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Re: Hello all: I'm new...a quick question about vocabularies

From:Gary Davenport <gdaven19@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 6, 1998, 22:04
>My question is this: how do you people decide on the vocabularies of your >>conlangs?
One thing I've found useful is to start a vocabulay with the basest words in any language: numerals, family members, body parts and very simple verbs or concepts (i.e., to be, to have, to sit, to mate, etc.). Of course, what parts of speech apply to a language is only how you want them to. If you are considering having an organic vocabulary, you make want to make derivational rules before you just go and use any words for your new vocabulary. Gary