languages like Vorlin, Dublex & BrSc (was Re: Futurese, Chinese, Hz of NatLangs, etc)c.
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 11, 2002, 19:16 |
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In a message dated 05/11/2002 05.55.28 AM, Jeffrey@HENNING.COM writes:
>We need a word for languages like Vorlin, Dublex and BrSc. We have artlangs
>and conlangs and auxlangs but these languages are artauxlangs -- intended
>for use as auxiliary languages for small communities and intentionally
>not intended as the next IAL. Lojban could fit this category to. The
languages
>are designed to be easy to learn by others on almost all points but their
>main point: BrSc's brevity, Lojban's logicalness, Dublex's small vocabulary
>(making it harder to learn in some ways, since you need to conceptualize
>compounds for very common words).
I propose "paralang" as in para- , paracultural, parallel, etc. (and/or,
hehe, whimlang).
Hanuman Zhang {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n dZahN/
~§~
_LILA_ <from Sanskrit> = "Divine Play" - the 'joyous exercise of spontaneity
involved in the art of creation' (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)...the play of
creation, destruction, & re-creation, the folding & unfolding of the cosmos...
both the delight & enjoyment of this moment, & the play of [the] God[head]
("the universe is what happens when God wants to play").
_Spielraum_ <from German> = free scope to experiment with things & ideas; to
toy with ideas; room to play in
WHIM = 1a. a sudden fancy; a caprice. b. capriciousness. 2. a kind of
windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. [17th century: origin unknown;
derived from _whim-wham_]
WHIMSY (plural forms: WHIMSIES, WHIMSEYS) = 1. a whim; a capricious
notion or fancy. 2. capricious or quaint humour. [related to WHIM-WHAM] /
Italian _capriccio_, French _boutade_
WHIM-WHAM = a toy or plaything
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