Re: OT: Quick Intro

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From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Quick Intro


> Welcome to the list! I hope you were warned that CONLANG is addictive?
Just what I need, another world building addiction!!

> Race languages? Does that means you're planning to have one Elvish
language,
> one Trollish one, one
> Little-bluey-grey-cynoids-with-an-obsession-for-malt-whiskey one (or
> whatever races you're including)?
>
> Nothing "wrong" about that, of course, but, despite being common in RPG
> worlds etc, a such situation is slightly odd; why are there multiple human
> languages, but only one cynoid one? Explanations can, of course, be
found -
> the cynoids may be confined to a smaller geographical area than the
humans,
> say - but forgoing to make _the_ cynoid language in favour of making _a_
> cynoid language frees one from having to provided them.
Well, after a fashion.  But I've changed things a bit.  My "dwarves" are the
Äubrekka, and have a body plan very similar to the Neanderthal, including
height.  They are your typical uber-craftsmen, but they prefer to live above
ground, in mountain valleys and such.  A hardy folk.  Goblins are the
e'Gratën, and are also very similar in appearance to Men, but have a very
powerful build, Asiatic eyes, and a well-honed sense of honor that kind of
seperates them from your typical blindly evil Goblins.  The Elves, otherwise
called the Aewylin, are the ones I am having trouble with as far as removing
the stereotypical Elven image.  But I have time...

Also, the various tales in the Leaves of Autumn will deal largely with the
races of Men (collectively called the Enkidai) over very wide geographical
distances.  If I run into other races of the Aubrekka, for instance, then I
will use the one baseline language for them already created as a template
for a second language.

> I'm hoping they're not cynoid nor like malt whiskey ... :-)
Well, they love to drink as much as any other race....

> I'm not sure exactly what you are asking _about_? Still, I hope you find
> what I wrote above re "race" languages helpful, whether it causes you to
> change anything or not.
I think I left something out.  That's what I get for chasing kids while
working at the computer!  Basically, I was wondering if it is okay to list
out the names of the gods in "common", and then list out the same names in
Aubrekka equivalent.  I have no idea about bandwidth limitations on this
list, and certainly don't want to create unwanted traffic!

...John...


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