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1736 nouns in my list, not 1738, probably a snafu on my part [[User:Jerimee|Jerimee]] ([[User talk:Jerimee|talk]]) 23:46, 1 February 2023 (UTC) | 1736 nouns in my list, not 1738, probably a snafu on my part [[User:Jerimee|Jerimee]] ([[User talk:Jerimee|talk]]) 23:46, 1 February 2023 (UTC) | ||
| − | List was/is missing SUMMER, SING ("Song"), and MIGHTINESS. "Might" is english noun version of '''[WORD:MIGHTY].''' "Mightiness" is english noun version of '''[WORD:MIGHTINESS].''' --[[User:Jerimee|Jerimee]] ([[User talk:Jerimee|talk]]) 01:05, 2 February 2023 (UTC) | + | List was/is missing SUMMER, <strike>SING ("Song")</strike>, and MIGHTINESS. "Might" is english noun version of '''[WORD:MIGHTY].''' "Mightiness" is english noun version of '''[WORD:MIGHTINESS].''' --[[User:Jerimee|Jerimee]] ([[User talk:Jerimee|talk]]) 01:05, 2 February 2023 (UTC) |
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| + | The lack of cognates makes it easier to infer from context the meaning of compound words. A vocabulary set with morphological etymology would be poorly suited to agglutinative compound word building, as similar meaning words would also sound similar. | ||
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| + | For example, Lanlarbal means "bird tone" and Lanlarbål means "bird growth." If Bal and Bål were similar meaning words, the compounds Lanlarbal and Lanlarbål could easily be misheard or confused. Bal and Bål are unlikely to be used together in a given context, allowing one to infer which word was used. [[User:Jerimee|Jerimee]] ([[User talk:Jerimee|talk]]) 01:02, 8 February 2023 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 01:03, 8 February 2023
Count of words
I count 2196 as of today. Just what the article says! Jerimee (talk) 20:38, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
1736 nouns in my list, not 1738, probably a snafu on my part Jerimee (talk) 23:46, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
List was/is missing SUMMER, SING ("Song"), and MIGHTINESS. "Might" is english noun version of [WORD:MIGHTY]. "Mightiness" is english noun version of [WORD:MIGHTINESS]. --Jerimee (talk) 01:05, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
The names of the languages
I propose naming the languages after their respective word for "language".
Dwarven: Talul Elven: Yifa Goblin: Xusplu Human: Ashthal --Guardian of Silverybearded (talk) 10:40, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Morphology
The lack of cognates makes it easier to infer from context the meaning of compound words. A vocabulary set with morphological etymology would be poorly suited to agglutinative compound word building, as similar meaning words would also sound similar.
For example, Lanlarbal means "bird tone" and Lanlarbål means "bird growth." If Bal and Bål were similar meaning words, the compounds Lanlarbal and Lanlarbål could easily be misheard or confused. Bal and Bål are unlikely to be used together in a given context, allowing one to infer which word was used. Jerimee (talk) 01:02, 8 February 2023 (UTC)