On Sunday 04 August 2002 02:37 pm, Santiago wrote:
> I have a question for you all... I'd like to know to what extent are the
> cultures behind your conlangs absolutely fictional...
Well, some of the cultures take inspiration from real ones...sort of--with a
certain amount of reinterpretation. Some I made up fairly well out of thin
air.
> I mean, what sort of words you didn't include in your langs
I won't bother making a word for anything that wouldn't be in that culture.
(This means translation exercises--like the Babel Text--can vary from too
"interesting" to impossible. :))
>Have you thought of the physical appearance of your langs' speakers?
So far they're human (though longer-lived in that alternate universe).
I've not yet defined languages for any of the nonhumans.
Cian
http://www.self-owner.org/~cian/conlang/