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Re: Isolating natlangs?

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 3:52
Gary Shannon wrote:

> Of the two conlang projects I have going right now one > of them is mutating in the direction of becoming more > isolating. However, I'm not at all familiar with > isolating languages as they occur in the wild, and I'd > love to look at the grammar for one or two examples. > I'd prefer languages that are at the more extreme end > of isolating. Can anyone suggest a couple isolating > natlangs (for which grammars are readily available) > that I might take a look at for guidance and > inspiration? > > Thanks, > > --gary >
Thai and Vietnamese come to mind, although I don't know much about either of them. I found a Thai grammar by David Smyth (_Thai: An Essential Grammar_) when I was living in Ann Arbor, which looks like a good reference, although I never got around to reading much of it.