Re: CHAT: query: where to start?

On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, AcadonBot wrote:

> Recall that the sci-fi novel "Dune" uses an arabic based
> conlang. This has been written up (linguistically) in one
> of the commentaries.
Woe is I, that I *still* haven't read _Dune_, and which will be remedied
soon.  (I'm in college and I read the Foundation trilogy for the 1st time
last week.  Sad, isn't it?  I couldn't believe what I'd missed out on!)

Thanks for the pointer!


YHL

> What sources have you on Arabic?
> Then there are other Semitic languages from Akkadian to
> Modern Hebrew.  Lots on the Internet.
>
> LEO
I looked for some stuff on Arabic.  I'm unfortunately not at all
acquainted with that family of languages, except maybe via Jewish friends
and an essay I found on Arabic morphology on the web.  I'll keep researching.

I have grammars in German, French, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Welsh
(but the Welsh one is sitting in South Korea because I'm scared to touch
it).  I've tried to find a used intro Arabic/other-Semitic-language
grammar, and there was a fairly cheap one for Turkish that I may pick up
next time I can scare up the cash.  My housemates aren't going to be
happy with me picking up *more* books, but they'll live.  =^)

YHL