Re: Lexeme Request: Water and Fire
From: | B. Garcia <madyaas@...> |
Date: | Saturday, May 28, 2005, 11:35 |
My languages (at least to me) sound melifluous only because they're
influenced by languages I know or at least have studied a bit, which tend to
not have lots of harsh sounds or complex ones. I do think that at least
Ayhan can sound ugly to those who like lots of liquids and flowing
dipthongs, but to me it's pretty. I think most would find it funny sounding
(sort of like friends who think Tagalog sounds hilarious when spoken).
Even in natural languages, I think at least two words are a lot of times
mellifluous:
English: fire, water
Spanish: fuego, agua
Hiligaynon: kaláyo, túbig
Tagalog: apóy, túbig
By the way, I accidentally used the old name for Ayhan for my entries. It
shouldn't be Saalangal, but it should be Ayhan.
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