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Re: Conlang beginnings

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, October 19, 1998, 17:41
Peter Clark wrote:

> You know, I don't know of anyone who has created a "complete" > conlang...there are always more words to be added,
Well, yes, in that sense; but then there are no complete languages whatever. Neologisms are always appearing in all living languages and even some dead ones (the Vatican needs to coin Latin words to refer to modern things). But outside the lexicon: Esperanto is complete, Lojban is complete. (I don't call my book _The Complete Lojban Language_ for nothing; the title was chosen to imply that not only the book, but also the language, was complete.) -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)