Re: Isolating natlangs?

Gary Shannon wrote:


> Can anyone suggest a couple isolating
> natlangs (for which grammars are readily available)
> that I might take a look at for guidance and
> inspiration?
A recent thread on Vietnamese can help. It's the most isolating lang among
large ones. See some Mandarin and/or Cantonese too, but they are less
isolating. Try to find info on some African isolating langs: Yoruba, Igbo,
Bamana.

Matt Arriola wrote:

> I imagine you might want to take a look at Sanskrit or ancient Greek
No, that's wrong. Those are highly fusional (synthetic) langs.

-- Yitzik

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