Leon Porter | Re: language names

• Autor: Leon Porter (“leonporter”)
• Tema: Re: language names
• Data: 2004-09-22 22:38
• Mesaje: 777 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

Ma donce, "Lao" vole es "laan"!  Personal, me no pensa ce nos nesesa
sufises regula per nomes de linguas.  Alga nomes fada con esta
sufises pare un poca nonatural.  Me gusta bon la sistem ce nos ave ja.

-Leon

--- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, cgboeree <cgboeree@a...>
wrote:
> Thoughts on possible alternative to native names for adjectives and
> languages
>
> adjective forms and names for languages derived from nation, area,
or
> ethnic group, as follows:
>
> -a, -e, -o > -an
> -i >  -ian
> -u> -uan
> all others > -es
>
> for example:
>
> Sveria (Seden) > sverian
> Canada > canadan
> Suomi (Finnland) > suomian
> Nion (Japan) > niones
> Yid (central European Jewish community) > yides
> Rom (Gypsies) > romes
>
> note:
>
> Nederland > nederlandes
> Island > islandes
>
> but:
>
> Deutxland > deutxes
> England > engles
> Scotland > scotes
>
> also:
>
> Maldives > maldivan (drop plural before -an)
> Isolas Marxal > marxales
>
> sometimes awkward:
>
> Elas > elases
> Pacistan > pakistanes
>
> sometimes complex:
>
> Renia Unida > de Renia Unida, o engles, scotes, e cimrian
> Statos Unida de America > de SUA, o american