--- Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> Chris wrote: "I personally like Swahili as an
> international language (a job
> it already does after all within Africa).
<snip>
> Hmm... never considered that! Interesting idea. The
> syllable structure is
> easy for everyone, and I think with a few
> modifications, such as getting rid
> of /T/ and /D/ (or at least allowing allophonic
> variation) and simplifying
> the noun-class system - completely regularizing it
> and getting rid of
> concordance - Swahili would become a good choice for
> the Terran IAL.
<snip>
OK. That settles it. I hereby declare that Swahili is
the best choice as the basis for an IAL, and further
declare that future IAL projects must be based on
Swahili.
Now that this issure has been settled there's no need
for any further debate. We can finally put the whole
subject to rest and move on.
--gary