Hi, All. When last we left our Konya story, I had some small updates
to make. I have yet to make them, but I will do so. In the meantime,
here is something new that I've been working on: Elomi
(http://ca.geocities.com/handydad/elomi/elomi-main.html).

I've always liked the sound of Hawai'ian and other Polynesian
languages, but had never thought of a way to achieve something like
it in a self-segregating morphology with the clear-cut compounding
mechanisms that I prefer. Now I think I have.

Elomi's genesis lies within Konya but it is quite a different
language. It is even more vowel-y. Its morphology is even simpler. It
is strongly head-initial. And I think it is prettier, more appealing,
though at the cost, sometimes, of some extra syllables.

For a while at least, I intend to pursue Konya and Elomi in parallel.
Every construct that gets thought of for one probably needs a
counterpart in the other.

The Elomi web site is nearly identical to that of Konya, and I have
created a Yahoo group (linkable from the web site). I invite your
comments and critiques there. Given that you have background in
Konya, you might want to start with the Elomi Babel text page to get
an immediate sense of the languages compared.

I look forward to hearing from you all.

---larry