Workshops Review #16

Better later than never. With a short delay I present you
REVIEW #16, the week from Apr 06 to Apr 12, 2003

Amerind Conlangs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amerindconlangs
Silent.

Celticonlang: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Celticonlang
1 msg. An apriori celtoid was presented by Hotmyol.

East Asian Conlangs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eastasianconlangs
12 msgs. More talks about emphasis. Under discussion: Trangzhik [Viktoro],
Lahabic [Theophilus Habarakhe], Gamelan [Mathias "Takatunu"].

Germaniconlang: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/germaniconlang
2 occasional msgs. Eamon Graham asks about Weltdeutsch. What do you know about
the languages of Lotharingia, esp. in Chralemagne's times?

Romanceconlang: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romanceconlang
29 msgs. Top hit of the week. Aingel promotes his Aingeljã by means of
e-journal:
http://es.geocities.com/aingelja/
Origin of "s" in Spanish "despues". Distinctions "ser/estar", "por/para". Fate
of Latin preposition "apud". Prepositions in Carrajena [Adam Walker].
The group was attacked by a spammer, and our good friend Dan Jones couldn't
remove that bastard from the list, because Yahoo! didn't recognize him as the
Listowner. Boo to Yahoo!

Slaviconlang: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Slaviconlang
23 msgs. Vozgian [Jan van Steenbergen] phonology and final decisions on
orthography. Skuodian [Pavel Iosad] and Vozgian nominal declension: -â and -jâ
stems. Are there postpositions in North Slavic langs due to Uralic influence?
See Sevorian [Jan Havlis].

Uraliconlang: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uraliconlang is
22 msgs. Vozgian (see above) phonology was discussed in Uralic context. Abur,
the old Komi alphabet: does it have anything in common with runes? Vaksje finds
Sámi resource:
http://www.hum.uit.no/sam/giellatekno/
Origin of vowel harmony and cases in Proto-Uralic. Langs that lost v.h.:
Estonian, Permian and Ob-Ugric langs.

West Asian Conlangs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/westasianconlangs
5 msgs. Eamon Graham experiments with Arabic creole. Possible phonological
processes of simplification: suggestions accepted. Three verb aspects of
Emegali[Habarakhe Theophilus].

Enjoy the spring, ppl!
Yitzik
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My best wishes to all the Jewry of the List on the occasion of the Passover!
Pesahh sameahh vekasher!

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