. That being said, I have fraternal twin
>conlangs being developed, one a Romance language and the second an a-priori
>languge.
>
>I am the parent of 4 children and recall well the delight of volleying back
>and forth with the mother of my children over names. There would be no list
>that one can reference anywhere online that gives the latest names that
>people a chosing for their infant conlangs.
>
>My question is how have others named their languages? Dare I ask what the
>derivation of the names of various languages is. The first conlang I ever
>developed (sometime in the last millenium) was called "Kadingu" which meant
>"the tongue."  I understand as well that at least some of the aboriginal
>languages of North American are simply derived from the word for "people." I
>believe that Dene is an example: Dene just means "the people."
>
>I don't want to name my baby romance somthing like "Romanza" or "Ladino" or
>something so obvious. My a-priori language will probably derive from the
>word for tongue or people.
>
>I'd really like to see how other colangers have wrestled with this and
>arrived at their conclusions.
>
>Thanks,
>Scotto
>
Welcome to the list!

I have 2 conlangs that have received enough attention to be called conlangs (as opposed to just
'ideas'...), both a priori:

Oreelynna [the 'ee' in the orthography of the lang is e-macron]
or.eelynna
for.song = to be used as a language for singing (not a 'musical conlang' like Solresol)

emindahken (for a conculture)
e.min.dah.ken
[abstract noun prefix].people.mountain.speech = 'speech of the mountain people'

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James W.