Re: Naming the conlang

> Scotto Hlad 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."
Kash (kaç) means 'person; people; human by extension', apparently an old
deformation of the verb _kayi [kai]_ 'live, alive' via kay > kaZ > kaS.
_Gwr_ means 'free' < *kabúr.  The third language, which I mentioned
recently, is Prevli, of so far undetermined meaning-- perhaps 'village' or
'meeting place'. (The village where the Kash first encountered them was
located at the junction of two rivers.) The people call themselves La?laNta,
which I think means 'children {i.e., of the gods]'; the Kash call them
lañ-lañ [laN laN].