Re: Essentialist Khangaþyagon?

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 12:51 , Peter Bleackley wrote:

> I've been looking at Essentialist Explantations again, and was wondering
> if
> anybody could come up with one for Khangaþyagon. Here's a quick sample,
> with pronunciation, gloss, and translation.
>
> samang ya leshnam iðuzhang ya karrkakar
> [s&m&N j& leSn&m, iDu:Z&N j& ka:rk&ka:4]
> go.1p.pt 1p east.to see.1p.pt 1p raven.pl
> I went to the east, I saw the ravens
> beb enbanar subanar u elldahingar yir beb oltokdahingar yir
> [beb enb&na:4 su:b&na:4 u: el:d&hiNa:4 ji4 beb oltokd&hiNa:4 ji4]
> and thing.this.pl all.this.pl "such that" new.be.3p.pt.pl 3p.pl and
> busy.be.3p.pt.pl 3p.pl
> And all those things that were new and busy.
> samang ya hashnam, iðuzhang ya issulir
> [s&m&N j& h&Sn&m, iDu:Z&N j& is:uli:4]
> go.1p.pt 1p west.to see.1p.pt 1p egret.pl
> I went to the west, I saw the egrets
> beb enbanar subanar u futodahingar yir beb þomadahingar yir
> [beb enb&na:4 su:b&na:4 u: fu:tod&hiNa:4 ji4 beb To:m&d&hiNa:4 ji4]
> and thing.this.pl all.this.pl "such that" old.be.3p.pt.pl 3p.pl and
> calm.be.3p.pt.pl 3p.pl
> And all those things that were old and calm.
>
> The language has been described as sounding like Welsh. One Welsh speaker
> I
> know denies this.
I'm afraid, having lived in Wales for 22 years, and still having
connexions there,
I agree with that Welsh speaker.  /Z/, /&/ and /4/ are distinctly
non-Welsh.

As for an "is essentially" - I'm too tired at the end of the day to think
of something
witty - sorry  :(

But I have read it through several times, pronouncing it carefully and it
doesn't
immediately resemble any particular natlang.  It has IMO a very distinct
character of its own, which in my book is a distinct plus.  All I can say
is that
Khangaþyagon is essentially itself.

Ray
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