Re: CHAT: Synesthesia and conlanging (was Re: The ConlangInstinct)
From: | Brad Coon <bradandjen@...> |
Date: | Friday, December 10, 1999, 0:28 |
andrew wrote:
>...>
> Am 12/08 09:47 Grandsire, C.A. yscrifef:
>
> > That's a fair description I think. It's true that the most distinctive
> > feature of French is the phenomenon of liaison which is so widespread in
> > the language. I can understand that foreigners find it hard to
> > understand French because of that. Do someone know of any other language
> > besides French that has liaison also very widespread in the language?
> >
> I think I have read in an ancient and venerable Encyclopedia Britannica
> that the African language Hausa liaises.
>
Its been years but I seem to recall that Arabic does as well.
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