Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

M.S. Soderquist wrote:
> Lars Finsen wrote:
>>
>> As for Sapir-Whorf, I think that if the Sapir-Whorf effect is not
>> valid, there really isn't any much point in having all this variety of
>> languages, is there? So I tend to prefer to believe in it.
>>
>> LEF
>>
> There really is a point-- a language isn't just a cultural artifact or a
> tool for communication or expression or even for thought. It's a badge
> of identity. As long as humans continue to value the things that make
> one group different from another, different languages will have a
> purpose and point.
Exactly! Why otherwise was Hebrew revived in Israel? Why in the last
century did enthusiasts revive Cornish etc?

O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau!

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