Re: Naming the conlang

Scotto Hlad <scotto@...> wrote:
>
> 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."
    Keep in mind that the English name for your language doesn't have to
resemble the language's name for itself, depending on the concultural
context.  The Gladilatian name for "Gladilatian", for instance, is "Mehyohot
Mset".

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                 Dennis Paul Himes    <>    himes@cshore.com
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