----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff
and Matchboxes)
> Jean-François Colson wrote:
>
> >
> >I disagree on this point. Greek is not becoming an official language:
it's
> >already an official language since 1981.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Yeah, typo.
>
> >>>>Will
> >>>>this change the number of official languages of the European
Parliament?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Yes. Twenty official languages, but Malta has agreed to restrict the
use
> >>>of Maltese to treaty texts. They'll muddle through with English for
> >>>everything else.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I'm not sure if that's true - surely, an official language is an
> >>official language.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I don't like that too, but there are 2 precedents: Lëtzebuergesch
> >(Luxembourgish? I'm not sure about its English name) and Irish Gaelic.
> >
> >
>
> We go with Luxembourgois, usually, I think.
<YAEPT ALERT>Strange! In French, that's Luxembourgeois /lyksa~burZwa/. How
do you pronounce Luxembourgois in English?</YAEPT ALERT>
> However, in this case,
> Maltese really is an official language of the union. A full one,
> meaning it can be used in Parliament.
>
Malta is a bilingual state. Do everyone in Malta speaks English fluently? (I
don't know precisely the linguistic situation of that island.)