Re: Inspirational languages
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 9:51 |
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On Monday 15 January 2007 00:30, Leon Lin wrote:
> I currently can speak English and Mandarin, what other languages to
> recommend me look in to for ideas (not necessarily natlangs)? What
> languages have you found the most interesting?
Basque, definitely, for its grammar, and some Australian language for
weirdness of sound (no fricatives! lots of nasals!). If you're interested in
PIE you should have a look at Lithuanian, which is very archaic. A Turkish
lang might also be useful for their vowel harmony and suffixing
agglutination. Then there's...
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you should at least look at a native
language from each continent, to stea^Wborrow ideas from. Finding info about
australian or american indian languages at your local library might be tricky
but there's lotsa neat stuff on the web these days.
t., currently testing kmail
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