Re: alphabet-animal books

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:51:04 -0500, Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
wrote:

>Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
>
>>ha ya haprali, e karun añange.....  [ya short for yale 'is']
>>['xa jaxa'prali e'karuna'JaNge]
>>"H is Haprali, the lord of the forest"
>>Haprali is the largest Cousin, a panther-like animal
>>
>>Ha is the first letter of the Kash alphabet, so it's just a start..... I
>>don't have many other animal names, certainly not 25.
>
>I had a look through the lexicon, and while Rhean has quite a few animal
>names, it does not (yet) have them for all 31 letters. Here's what I got:
Lindiga doesn't have nearly enough animal names yet. Here's a list for
Tirelat:

A: arhka "raccoon"
I: (none that I can find)
R: raav "lynx, bobcat"
K: koga "gull"
U: ugolhku "chameleon"
L: lesta "badger"
M: mravna "woodchuck, marmot"
N: nuumu "owl"
T: tegla "swallow"
V: var "crow, raven"
Y: (none that I can find; very few Tirelat words begin with y)
D: dev "rabbit"
H: hazaar "deer"
O: ooki "guinea pig"
E: eriva "mountain beaver"
ZH: zhiil "fox"
Z: zilva "gerbil"
G: gur "dove, pigeon"
J: jaljka "eagle"
S: stelhka "spider"
P: parz "free-tailed bat"
SH: shiira "weasel"
RH: rhuuzha "cardinal, grosbeak"
LH: lhilhka "porcupine"
B: binti "armadillo"
F: fuuru "shrew"
C: cilit "sparrow"
DZ: dzih "kingfisher"
NG: ngak "duck"

>That's 22 of 31 covered. So far. I imagine this is more difficult for those
>whose languages are not spoken on Earth: you must invent not only names,
>but the animals themselves! But wouldn't it be interesting to have a look
>through an alphabet book of conworld fauna.
>
>M
That'd be an interesting project once I get started on my new Zireen
languages. It's hard enough to find references for drawing animals other
than a few common ones like horses and dogs. Figuring out how to draw
realistic alien animals would be even harder, but a children's book could
use uncomplicated language and stylized drawings.

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