Re: interestin' gamelang?: Cuotl from 'Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends'
From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 12:30 |
Hi!
andrew writes:
> On Monday 16 April 2007 11:43 pm, Henrik Theiling wrote:
> > Hanuman Zhang writes:
> > >...
> > > Lately I have been ponderin' the idea of a parallel/futuristic
> > > Mayan-like conlang called Xibalbatecatl...
> >
> > The name looks like more like Aztecan. I was thinking about a
> > Nahuatl-phonology language recently, too. The grammar will be
> > totally different, though.
> >
> A quick check shows that Xibalba is a name from Mayan mythology, the
> home of the Lords of Death defeated by the heroes. I cannot speculate
> on the second half of the name of Hanuman's language.
Ah, ok. It was indeed the second part '-tecatl' strongly reminded me
of Nahuatl phonology.
**Henrik