Re: OT: Conlangea Dreaming

Irina Rempt wrote:

> Sound changes can be big and sudden; I pronounce the Dutch "ei" as
> [Ej] and my kids tend towards [Aj].
This is interesting, because if it goes to completion, it will obliterate
one of the Dutch/German isoglosses.

> Obviously, they've been learning Dutch mainly from us
In fact, it is well established that children learn the details of
their language from the peer group, not the parents.  Most obviously,
the native-born children of foreign-born parents have native accents,
not foreign ones.

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