Re: New Survey: Celtic Conlangs (and other lunatic pursuits)

Hello,

I'm fiddling with the idea of a Celtic conlang (a Brythonic alternative
to Manx), but for the present I'll take the second part :-)

> PART II:  INSPIRATION BY TOLKIEN (tangential to the questions
> on inspiration
> by Celtic languages):
>
> How many of you were inspired to invent a language because of
> your exposure to Tolkien?
At least one (me, that is)

> How many of you based your conlang on one of Tolkien's
> languages, or your
> conculture in Middle Earth?
None.

> How many of you have a constructed world, and, if so, does it
> include some
> of the races we associate with Celtic or Scandinavian
> mythology? (Elves,
> Dwarves, medieval societies of humans, Faeries or Fays?
> Selkies?  Wizards?)
Not me.

> How many of you were inspired to examine Welsh, Hebrew, or
> Finnish because of your examination of Tolkien?
Me, definitely! I first peeked into Welsh to examine its relations with
Sindarin, and now I'm the resident Cambrophile! With Aidan perhaps.

(ObIrrelevant: Aidan, I've persuaded them! A course in Reading Middle
Welsh next semester! :-))

> How many of you were inspired to invent a conlang or a
> conculture because of
> some influence OTHER than Tolkien?
That too. I like the Slavic languages :-)

> How many of you were inspired to invent a language because
> you engage in
> Roll-Playing Games?
Not me.

> How many of you were inspired to invent a language because
> you heard of this listserv?
I started to shape my ideas into verbal form when I did :-)

> How many of you are members of the Mythopoeic Society, or the
> Society for
> Creative Anachronism, or other High Fantasy Groups?
Not me.

Part IV coming later, I'm just too tired :-)

> PART V:  GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS:
>
> What is your age (optional--and can be general: 30-40, for instance).
18 next Friday

> What is your profession or your station in life (i.e., if you
> are a student,
> what is your MAJOR; if a middle or high-school student, what is your
> intended major)?
Undergraduate, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics.

> What is your gender?
Male

> What is your nationality and your native language?
Russian, Russian

> What natural languages do you speak or have studied?
Russian, (elementary) Ukrainian, Englihs - spoken
French, German, Putonghua Chinese, Hebrew, Welsh, Irish, Latin, Old
Church Slavic, Old English, Bulgarian, Polish - study/studied to
different extents

> How many of you have chosen a profession in linguistics
> because of your
> interest in inventing languages?  Or plan a profession in linguistics?
Me. Well, partly of course... ;-)

> What have you learned from conlanging?
A lot. A long list might have followed, were it not midnight

> What texts on language and linguistics have you consulted to
> help invent your language?
Ditto.

> Do you know of anyone who has not connected with the Internet
> or the List
> who has invented a language? (I'm firmly convinced that
> "conlanging" has
> been a private pursuit for many people long before the list
> started, but
> that the list has increased its visibility as an art).
Yes.

> Can you give me a short sample of your language with
> interlinear description and translation?
Some links from the archives:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0210C&L=conlang&P=R3
443 (a translation exercise)
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0205B&L=conlang&P=R1
1264 (Pater Noster and some conhistory)

> Would you object to my mentioning your conlang/and or your
> name in my talk?
No.

Pavel
--
Pavel Iosad               pavel_iosad@mail.ru

Is mall a mharcaicheas am fear a bheachdaicheas
                 --Scottish proverb