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Hm. Any way we can get a name that ends with a consonant rather than a vowel. Strange request, I realize. I like the other two names a lot. Vowel endings, especially -i, are associated strongly with the Ubrekti family of languages, of which the Fresian group is not. I don't get too much into conlang, really, but I figure where I've actually given it some thought. . .  -gm
Hm. Any way we can get a name that ends with a consonant rather than a vowel. Strange request, I realize. I like the other two names a lot. Vowel endings, especially -i, are associated strongly with the Ubrekti family of languages, of which the Fresian group is not. I don't get too much into conlang, really, but I figure where I've actually given it some thought. . .  -gm


: I took the name from an actual place from southeast Prussia eons ago. Just was following orders. See the mention here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galindians#Eastern_Galindians. But you can name it whatever you wanna, I was just trying to meet your specs. Could be named anything-- I've just been looking through Prussian language dictionaries and history all day so let me know if that's not the best way to do this. -[[User:Mattie|Mattie]]
: I took the name from an actual place from southeast Prussia eons ago. Just was following orders. See the mention here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galindians#Eastern_Galindians. Maybe Galindis? But you can name it whatever you wanna, I was just trying to meet your specs. Could be named anything-- I've just been looking through Prussian language dictionaries and history all day so let me know if that's not the best way to do this. -[[User:Mattie|Mattie]]

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Hm. Any way we can get a name that ends with a consonant rather than a vowel. Strange request, I realize. I like the other two names a lot. Vowel endings, especially -i, are associated strongly with the Ubrekti family of languages, of which the Fresian group is not. I don't get too much into conlang, really, but I figure where I've actually given it some thought. . . -gm

I took the name from an actual place from southeast Prussia eons ago. Just was following orders. See the mention here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galindians#Eastern_Galindians. Maybe Galindis? But you can name it whatever you wanna, I was just trying to meet your specs. Could be named anything-- I've just been looking through Prussian language dictionaries and history all day so let me know if that's not the best way to do this. -Mattie