Re: THEORY: clicks

Thanks to John, Rob and Christophe for their responses!  (And
thanks, Christophe, for the links!)

I have an idea of a future project (I always have ideas for future
projects, but that's another story) that would involve creating a
language using whatever features - the more exotic the better - from
languages around the world and throwing them together into one
language with very little regard for plausibility or logic.  I have
a feeling clicks are definately going to be in the mix.

I know next to nothing about clicks.  How did they - I dunno -
evolve?

Another idea I had: seeing that sign languages are human languages
just  like any other, I had the idea of inlcuding signs in my "mix
language" just as if they were tones and clicks.

I was really interested to hear Christophe's remarks about Damin.
This reminds me of something I harp about quite often: conlangs that
no one calls conlangs.  For example, Modern Hebrew and Nynorsk.
Some of Kuno Meyer's theories can lend the designation "conlang" to
Shelta.  What about Polari - any conscious language construction in
its evolution?

Okay, I know I got way off track, but how many people disrespect our
art without realising that languages such as Nynorsk can certainly
be called conlangs?  (Rhetorical question)

Cheers,
Eamon