Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

Tsiasuk-Pron here.  New to the list!  Ukhese sabatyaru!   Greetings to you
all!

A common language would be great but it does not have to be at the expense
of other languages, I would think.


In a message dated 4/1/2009 5:10:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tony@ALURHSA.ORG writes:

Lars  Finsen wrote:
> Den 31. mar. 2009 kl. 22.32 skreiv Mark J. Reed:
>
>> Why must there be a "point" to the variety of languages?   Can't things
>> just be, without all having to fit into some master  plan? The variety
>> is interesting of itself.
>
>  Variety is charming. It makes linguists busy. Maybe that's enough of a
> point after all. But from a practical point of view it really would  have
> been much better if we all used the same language - unless the  different
> manifestations of language do have the ability to enrich  our
> communication and understanding in practical ways.
>
> LEF
From a practicality standpoint I agree.  In my  conworld, Alurhsa
replaced, over time, all the pre-unification languages  to where it's the
only one spoken (other than hobbyists and such who might  even
occasionally raise a child bilingually with Alurhsa and one of the  old
tongues).  And I agree it would be very nice for the Earth (can  you tell
I've been an Esperantist?).

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.

Or so I think anyway, in my non-scientific  viewpoint...


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