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Conlangery 147: Naming a disease

Conlangery Podcast

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Blackfoot: A Descriptive Language

Blackfoot is heavily resistant to borrowing and this is one of my favorite things about the language. So, blackfoot wouldn't borrow an English term if they could, if they could help it,. The exception typically being English names. But typically they'll come up with their own names. And I love blackfoot for this because it's such a descriptive language.

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