Re: ,Language' in language name?
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 27, 2001, 21:03 |
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On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 07:08 , Henrik Theiling wrote:
> How many people's conlang names contain the word for ,language' in
> that language? I suspect that's around 100%, right? :-)
<ashamed look> I don't think *any* of mine do, and all of them except
maybe Tasratal have associated concultures.
Czevraqis almost got named after the peoples who speak it, but since there
are two major nations involved (Qenar and Avrezin) I decided it had to be
something different. Even though it's probably the most "complete" of my
conlangs I have no idea where the name comes from, other than its descent
through Rakis and its sister tongue Kirtakis, spoken by the Kirtai
horsemen.
Tsuhon came from Doitsu [Deutsch] + Nihon. No rhyme or reason other than
I liked that combination of syllables best.
Tasratal *really* came from nowhere. Someday I'll pick it apart and
create a meaning from its yet-uncreated constituent parts.
God, I must be one of the most disorganized conlangers on earth...I don't
remember offhand what the Czevraqis root for "speech" or "language"
is...in Tsuhon it'd probably be "spurahe" [Spurax@], from "Sprache" (?).
Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofveils.com]
http://pegasus.cityofveils.com
Life is complex: it consists of real and imaginary parts.
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