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Help me to classify my conlang
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:03 pm
by Lme
I have been working on a conlang called "Moghur" already for several months but I still have some issues to classify it, it is based on a language who evolved from the already extinct languages of Khitan and Jurchen having grammatical rules and words similar as mongolian. My first classification for it would be a "Mongolic" language but after some researches with the Buryat and Daur languages (who are also Mongolic) i realized that they are far too similar to mongolian and not independent compared with the large Turkic family. It would be nice if there could be some suggestions about the name, I've been searching a name that would suit perfectly this language but "Moghur" doesn't convince me.
Re: Help me to classify my conlang
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:05 pm
by Pole, the
Maybe you could classify it as Altaic?
Re: Help me to classify my conlang
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:40 am
by mèþru
Either Altaic or Para-Mongolic (Mongolic plus Khitan). If Khitan is still too similar, you can call it a "Macro-Mongolic" language, which is a fictional category.
Re: Help me to classify my conlang
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:01 pm
by Lme
Pole, the wrote:Maybe you could classify it as Altaic?
Altaic is the whole branch in general, I am searching for something deeper.
mèþru wrote:Either Altaic or Para-Mongolic (Mongolic plus Khitan). If Khitan is still too similar, you can call it a "Macro-Mongolic" language, which is a fictional category.
I've been actually thinking about "Para-Mongolic" but "Macro-Mongolic" seems also an option.