Re: ,Language' in language name?
| From: | Matthew Pearson <matthew.pearson@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 27, 2001, 20:54 |
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I've mentioned Tokana and Thh-Tmaa already. Previous conlangs of mine did feature
the word for language--or related words, anyway. Kosan, the extrafictional
ancestor of Tokana, comes from the root "san" meaning "speech, communication"
("ko-" meant "person"). The precursor of Kosan was called Tadheka, which name
means "tongue of the people" ("tadha oka"). My first ever conlang, Messyen, got
its name from the verb "messi", meaning "to speak".
Matthew Pearson
Department of Linguistics
Reed College
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