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Re: OT: Proto-languages as national/international languages

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 17:15
Danny Wier wrote:
>There has been a Sanskrit movement in India (or at least North India) since >India became a state, if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure the EU (except maybe >for >Greece) has those who want Latin as a common tongue.
There is. Somle of years ago, I read an article by a guy arguing, apparently fully seriously, for the EU to develop to an "United States of Europe" with Latin as it's official language. The idea was that it'd be unfair to take a now spoken national language as the official one of the entire Union, and that Latin has a long history of use in the entire region. As an added bonus, it's of course the source of a big chunk of the vocabulary even of the non-Romance languages of the EU. The revival of Hebrew in Israel was cited as evidence that it was doable. [snip]
>The United States, very certainly the most linguistically diverse nation on >the planet
Is it? I'd thought that that distinction went to a country like Papua New Guinea, Indonesia or India? Or are you refering to diversity also of language families and groupings? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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