Thank you very much for your comment. I'm really glad you like my story.
It just didn't make sense to me that Arijuna would know a European language. Of course, he probably wouldn't know the language of the land-dwelling Arahuacs either, but it was the best I could do aside from making up my own words. And any attempt at that would come out horrible. At least the language is from the same region. :)
All the Arahuac words follow the Spanish rules of pronunciation, since it was the Spaniards who conquered the people who used them and recorded the words. That would give the 'j' the sound that the 'h' has in English. The 'a' is closest to the 'a' in 'hat', the 'i' is 'ee', and the 'u' is 'oo'. The vowels in Spanish are always pronounced the same way, execept for a few cases when the 'u' is silent if from of the 'g', but that doesn't apply to any of the words I've used yet. Spanish is my native tongue, since I'm Puertorican, which is another reason why I chose to use the Arahuac languages. The Tainos , an Arahuac people, were native to Puerto Rico.
My, has this been a long reply. Anyway, thanks again.
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Date: 2004-07-02 04:02 am (UTC)It just didn't make sense to me that Arijuna would know a European language. Of course, he probably wouldn't know the language of the land-dwelling Arahuacs either, but it was the best I could do aside from making up my own words. And any attempt at that would come out horrible. At least the language is from the same region. :)
All the Arahuac words follow the Spanish rules of pronunciation, since it was the Spaniards who conquered the people who used them and recorded the words. That would give the 'j' the sound that the 'h' has in English. The 'a' is closest to the 'a' in 'hat', the 'i' is 'ee', and the 'u' is 'oo'. The vowels in Spanish are always pronounced the same way, execept for a few cases when the 'u' is silent if from of the 'g', but that doesn't apply to any of the words I've used yet. Spanish is my native tongue, since I'm Puertorican, which is another reason why I chose to use the Arahuac languages. The Tainos , an Arahuac people, were native to Puerto Rico.
My, has this been a long reply. Anyway, thanks again.