Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Wirty slogan, t-shirt design - and the winner is...

Sai Emrys wrote:
> Voting is concluded. The winner is...
>
>  Fiat lingua.
[snip]

> Latin geeks in the audience, please confirm that this is grammatically
> correct.
Yes, it is.

Also - is it 'language' in the singular, or in the mass?

Either or both   :)

As Latin has no definite or indefinite articles, it must be left to
context to decide. It could mean:
(a) a language, i.e. let there be a language/ let a language be made
or
(b) language/speech [generic], i.e. let there be language/ let speech be
made

Both seem to me appropriate.

['lingua' also, of course, means 'tongue' (what you have in your mouth);
but 'fiat lingua' hardly gives intelligible meaning in that sense]
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