On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> >
> > This is pulled from the Conlang-List Ethnologue, mainly
> > because it's Fri. night and I'm procrastinating on a
> > topology take-home prelim.
> [...]
> > Hanky Castilian = Hanuki Casutirian
> > Hangkerimian = Hanukerimian
> > Moskian = Mosukian
> > New Cartagenian = Niu Karutaqenian
>
> Note that in the Conlang-Ethnologue I gave the English names of the
> languages. If Chevraquis would have taken the names from Enlgish
> sources from Zera's timeline would probably had come to those names.
Figures. :-p
> Well, if your speakers would have taken the names as used by the
> speakers, they would have based the names on:
> Crioyo /'krjojo/ for Hanki Castillian
Crioyo = Kriyoyo /krijOjO/
> HAN/KE^RIM~CE~ /?ANgERimCE/ with raising, high, falling raisin and
> falling raising tones, for Hangkerimian
<blink> I am too tired to look up most of those transcription symbols,
but it would be *really mutilated.*
> Moscha /'mOsc_h@/ for moskian, where /c_h/ is an aspirated palatal
> stop.
Moscha = Mosucha /mOsu-tSa/
/c_h/ is a sound I actually know! It occurs in Korean. <jig of joy>
> Nyucaris /nju'ka:r\iS/ for New Cartagenan, where /r\/ is an alveolar
> approximant.
Nyucaris = Niyukarisj /niju-karIS/
:-)
YHL