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Re: Isolating natlangs?

From:Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 20:06
>> 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<< Well, I don't know much about it, but pretty much every place I've seen gives Chinese (Mandarin) as an example of an isolating language. And I'm sure grammars are pretty common for Mandarin, at least. (Maybe Cantonese, too, depending on where you are.) ===== The Aquamarine Demon "There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." - Bertrand Russell __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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