Re: Introduction; Chana linguistics

>This is really cool.
>
>I like the way you've carefully worked out all of the sound changes.
>Very systematic but also organic (and therefore believable) at the
>same time.
>
>Just from what you've posted about the language and dialects I've
gotten
>a feel for all of the different tribes (is that the right word?).
Thanks!  As far as I can tell, the Chanan-speaking tribes are not
actually related to each other -- they in fact seem to consist of
several different species.  (Mondre Khan are half-bestial, and Sawila
are feathered!)  Why they all use this language is not exactly clear,
but they do all live in the same general area.  Perhaps Chanan was the
language of a powerful nation from before the Forgotten Age which
imposed its language on the area.

>I, too, have downloaded Langmaker, but I haven't really used it yet.
>I'm still trying to get it to work on my system without getting error
>messages.
It's buggy for me too -- it works great on my work computer, but I
always get weird errors on my home computer.  If you're having trouble,
do try wiping out the "langmaker.ini" file that it put in your windows
directory -- that sometimes helps.

I'm thinking of looking into "phono," which is a program for
professional linguists (freeware).  Much more powerful in terms of sound
changes, but much less user friendly and it cannot randomly generate
words.


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