Re: names in conlangs

* veritosproject@GMAIL.COM said on 2006-06-05 20:47:07 +0200
> how do you g*s do names in your langs?  example:
>
> Ru/En: Mikhail Soloviev
> Cenoji: colofijamihali
How is that pronounced (CXS)? Foreign names are adapted to the phonology
of Taruven, with sometimes funny results since Taruven doesn't have /o/
for instance.

Non-foreign names:

There are up to four personal names:

There's a given name, given at birth, that doesn't really mean anything
and follows certain patterns and are at least two syllables long. The
most popular pattern is CVCVC, the last C is rarely a plosive.
One-syllable foreign names get adapted by suffixing -ji.

Then there are nicknames (chosen by others) which might mean something
and changes throughout life (and you can have several at once), and tags
(chosen by the bearer) which might mean something and may change
throughout life, and short names, which is one of the letters of one of
the three names mentioned.

Then there's the place-name, whose length depends on how pedantic you
want to be. It goes city-region-continent/spacestation-planet-sun-
sector-galaxy-cluster-universe-dimension-timeline etc. etc. etc. but
these are only used for disambiguation and paperwork, and everyone
living in the same place would share this name and basically never use
it.

Then there's the family name. If there is no family name, you get the
personal names of your parents, one of the three mentioned previously
from each. The form of the family name varies with culture, species,
area etc.

Then there's the people-name, which not all have. Chars use the name of
their House here, we might use some form of a word meaning "human".

Then there's a disambiguation-name, usually a profession, religion or
other fact important to the bearer. Jehan "the-world-is-round" or Maras
"the-baker" for instance.

For Mikhail Soloviev I'd guess it'd be:

Given name: mixaìl
Place-name: <something>-Terra-Sol-<something>
Family name: salāfjef
Disambig.: "who-conlangs"


t., who received a *fourth* adsl2-router yesterday, which still works