Re: Conlang names?

>Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
>What about names in your conlang?  Have you made lists?  How did you
>derive the names.
In the Senjecan conculture, Senjecas is the Ursprache from which the
other languages developed.  I have not yet worked on "Urortsnamen"
but I have done some work with contemporary place names.

In some cases the contemporary name is used with Senjecan phonetics
with the abstract ending –as (Andorra = andôras; Angola = angôlas).
If the place name ends in –ia, the last consonant is palatalized
(Australia = aú&#383;tërâl&#301;as).  Note the need for the
epenthetic ë as
consonant clusters of more than two consonants are not permitted.

I have an extensive list of geographical names.  In some cases the
Senjecan name is that of the first civilization in that area (Albania
= Illyria = ilîr&#301;as).

In some cases the Senjecan name is that of the first inhabitants of
the area prefixed to the word &#312;ûn&#301;as, country (Bohemia =
land of the
Boii = bói&#312;ûn&#301;as; Botswana = land of the Tswana =
c&#365;an&#312;ûn&#301;as).

In some cases the Senjecan name is a literal translation of the
contemporary name (Costa Rica = rich coast = lhénapêras; Egypt =
kemet = black earth = &#312;&#511;&#383;nëjhðêmhas).

Some geographical features are named according to their location in
the Senjecan Urheimat (Indian Ocean = southern ocean =
s&#365;ooltîîrtes;
Caucasus Mountains = between sea mountains = éntermoormênjos).

Personal names for all the six races of Senjecans are names taken
from nature as happens in so many cultures.  The concrete ending –os
or the animal ending -es is changed to the loquent being ending –us
(Running Wolf = cêr&#383;- + mhêl&#312;&#365;es =
cér&#383;ëmhêl&#312;&#365;us).

Contemporary personal names are created from the oldest known form of
the name plus the –us ending.  My own name, Charles, thus is rendered
&#312;arlâzus.  Diminutives would suffix the diminutive ending,
either –l-
or -&#312;-, (Charlie = &#312;arlâzlus).  If there is no known old
form, a
phonetic rendering is used (Britney = bërîtënus; Scott = scôtus;
Dwight = d&#365;aîtus).

Charlie