Re: my first conlang

Patrick Jarrett wrote:
>What I have planned, is an initial greeting, with different additions
>depending on the situation, status and rank of the people involved.
>
>person a: Greetings, you who is above me
>    Person a is below Person b in the caste system (still to be made up)
and
>he uses a greeting which shows respect to person b
>
>person b: Greetings, you who is below me, what is it you seek?
>    Person b responds with a semi-friendly response showing that he
>recognizes the lower person's presence, and the second phrase (what is it
>you seek) would be an "addition" for lack of a better name, showing that he
>is willing to help or speek to him.
>
>And there will most likely be a dozen or so of these sorts of greetings,
>then I will move to departing messages.
>
>Should be interesting.
>
Indeed.  But how does one know the caste/status in the first place?  Visual
cues of some sort-- clothing for example? (Hmm, I can see how someone born
in the lowest caste could assume everyone to be superior, and similarly for
someone of the highest caste, but what about the gradations in between?)