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Family names (was: [OT] Re: Conlangea Dreaming)

From:DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 11, 2000, 3:48
From: "Yoon Ha Lee"

> ObConlang: Do family names, if they exist, come first or last or > elsewhere in your conlangs?
À l'orientale and hongroise, surnames come first. Also à l'orientale, groupings go from the largest to the smallest. So an address would be: country, province/state, city, street, address, person. Dates: year, month, day. Etc. While the name thing follows a similar logic, it's also because the Christian name is the one declined while the surname is defective. Klintön Bils, Klintön Bilsít, Klintön Bilsík, Klintön Bilsín.... Kou