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Re: no language no people

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Thursday, January 25, 2001, 7:41
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 06:37:14PM -0500, Jim Hopkins wrote:
> "No language, no people."
Lainesco (tentative; subject to change; no warranty express or implied): Neúna lengua, neún poiblo. [ne%unA "lENgwA ne%um "pOjBlo] The Brithenig motto "A nation/people without a language [is] a nation/people without a heart": Un poiblo sen na lengua [è] un poiblo sen na cor. [um %pOjBlo sEn nA "lENgwA (E) um %pOjBlo sEn nA "kO4] Or substitute <na nación> [nA nA%t_sjOn] for <un poiblo>. I'm not sure what the distinction would be between the two, yet. -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo