User:Minakonsa
Hi, my real name is William. I speak several real Earth languages fluently, and cannot get enough of studying about all kinds of languages! I am just looking at the movie Avatar on rental now, and am not surprised to find that the artificial language already has its own wiki!
My user name Minakonsa is an abbreviation for "Making books" in the Tutelo-Saponi or Yesanechi language, which was the main native lingua franca in what is now Virginia and West Virginia between about 1270 and 1720. It is a Dakotan language, but historical evidence suggests it was also used in ceremonies by Virginia tribes of other language families.
My username on Saponitown.com forum is Minak-oknahose (a longer form of the same name).
For those who may be interested in actual U.S. Native language revitalization, here are two new dictionaries published so far in the Virginia Language Series:
