Re: no language no people

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Eruanno the Linguist wrote:

>> >>Welsh: Heb iaith, heb genedl.
>> >>English: No language, no people.
I like the Brithenig better: yn pobl seint yn lenghedig,
yn pobl seint yn cordd. I think it sums up pretty well.
Oh right, not everyone knows what it means: A people
without a language (is) a people without a heart.

>>How about:
>>
>>           Arilu cula, valu cula.
>>
>>           A non-changing language is a dead language.
>
>That means Latin is alive!!!!!!
Was never in doubt! [I don't buy the idea that a language has
to evolve or have native speakers to be alive.] If it gets
used by some community, it's alive (if in ICU) in my opinion.

Padraic.

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