Re: Basic vocabulary when starting a conlang

 --- Roberto Suarez Soto <ask4it@...> wrote: >
     What do you think is the basic vocabulary to
> start a conlang?
>
>         I was thinking that there are a few verbs
> that, because of its
> everyday use or significance, should be the first to
> be "created": to
> be, to have, to live, to die, to go, to come. There
> should also be a few
> basic words, as: man, woman, child, life, death,
> sky, earth, water,
> fire, god. And of course, the basic personal
> pronouns: I, you,
> he/she/it, we, you, they.
>
not necessarily. if you have a conculture with either
no sexes or more than two, then man and woman aren's
useful concepts. bac isn't based on a conculture, but
as i'm atheist it doesn't have a word for god ( it
borrows specific religions' terms when it needs to
refer to their deities, and would probably nick the
latin |deo| if referring to the western concept of god
)

then you have to choose whether to keep the three
cardinal pronouns . . . ebisedian i know doesn't
distinguish classic 2nd and 3rd

bn

=====
bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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