Re: minimal language

In a message dated 3/2/2007 8:26:24 AM Central Standard Time,
jimhenry1973@GMAIL.COM writes:


> > A recent topic on this list (or was it the archive?) was minimal
> languages,
> > i.e., languages with only 20 or so words.  This many words could be written
> > simply as the 26 unadorned letters of the alphabet.  Then texts would be
> streams
> > of letters, possibly separated by spaces used as punctuation.
>
> It wasn't so recent -- it was June 1999:
>
I did mention the archive, and in fact that is where I read about it.  But I
read about it recently.  lol

stevo