Re: Conlang and like influences NATLANG

Grandsire, C.A. writes:
 > abrigon wrote:
 > > Any influences the other way from a Conlang/AuxLang to a NatLang?
 > >
 > > I know Esperanto and like have influenced some lingos, but .. what other
 > > lingos have influenced a NatLang?

 >         Apart from the use of the word "volapu"k" to mean: unintelligible
 > language in some natlangs, I don't see anything. Maybe one or two words.

Um, one or two words - yeah - "grok" being the most widely known. But
that's a one-word conlang :-)

I think concultures tend to have wider influence - Star Trek and Star
Wars being good examples.

 > The influence would be confined to borrowing of a few words I think. Any
 > example with Quenya or Sindarin?

I think Quenya and Sindarin have influence limited to names of
characters. I certainly can't think of any Quenya or Sindarin words in
wide usage.

Unless you want to argue that Quenya and Sindarin came first, and
influenced Welsh and Norweigan :-)

Brook

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