swadesh?
From: | Fabian <rhialto@...> |
Date: | Friday, April 2, 1999, 1:46 |
>> Does anyone think this conlang looks like anything else?
>>
>
>Well, in general sound (and in the transcription of q and x),
>it reminds me of my own conlang - as does the historic tense.
>Perhaps we should do a Swadesh on both?
>
>The There seems to be a bit of Chinese in, too, at least, to my
>uninformed ear.
Whats a swadesh? It sounds painful.
Inspirations for this language include Maltese, Russian, Japanese and
English.
btw, my informant tells me that Demuan actually has several dialects, but is
reticent when it comes to giving precise details, so I'm not 100% sure of
the correctness of my translations.
---
Fabian
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