Questions about elcari
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:58 am
I was shocked to realise the other day that the grammar of Elkarîl is over 15 years old! It still feels new somehow.
I remember reading that elcari have long relationships but not lifelong - the Count of Years also mentions that they only marry members of a different clan than themselves. So does that categorically rule out relationships with members of the same clan? Flings etc. (if that is the sort of thing that elcari go in for)?
Reviewing Elkarîl I definitely do feel like it is successful at evoking a distinct feel that is different to naturalistic human languages.It feels like something Khemthu-Nôr set out and carefully planned rather than something that could arise among humans organically, and to me that's a positive - elcari have a tidy, meticulous mindset and want to be precise. The shape-based anaphors are particularly a nice touch.
Is there anything you would do differently about Elkarîl now if you were starting from scratch? I know that we know more about elcari in different parts of Almea, I don't know if they fit into a plan for how Elkarîl looks or feels.
Something else I just noticed and I'm not sure if it's a mistake. The instructions on pluralisers say to "Insert -q if the noun ends in a vowel, but -m if it ends in -u." This makes me think that qaraju should in fact be qaraqaju, unless there is something that I am missing.
I remember reading that elcari have long relationships but not lifelong - the Count of Years also mentions that they only marry members of a different clan than themselves. So does that categorically rule out relationships with members of the same clan? Flings etc. (if that is the sort of thing that elcari go in for)?
Reviewing Elkarîl I definitely do feel like it is successful at evoking a distinct feel that is different to naturalistic human languages.It feels like something Khemthu-Nôr set out and carefully planned rather than something that could arise among humans organically, and to me that's a positive - elcari have a tidy, meticulous mindset and want to be precise. The shape-based anaphors are particularly a nice touch.
Is there anything you would do differently about Elkarîl now if you were starting from scratch? I know that we know more about elcari in different parts of Almea, I don't know if they fit into a plan for how Elkarîl looks or feels.
Something else I just noticed and I'm not sure if it's a mistake. The instructions on pluralisers say to "Insert -q if the noun ends in a vowel, but -m if it ends in -u." This makes me think that qaraju should in fact be qaraqaju, unless there is something that I am missing.