Re: conlang names

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On 9 Dec 2004, at 2.13 pm, # 1 wrote:

> I've started my first conlang but I encountered a problem: the name
>
> What do you take as names?
>
> It is logic when you call it by the name of the imaginary people who
> speak it but I don't have any history about my conlang.
>
> There is also the possibility to call it with one of the words of tha
> language like "esperanto" but for me I don't know wich one take and if
> I make a bad choice I would consider it as a lack of originality...
>
> Where do you take your ideas for your conlang names?
Some popular choices include 'our language' or 'the people's language'
or something similar (even if you don't have a people yet but your
language is an artlang that could conceivably be spoken by a people,
it's still a good choice). German (Deutsch) is a well-known candidate
for the latter.

Føtisk (Ancient F. _foietisc_, Old & Modern F. _Fœtisk_) is usually
assumed to mean 'of the people'/'the people's language' as well, but
that should regularly be *_foievisc_ and *_Fœvisk_. (As it stands, the
best meaning is 'Language of the Føts'/'of the Føt'.) It may just be an
irregular sound change; *_foied_ is never attested in the ancient
language.

--
Tristan.