Re: A question about language-naming

At 09:47 AM 3/15/02 +0200, Y.Penzev wrote:
>So, we have pairs of lanuages with the same name like these:
>
>Aka, Ari, Bada, Gavar, Gadaba, Kana, Karanga, Kau, Kaya, Kora (even 3
>langs!), Masa, Mono, Tonga, Turi.
>
>That's all, folks. Pretty few for 5 or 6,000 langs, even if the list is
>not complete.
    That seems to me a good argument in favor of creating languages with
long names and unusual sound/letter combinations -- I notice that of these
14 names, twelve have two syllables (though Kau may be just one) and two
have three syllables.
    That does really lower the chance that I'm duplicating something with
Rav Zarruvo or Klymaksii. :-]


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