Re: THEORY: A possible Proto-World phonology

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:49:10 +0200 Lars Henrik Mathiesen
<thorinn@...> writes:
> Positing that all human languages descend from a single recent
> ancestor is an excellent base for creating a conlang.
>
> Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour
> NOT marked)
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I just remembered that i (sorta) did that once.  My conlang "Mother
Language" (no native name) consists of one two-word phrase and one name
from an unfinished story i wrote about three years ago called _Blood
Vengeance_.  The phrase is _pleknu gamna-zoh_ "Those Who Fell From
Stars", and the name is _agha'shu_ "Monster-Destroyer".

Based on this small corpus, the sounds seem to be:
[ p l E k n u g a m n z A<w> G S ]
(where /A<w>/ is rounded, low, and back)
with possibly underlying / h s j ? /

These have been co-opted into Rokbeigalmki to yeild the words _plek_
"fall", _ool[]-_ (adj-vrb prefix), _gamnuh_ "star", and _sughel_
"monster".


-Stephen (Steg)
 "i gave my life to become the person i am right now. was it worth it?"