Re: Active, Was: Help with grammar terms

Am 01/19 09:37  Vasiliy Chernov yscrifef:

> > I am still working through the notes I took from the second half of that
> > book on semantics as a basis for Vokhoman conculture.  Some of the
> > extrapelation seemed a bit left-field to me, but it was so thorough.
>
> Vokhoman... where can I learn more about it?
>
At the moment only on this list or conculture as I haven't set up a page
for it.  I think I'm going to have to start doing more work on it.  What
started off as a project to design a possible conreligion is turning
into a project on the relationship of a religion within a culture.  Its
lexicon comes from the American Heritage Dictionary, its grammar is
based on a recent Indo-European grammar translated from Dutch (I forget
the author and title but it has been referred to on this list
previously), and its culture is based on _Indo-European and the
Indo-Europeans_.  On top of that it has some really fun sandhi stolen
from Sanskrit.  They don't exist in this history but seem to exist in a
kingdom in the equivalent of Central Asia in a fantasy world I explored
some years ago.  I don't know if they will thank me for that - looks
very dry and cold, but it has to do with a parallel interest in the
story of Prester John.  Because of this connection they use Aramaic for
the basis of their script.

Now I shall go and sit down and try and write up some verb paradigms
which I've been meaning to do.  Enough rambling for now, I'll come back
and ramble later!

- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

                      "Piskie, Piskie, say Amen
                   Doon on your knees and up agen."

                    "Presbie, Presbie, dinna bend;
                   Sit ye doon on mon's chief end."
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