Re: Conlangs used for instruction
| From: | Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 6, 2003, 12:28 |
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On Friday 07 February 2003 12:12 am, you wrote:
> Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...> 2003.02.06. 12:14:56 +2h-kor írta:
> > Joseph Fatula scripsit:
> > > This seems to be a common observation with many people. If I were to
> > > pick the most beautiful sounding language in the world, I'd pick (if
> > > restricted to natlangs) Mongolian and Rumanian. They generally don't
> > > sound smooth or flowing, and don't have the most beautiful single
> > > words. But the overall flow is at the right balance of flowingness and
> > > contrast. Languages that are short on consonants tend to flow together
> > > too much for my tastes.
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> > In this case I vote for Hungarian!
I'm stuck between Portuguese and Polish.
Wesley Parish
P.S. Oh, lest I forget - Arabic and Georgian as well...
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> > Yitzik
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> My favourite is Zulu. It has some odd words but I love how it sounds.
>
> -- Mau, i-Meoi
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Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."