Re: LWII: Euroclones reloaded (fi: Attack of the Euroclones)

How do we define language? Chicken has only got one word - Chicken!

Nikhil
<-> Jan van Steenbergen likis:


> --- Jeffrey Henning skrzypszy:
>
> > I've followed this thread with interest.  In retrospect, I think
> > Euroclone is too pejorative a label, and I will change all languages in
> > the database that are marked Euroclone with IAL instead.
>
> A wise decision! However, for some of the languages listed currently as
> euroclones this won't work. I mean, Ignota, Nadsat IALs?
>
> Ignota IMO could be one of the following three: superset (because it is a
set
> word words embedded in Latin), personal, stealth. Oh, wait, I see that it
is a
> stealth language now! Did you do that today, or have I been wrong all the
time?
>
> Nadsat is most definitely a superset language.
>
> I haven't seen all languages on Langmaker.com, not even all the
Euroclones, but
> I think the following languages can be safely added to the fictional or
> fictional diachronic languages category:
> Aercant, Aingeljã, Brandonian, Cuërna, Daisilingo, Deviasew, Dosian,
Omnesian,
> Romantica.
>
> "Chicken" seems more like a case for "Miscellaneous".
>
> > Model-language profiles already have a space to list all language
> > inspirations.  At some point I want to divide this into two fields, one
> > of which will be a comma-delimited list of languages.  Then I could
> > create index pages that show all the languages that were inspired by
> > Japanese or Bulgarian or Quenya, for instance.  (The other field would
> > be a free form description: "Fubarish is essentially French without
> > nasalization and with regular spelling.")
>
> Good idea!
> (I like Fubarish already! ;) )
>
> Jan
>
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