Language revival (was Re: Which auxlangs? (was Re: Iwon't[to] start a flame war))

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Unless it happened to
> be "translated" into the modern orthography, or you knew the old, it
> would be inaccessible to you.
True in case of radical ("by the roots", etymologically) spelling change;
not true of a modest reform.

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