Re: "Language Creation" in your conlang

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

> 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.
Flying by the seat of my pants a bit here, but I'll guess it's something
like:

din's'i"n de'maphsep /diNS1n dEmAfsep/

Each apostrophe is an acute over the previous letter, each quote sign is a
trema over the previous letter.

FWIW, in UTF-8 it's dińśïn démaphsep /diŋʃɨn dɛmɑfsep/

Interlinear:

din's'i" - n    de'ma - phse   - p

tonuge   - G4   build - G4_Acc - G5

For script, if you like, you can use a mix of Greek, Coptic and Hebrew:

delta iota ayin shai upsilon nu - delta eta mu alpha phi lunate-sigma
epsilon pi

Thus: ΔΙעϢΥΝ ΔΗΜΑΦCΕ�

Preferably in a Coptic or other similar-ish uncial font or in masonry-
carved romano-greek all-capitals. You can happily substitute Cyrillic sha Ш
for Coptic shai Ϣ if your favourite font lacks the latter.




Paul

PS: I know I had another word for "language", and more to the point one
which I have used on-list (which ought to have made it canon), but I can't
find it in my notes, and I can't be bothered to search the archives. I
suspect Thagojian has as many near-synonyms as English or (almost) any
other language.

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