Re: Fluency Wish-List (was Re: Ah-ha! New computer,YANC and fluency)

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Rob Nierse wrote:

> > 1) Nahuatl (classical and/or modern).  I laboriously worked my way thorugh
> > Anderson's "Introduction to Classical Nahuatl" a good ten years ago, and
> > I'm not sure how much I really learned at the time -- and whatever I did
> > is pretty well forgotten by now.  It's an aesthetically pleasing language,
> > aurally and grammatically; there's also quite a lot of interesting texts
> > from the colonial period to read.
>
> Aha! Someone who shares my interest!
> I'm re-reading some Nahuatl these days.
Brad Coon also does (or has done) work with Nahuatl; that makes at least
three of us on the list.  Not bad!

> Well, here is my CONLANG wish list:
> 1) My still unnamed language (that will probably never be finished)
> that is based on Aztec sounds and Salish grammar: because is mine
> and it has to become my "Masterpiece".
As a fellow Nahuatlophile and semi-native of the Pacific Northwest, I am
*very* interested in hearing and reading more about this as it develops.
Please keep us informed!!

Kenji