Re: Thought and Language

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Tom Wier wrote:
> > PS does anyone _not_ make a you/y'all distinction in their conlangs?
> > Just curious.
>
> One conlang I started, and then abandoned, made no distinctions by
> number, thus "you" and "y'all" were one word.  And Esperanto uses "vi"
> for both, as well, even tho it *does* distinguish by number in 1st and
> 3rd person, and in nouns!
Well, I guess I should have been more specific.  Does anyone have a langu=
age
that makes distinctions of number but does not distinguish the second per=
son?
I realize Esperanto doesn't, in practice, though it does have the pronoun=
 'ci' which
is more or less used now like German "Sie", but only for singulars.

My own lang, Degaspregos, does not make number mandatory, and pronoun
number distinctions are regular just like any other number distinction:  =
meos,
'I', becomes meospai 'we few', or meosi 'we' (large groups, larger than t=
en).
But when number is being distinguished, it's done regularly.

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Tom Wier <twier@...>
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