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Plural of "iliu" when talking about them in English?
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 2:16 pm
by Raphael
Some recent developments over on the Patreon made me wonder what the proper plural of "iliu" is when talking about the species in English. I used to think that it was "iliî", but that is apparently not the case.
Re: Plural of "iliu" when talking about them in English?
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:02 pm
by zompist
I've been using "iliu" as both singular and plural lately. Like "Bantu" or "Chinese" or "deer", I guess. It sounds better to me than "ilius".
In Cuzeian contexts I used the Cuêzi plural iliū.
Iliî is Verdurian, of course, so that's certainly not incorrect.
Re: Plural of "iliu" when talking about them in English?
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:14 pm
by Raphael
Thank you!
Re: Plural of "iliu" when talking about them in English?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:29 am
by sasasha
For a third option, the Historical Atlas (at least the print/old orthography one) uses "ilii".
Re: Plural of "iliu" when talking about them in English?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:13 am
by zompist
sasasha wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:29 am
For a third option, the Historical Atlas (at least the print/old orthography one) uses "ilii".
Yeah, that was intended as an anglicization of
iliî.