Re: Dictionary Programs?

Quoting Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:

> Pavel Adamek wrote:
> >But conlanger usually deals at least with 5 languages:
> >1) conlang;
> >2) protolanguage;
> >3) sub- or ad- or super-strate language;
>
> What's a superstrate?
A Superstrate is a language that replaces a substrate
language, but before it receives any influences from that
substrate.

> >4) conlanger's native L1;
> >5) English.
>
> A'course, many conlangers are L1 speakers of English ...
True, but the only language that all of us have in common
is English, so it seems reasonable to have an extra slot
there.  Native anglophones may simply copy the word there
twice if they feel the need to be consistent.

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