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==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
Trafalgar's blog includes a [https://webconlang.infiniterecursion.ca/lexeme/common/list/ searchable lexicon]. While we have found words in other sources that are not in the lexicon and have inferred something about their meaning, Trafalgar's lexicon is reasonably detailed and written in English and is the best source we have on Common vocabulary. | Trafalgar's blog includes a [https://webconlang.infiniterecursion.ca/lexeme/common/list/ searchable lexicon]. While we have found words in other sources that are not in the lexicon and have inferred something about their meaning, Trafalgar's lexicon is reasonably detailed and written in English and is the best source we have on Common vocabulary. Their dictionary appears to be a work in progress and adds new words on a regular basis. | ||
The vocabulary of Common consists of a core of a priori vocabulary created by Davidson, combined with a large accretion of loanwords and calques from various natural languages. Davidson's a priori vocabulary contains some "Easter eggs" and unconscious influences from natural languages, but by far the greatest outside influence on Common came from later speakers. In particular, the early effort of the AXZ to coin a complete technical vocabulary for Common massively resulted in a huge number of loanwords. | |||
The single most influential language on High Common was English. Low Common dialects tend to have widely varying additional substratum influences, but in order to make it into High Common, a particular influence had to achieve a global scope. | |||
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