Re: "Language Creation" in your conlang

Damn! Didn't send. Stupid webmail! I'd a great big dirty lump of stuff written
on the words for 'Language Creation' you could use. I even started into a
discussion on the differences between strong and weak verbs in Eretas, but
the mailer had other thoughts...

Let's try again.

JS Bangs <jaspax@...> wrote:

> So if you'd like to have your conlang included, just mail the list with a
> translation of the phrase "language creation", as a compound if possible,
> and I'll try to include it. I don't want to image to get over-busy, so I
> don't promise that I'll be able to include everything I receive, but I'll
> try to get most of them.
There are two words in Eretas you could possibly use: _imarrellen_ (lit.
word-making), or _eretassellen_ (lit. language-making). The difference is that _imarrellen_
has overtones of *active* creation, whereas _eretassellen_ has
*passive* ones. _Imarrellen_, you see, includes coining new words as part of
its meaning; _eretassellen_, on the other hand, includes gradual natural change
and mutation of language.

The words break down as: _imar_ 'word', _eretas_ 'language', _ellen_ 'do/make'.

Eretas is what I call the language because I haven't figured out what the
speakers call it. The name is subject to change. :-)

K.

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