Re: NGL: was: Re: FAQ?

Thomas R. Wier wrote:
>
> Quoting Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>:
>
> > "Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> > > NGL (the so-called
> > > "Next-Generation-Language", a group project some years ago
> > > dedicated to replacing L1 languages like English and Spanish),
> >
> > Can I hear a bit more about that?
>
> A group of people on the list several years ago ('98? '99?
> It's been since then at least) decided they wanted to create
> not just an auxiliary language, to be used between
> speakers with different L1s like Esperanto or Interlingua, but
> an auxiliary language that was intended to replace the L1s
> themselves entirely.  I was never part of the project, but I
> seem to remember that they spent a great deal of time discussing
> linguistic universals so as to make it most easily acceptable
> to other speakers.  At some point, they broke off from the list
> and formed their own, IIRC, and I haven't heard much about it
> since.  After a quick search, it appears that it is no longer
> active on the web, although you can look at CONLANG's archives.
> (Try using the names "Jack Durst" or "Mia Soderquist" as filters.)
> Here appears to be a rundown of the commiittee's proposals:
They also have their own newsgroup called alt.language.artificial.ngl
Not much action there but you might be able to contact someone that way.

-Duke