Re: List of natlangs

Joshua Shinavier wrote:

> Hey all
>
> Well, it looks like I'm going to be taking an unexpected three-month visit to
> the US, so I won't be here to maintain the natlang list -- we need a volunteer
> to take over; Carlos?
Thank you and yes.  I'm willing and I will be working during the hollidays...  I
hopefully will publish the list on the web too.

> The list is still incomplete, and really the blank entries I've typed in are
> just suggestions; the ideal list would have not just countries and languages,
> but even major cities, ethnic groups etc. so that it would be easy to
> translate any important foreign name into a conlang.  But this will have to
> do for now :)
I would also suggest etimologies.  I guess there are several way a language or a
conlang would refere to a country, an ethnic group or a city: translate the writen
form, translate the spoken form of the name, use the name brought by another
culture, assign a name base on a perception, assign a name based on an etimology,
etc.

The list would have Countries, States, Provinces, Major Cities, Ethnic groups and
other Peoples and how they are related, both in Peoples languages, National and
official languages, How they are known in some major languges (i.e. English).  I
suggest the most common romanization as used by the people (i.e. the way Russians
romanizate Cyrilic for Russian names, not the way English speakers do) and
phonemic transcription.  I will take Joshua's list and present it here (either
posted or with an URL link).

>           ===========People who helped make this list:===============
>
>                        Josh Brandt-Young
>                        Raymond A. Brown
>                        Eric Christopherson
>                        Oliver Cromm
>                        Gustavo Eulalio
>                        David Jacoby
>                        Kristian Jensen
>                        Josh Shinavier
>                        Andrew Smith
>                        Nik Taylor
>                        Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
>                        Lucasso
>                        Taliesin



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