>From: Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...>
>Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 08:04:02 +1100
>
>can understand many things. No matter how many
>syllables English has, a tone language speaker always
>can give at least four times the same numerous
>syllables by put a tone on every first CV of those
>syllables.
That depends entirely on how many syllables that tone language admits and
how many tones it has. MANY tone languages have only two tones; some have
seven or more.
And to create so many either syllables or
>'phonetic types' is not our goal. The real target is
>as the words being shorten, we may increase thinking
>speed and 'learn less know more'.
>Su Cheng Zhong
>
You have grossly misunderstood the nature of language and its relation to
thought.
Adam who wishes you would make at least one post that is related to CONLANG
and take your AUXlang ramlings elsewhere
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