Re: Tong-cho-la, a philosophical language

From: "Andrew Nowicki" <andrew@...>
Subject: Re: Tong-cho-la, a philosophical language


> Joe Fatula wrote:
>
> JF> So both languages have different levels of
> JF> compounding ability.  In Tongchola:
> JF>   te-leowalkailu = a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle
> JF>   walkailu = wheeled vehicle
> JF>   chawal = something with wheels
> JF>   te-leo = a horse-vehicle
> JF>   te-teokolleowalkailu = a horse-drawn wheeled
> JF>                vehicle controlled by a human
>
> It looks like the root words of Tongchola do not
> have fixed length. It may be difficult to tell where
> one root word ends and another root word begins.
Actually, they have a very simple fixed length.  Each syllable is a root
word.  A root word begins with a consonant, then has some vowel, and
possibly a consonant at the end.  So you can always tell where the
boundaries are.

In "te-leowalkailu", it can only be "te" "leo" "wal" "kai" "lu".

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