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Re: The Language Code, take 2 (or 3)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, June 13, 2003, 16:27
Quoting Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...>:

> My question is whether there is an attested language which lies more > or > less in the middle; that is, a language which is "halfway" between > planning and natural growth. > > Esperanto -- Interlingua ------------- ? ---------------- B.I. -- > Chemehuevi > > I'm asserting that such a language does not exist; all languages will > cluster at one end or the other. That being the case, the continuum > really isn't one, and the dichotomy between constructed and > natural/ethnic is a real one. > > Any takers?
Perhaps reconstructed languages (reconlangs!) like Modern Hebrew and Katharevousa Greek (which I've no doubt misspelt badly). Andreas