Re: Backwards conlanging (repost)

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Roger Mills tleiceiç:
> > ObConlang:  Kash has /i e a u o/, and I'm in the same fix as Yoon-Ha-- no
> > proto-language, and very few dialects to compare--
>
> I just created my proto-lang from the only dialect I had, deciding
> changes that could lead to the current form.  Then, when I had a
> proto-lang, then I could devise dialects and related langs.  I've worked
> on a Northern Dialect/Language.
Smart person.  <shaking head>  Triconsonantal morphology is lovely, but
it's a pain to take into consideration.  I would do what someone
suggested and take the current version of Chevraqis as the
proto-language, but it took me sooo long to devise a sound-set I liked
and that fit in with what I already had for names in the associated
story-world, and I'm reluctant to toss it all.

YHL