Re: Teaching Conlang to children (Fwd: Lunatic Survey)

vardi wrote:
> I wonder how many conlangers have tried/succeeded to teach their conlang
> to their children? I have a 2 1/2 year-old son who already shows a real
> skill for languages. However, we're already bringing him up bilingual
> (Hebrew from his mother and English from me), and he gets quite a bit of
> Arabic, too, so I haven't wanted to burden him with Tesk, too (my
> conlang). Apart from an occasional comment I can't resist, that is ( eg
> slapna = off to sleep, now!).
In some parts of the world, children grow up with as many as *5*
different languages, and, who know?, it may be possible for even more.

IMHO, to teach one's child one's conlang would require a fixity that I'm
not sure I'd want to have in my conlang!  I tend to make changes fairly
often.  On the other hand, it would be nice to have a language which you
could speak to your child to which no one else would understand!  Not
having to worry about people eavesdropping on your conversation.

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