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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Gareth Wilson</b>
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Are there any interesting colour terms in the Almean languages, like the
merger of blue and green in Japanese or the light blue/dark blue
distinction in Russian? I notice the Wede:i lexicon has more colours
than the Kebreni lexicon, is this just a coincidence or does it say
something about the number of basic colour terms in each language?
<hr><i>Mark responds:
<p>The color systems of Verdurian and Cadhinor are complete, and follow
the Berlin & Kay rules (if anyone isn't familiar with them, <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_168b.html">Cecil Adams will explain</a>).
Cadhinor, for instance, has black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, which (according to B&K) is the standard six-color set.
<p>Since Wede:i and Kebreni both have terms for blue, we can assume that
either some terms aren't yet in the lexicons, or the B&K hierarchy doesn't
work for Almeans, or both. (I'm tempted to reverse green and blue in
their list.)
<p>As for interesting systems, as befitting a culture of artists, Xurnese
has a plethora of color terms, including three blues. If the browser cooperates, samples are below.
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<td bgcolor="#0000A0" textcolor="#FFFFFF"> dark blue
<td bgcolor="#00D0D0"> cyan
<td bgcolor="#D0D0FF"> baby blue
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