>From: Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
>
>Speaking of color words, I found that two of my languages had almost
>identical words for red, despite the fact that their phonologies and
>creations were incredibly separated. Here's a list of color words I chose
>for their onomatopoeic (sort of) properties. They all sound like the color
>to me, at least partly. What colors do they sound like to any of you? The
>sounds are all standard Roman alphabet, c and g being /k/ and /g/, th is
>/T/. All of them are stressed on the first syllable.
>
My guesses:
>valien :white
>megraur :yellow
>caelian :blue
>seuthul :green
>caret :red
>urgom :black
>
>Any thoughts?
-Wayne Chevrier
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