Here's a nice challenge for Saturday morning...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Constructed Languages List
> [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On Behalf Of Wesley Parish
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:15 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: conlang names
>
>
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:13, # 1 wrote:
> > I've started my first conlang but I encountered a problem: the name
> >
> >
[snip]
> Use the word "no" in translation. that's got a long history
> of use among linguists - for example, I speak the northern
> european language No
English
, as opposed to the southern
> european/western mediterranean language No;
Spanish
both of which are
> different from but related to the northern european language
> Non
French
, and the middle european language Nein
German
which is however
> related to the northern european language No.
English again
No is however
> related to Ekkert,
Icelandic
which is not related to Ei, another
> language spoken in Scandinavia.
Finnish
> No (southern european) is closely related to Nao, also a
> southern european/western mediterranean language.
Portuguese
Neither of
> these is related to La
Arabic
or Lo',
Hebrew
both of which played a major
> role in its eflorescence of culture during the middle ages.
> La shares a common script with Nakheyr
Farsi
and Nahi;
Not quite sure, but is it Urdu?
it used to
> share a common script with Degil
Turkish
, but Kemil Ataturk changed
> that. In the meantime Nahi is very closely related to Nahi,
> but doesn't share the same script.
So if I'm right about Urdu, I guess Hindi.
>
> Anyone tell me what languages I'm referring to?
> >
> --
> Wesley Parish
> * * *
> Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish
> * * *
> Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
> You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
> Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
> I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
>