Re: Minhyan & the goddess of conlangs
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 31, 2004, 12:03 |
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:15:05 +0100, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
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> Well the Welsh claim that Welsh is the language of heaven, but they are, I
> think, slightly biased. The same claim was often made in the middle ages,
> both by Jewish & by Christian writers, about Hebrew. I dare say many other
> natlangs have been claimed as the language of heaven/God/the gods etc.
>
> In any case, *none* of these languages are conlangs.
Well, modern Hebrew is...
(And, to a lesser extent, so AIUI are languages such as ABN ["General
Civilised Dutch"] or standard Italian - nobody's native dialect, i.e.
a fiat conlang closely related to many of the dialects that people
actually speak.)
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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