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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Thursday, September 5, 2002, 18:03
Herman Miller wrote:
>Names of countries [in Tirehlat] often end in -vor, and >the corresponding languages in -lhat: ingglavor "England", ingglalhat >"English language"; frangsevor "France", frangselhat "French language"; >svenskavor "Sweden", svenskalhat "Swedish language".
Any specific reason that _svenskavor_ is based on the ethnonyme/language name rather than on the country name? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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