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--- habarakhe4 skrzypszy: > I wish I could take that advice, but it seems that Classical > Fortunatian literature is predominantly religious. Oh, but that shouldn't necessarily mean that the language cannot be used for secular purpose, should it? > The comparative method which you have chosen has an elegant result, > but the process often seems to be longer than the equivalent for a > priori languages. I'm not so sure. I have never made an a priori language myself, but it seems hard to be always fully dependent on your own inspiration. Besides, there are numerous traps to be avoided (like recreating the same favourite word all the time). Any type of conlang has its own problems in word creation. In the case of Wenedyk, my main problem was that I want the vocabulary to be based on Vulgar Latin and not on Classical Latin. Hence, my Latin dictionaries are of little use. Often, I work with four dictionaries at hand: Classical Latin, French, Italian, and Romanian. Sometimes Portuguese or Rhaeto-Romance, too. At this moment, I am trying to resurrect my North-Slavic conlang Vozgian. Based, of course, on Common Slavic. The difficulty with this language is that I need to find not only Common Slavic roots, but I also must know which syllable is stressed. Especially the latter makes it hard. As a result I have to consult both Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian dictionaries. Life is not easy for a conlanger... > Pan huorma roca d'arachne, sabrina't eman! mu dau dat y baux fsa dauna > do kornax. > (How beautiful a website, Sabrine and Eamon! I shall give you a gift > of cr Of cr...? Horns? Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com