Re: Future English

Zesefde Joe  <joe@...> ta 2003.01.18. her 23:28:31:

> On Saturday 18 January 2003 9:26 pm, Doug Dee wrote:
> > There was a thread touching on the future evolution of English, but I've
> > lost track of which one it was.
> >
> > Anyway, I just wanted to suggest that persons interested in that area of
> > conlanging should look for _The Dune Encyclopedia_, which has an article
> > on
> > "Galach," an English-based language of the far future.
> >
> > There are complicated noun declensions formed by the suffixation of
> > pronouns and prefixation of prepositions.
> >
> > E.g., the "accompanitive" case of the word for "boy" is "gwibwihim" from
> > with+boy+him.
> >
> >
> > Doug
>
> Plausible, I suppose. Accompanitive looks a somwhat strange name, though.
> Comitative is the normal term, I believe.  If I was going to make up a
> prefix
> for that, I'd say 'with the boy', would be [wIvOi], |wivoi|. 'with the cat',
> [wIG&t], |wighćt|, and 'with the dog' [wIDOg], |widhog|.  In case you can't
> tell, the prefix |wi-| is applied, and any stop is turned into a voiced
> fricative.  Fricatives are voiced, and voiced fricatives are left alone.  If
> the word has an initial vowel, the prefix is |wiv-|.
Reminds me to sindarin lenition somewhat.
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