Re: Strange voices

I heard of an OVS language in South America as well, about four or so years
ago, but I don't remember just where or when.

Sorry.

Wesley Parish

On Tuesday 22 April 2003 10:52 pm, you wrote:
> En réponse à Tristan McLeay :
> >Surely you know of The Law of Natlangs Having Already Done it? :P
>
> Of course! But I had never heard the name of an actual OVS language :)) . I
> had only heard of Malagasy, and that's a VOS language, not OVS :)) .
>
> >  (I've
> >heard about at least one of these languages... dunno if it's this one or
> >not (I think the I'm thinking of is South American)... Apparently it's
> >the least common word order, though. (Surprise, surprise))
>
> LOL. I seem to remember (was it from Carlos Thompson?) that Colombian Sign
> Language or some other sign languages from South America was OSV or OVS
> (can't remember exactly). Is my memory completely defect? :)) Maybe that's
> what you heard of...
>
> Christophe Grandsire.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
>
> You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
--
Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."