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Re: alphabet-animal books

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 17:51
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: ava "bird" (apyon "bee") bas "cat" (bisru "ape"; bös'ro "donkey") c ? c'os'te "butterfly" (or c'etlo "oyster" ... nah.) dinvok "turkey" e ? far "mouse" (folg "wolf") g ? g' ? höz' "sheep" ivap "deer" (iru "ant") jigra "frog" kuma "bear" (karto "eagle" kenc'va "worm) k'ujik "whale" lief "lion" (lüc' "snake") muk' "fly" (any kind) nimar "tiger" og'let "turtle" (ork'o "pig") ö ? paaki "spider" (pivik "squirrel") r ? sig'ir "ox" (sadafzluk "snail") s'ke "goat" tawok "chicken" uski "rabbit" ürok "dog" (üplos "horse") vürel "fox" w ? yus' "cow" z ? z' ? 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

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Joe Fatula <fatula3@...>
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