Re: New Language: Borg
| From: | Raymond A. Brown <raybrown@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 22, 1998, 19:10 |
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At 7:06 pm -0500 21/9/98, Terrence Donnelly wrote:
>Peter wrote:
>>---Terrence Donnelly <pag000@...> wrote:
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>>> A big Conlang prize for the person who can tell me which language
>>> Borg is based on.
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>> Hmm...biliteral roots, similar to Arabic's triliteral roots.
>>Phonology strongly similar to Arabic. Structure VSO, like Classical
>>Arabic. I'll guess...Welsh?
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>Oooh! So close! but, no.
So close! Umm - not, I think, as close as Cornish or Breton, but still
Celtic. Now, let's see. That 'gh' and 'dh' and the palatalization
business - perhaps Irish ;)
Ray.