Re: ,Language' in language name?
From: | Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...> |
Date: | Thursday, November 29, 2001, 2:29 |
> How many people's conlang names contain the word for ,language' in
> that language? I suspect that's around 100%, right? :-)
The English term "Gladilatian" doesn't, but the Gladilatian term for
itself, _mehyohot_mset_, does. _Mset_ is "language". _Mehyohot_mset_ is
"language of the gladifers". "Gladilatian" comes from "Gladilatia" (a
planet name) which comes from "gladifer" (a species name) which is a
word coined from Latin roots meaning "swordbearer" (because gladfers' horns
resemble swords).
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