Re: New language Noygwexaal

"Henrik Theiling" <theiling@...> wrote:
>
> > q           /D/
>
> Hahaha! :-)
[...]
> (Why do the orcs use Latin characters, btw?)
Because they use the internets, of course! :-)

> > There are 6 noun classes: warm/bright, hard, soft, liquid/wet,
> > abstract/immaterial, and magical.
>
> So I take the classes are grammatically assigned and sometimes
> unexplainably illogical, right?  I mean, there are warm *and* hot
> things, just to give one example.  And the moon -- well -- it is
> neither warm nor bright -- at least it's not bright by emitting it's
> 'own' energy.
In addition to the infrared vision explanation, justify it
diachronically by appealing to a conculture:  When gender
was being grammaticalized so many years ago, did their
astronomers know that moons do not produce light?

> I have another question: what's orkish about this lang?  Is it your
> definition that it's spoken by orcs?
Again diachronically: orkish nation conquered by elves and/or
"elvish"-speaking men, either militarily or through trade.

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Damian