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Oh, an africolang! I love those! Be sure to ask for any | ==This is Africa== | ||
Oh, an africolang! I love those! Be sure to ask for any [[Linguifex:Administrators|help on the linguistics]] should you need to! Welcome! [[File:Waahlis.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Waahlis|<span style="color: Orange;">Waahlis</span>]]''' 08:38, 1 December 2012 (CET) | |||
:I wouldn't say that it's an African conlang precisely; phonologically, I want it to be far more similar to English than any African language. It's more like a spoof of African languages. Thank you for the link! [[User:Mboso|Mboso]] ([[User talk:Mboso|talk]]) 19:23, 30 December 2012 (CET) | |||
== Etymologies == | |||
Are ''daya'' (midget) and ''daga'' (dog) related to each other? | |||
I couldn't help but notice that both refer to small animate entities and have very similar "stems" if we remove the animate ending -a: {{small|dag- & day-}}. | |||
Because it would be quite hilarious if there was a semantoderivationalinflectionalcognatesomething relationship between these two. | |||
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[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Chrysophylax</span>]]''' 01:27, 13 May 2013 (CEST) | |||
Alas, ''daga'' is derived from ''dog''. I just needed an example word. :P [[User:Mboso|Mboso]] ([[User talk:Mboso|talk]]) 23:13, 24 August 2013 (CEST) | |||