
Conlangery #46: Conlanging for Conworlds
Conlangery Podcast
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What Is the Navajo Word for God?
The problem is that the native spiritual vocabulary sounds to it reminds them too much of the previous non-Christian religion. Navajo Christians say, oh, I forgot the word. They combine two words, one of which is English God. In Islam, I think they stick with the Arabic terms. And some will do English and borrow it, but still perverse it where someone of the language that came from might be like what's that mean? It's French.
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