Re: Native Grammatical terms

On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Hey, do y'all have "native" grammatical terms in your conlangs?  That
> is, have you worked out how the speakers of your conlangs would describe
> their language?
Only phonological ones until now: _laynyin coli_ "open sounds"
(vowels), _laynyin nacoli_ "closed sounds" (consonants), with
_laynyin disi_ "changeable sounds" (diphthongs) in between - rising
diphthongs change from closed to open, falling diphthongs from open
to closed.

Note that _laynyn_ is specifically a *speech* sound.

Some day in this millennium or the next (gives me all of 2000 to be
uncertain in), I'll work out how Valdyans describe other aspects of
the language...

   Irina


            Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay.
                     irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself)
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