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[[File:Porch_of_Maidens.jpg|thumb|Tai Kāriātās τὰς Καρυάτιδας sasaihant-ra?]] | [[File:Porch_of_Maidens.jpg|thumb|Tai Kāriātās τὰς Καρυάτιδας sasaihant-ra?]] | ||
Caryatic is a deliberate break from my previous conlanging work. Seeking to go in the opposite direction, I gave it a small phonetic inventory, few cases, and a name right from the start. In the real world, the name "Caryatic" was certainly inspired by the word [[wikipedia:caryatid|caryatid]], but its in-story etymology is unclear. The speakers of the language are sometimes referred to by the Pseudo-Latin name "Caryates" (implying Caryatic ''* | Caryatic is a deliberate break from my previous conlanging work. Seeking to go in the opposite direction, I gave it a small phonetic inventory, few cases, and a name right from the start. | ||
In the real world, the name "Caryatic" was certainly inspired by the word [[wikipedia:caryatid|caryatid]], but its in-story etymology is unclear. The speakers of the language are sometimes referred to by the Pseudo-Latin name "Caryates" (implying Caryatic ''*Kāriātas''). It is likely that caryatids exist in-story, and quite plausible that they were invented by the Caryates. Perhaps this is a coincidence. (Note as well that the Greek word contains plain stops, while the name of Caryatic uses aspirated ones.) | |||
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