Re: Merian H3: Concept
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 14, 2001, 19:18 |
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Quoting Joe Hill <joe@...>:
> Well, the third language for my world is in it's conceptual stages.
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> The Idea is a highly inflected language, that has evolved so the
> inflections have replaced the word itself. It should prove interesting
> to design :-)
If you're interested in ideas for that, I'd suggest reading
a grammar or two about Yup'ik, which is polysynthetic. Most
of the Iroquoian languages tend towards polysynthesis, too.
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