Re: CHAT: Hi!

Quoting Sigmund Kopperud <vile-dmg@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
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> >Quoting Sigmund Kopperud <vile-dmg@...>:
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> >>hello!
> >>my name is Sigmund,
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> >Hello!
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> >>and i'm creating a conlang called Därb. it's based
> >>on most germanic languages, although it has changed.
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> >>here's the inscription on the one ring in Därb:
> >>Az rinochyz därb zéth, az rinochyz fich zéth, az rinochyz erträch zéth,
> >>r cizochyzsse dräb.
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> >How about an interlinear? Does not, on surface, look particularly Germanic
> ...
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> >That -sse bit looks alot like the Quenya locative - more than coincidence?
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> >                                                      Andreas
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> the words are based on germanic words. a friend suggested the -sse bit
> (he's finnish).
That's kinda cool ...

> the language itself has become pretty un-germanic, seeing as how there
> are agglutative endings.
OK.

What's the origin of the name "Därb", btw - it does look much like German
_derb_.

                                         Andreas