Re: "Language Creation" in your conlang

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:50:46 -0800, JS Bangs <jaspax@...> wrote:

>I recently registered http://www.glossopoesis.org, where I'm putting up my
>own languages and some general conlang-related stuff. I want to replace
>the current header image, which is the default included with my
>content-management system, with something actually topical to my site. So
>I'd like to get a collection of the word or phrase for "language creation"
>in a variety of conlangs, so I can combine them into a nice graphic to use
>as a header.
For whatever reason the first language that comes to my mind is
Ehxduxadiikotu, the collaborative conlang founded by Pete Bleackley a few
weeks back.  In Ehxduxadiikootu we have

kwokiwiixduxadiikootu
act-of.make.act-of.speak.man.NOM

In my own main language, pjaukra, it would be

walwarrastara
language.create.NOMINALIZER

or, in place of <rast> 'create', one could use <tsir> 'create creatively or
artistically', or <tekt> /tEtS/ 'create for utilitarian purposes' (the same
distinction that I see Tairezazh has).  There is a native script but I don't
really have time to prepare an example now.

Alex Fink