Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

2009/4/1 Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>:
> On 01/04/09 23:33:15, G. van der Vegt wrote:
>> 2009/4/1 Tony Harris <tony@...>:
>> > At the same time, I do think each language carries with it the
>> "soul" of its
>> > speakers, so to speak.  Language flavors culture as much as culture
>> flavors
>> > language.
>>
>> A culture without language is dead, and vice versa.
>
> So America, Australia, Belgium and many others besides are dead? Or are
> you just trying to say people speak language, in which case your
> statement is pretty much empty, and your conclusion (snipped) is
> meaningless?
America and Australia each have their own English. A language doesn't
have to be official to be a culture's language. The reason American
and Australian are still English is primarily because A) Australian
and American culture doesn't differ that much from English culture;
and B) Those cultures are still young.

Flemish and Wallonian culture have important distinctions beyond their
language, and the fact that every political stream that is major in
belgium has a Flemish and a Wallonian party only serves to support my
point.