Re: Naming your Language
| From: | James W <emindahken@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 22, 2004, 18:59 |
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>>>> scott<sjcaldwell@...> 10/21/2004 2:31:35 PM >>>
>Just a quick question. I've been working on my conlang for a while now
>and have been using a word made up quite a while ago as the name of the
>language and the name of those who speak it. I've realized now it
>doesn't quite fit in with the language any more.
>
>How are some of the ways you have named your language and its speakers?
>
My first conlang, orelynna, basically means 'for song'--intended to be a language
for text in songs.
My current project (on hold due to time constraints), emindahken, can be seen
as:
e-min-dah-ken
e - abstract/invisible noun prefix
-min- people (root)
-dah- mountain (root)
-ken- speech (root)
or 'speech of the mountain people'--a language for a conculture who live high
in a mountainous region, isolated from the rest of their world.
James W.