Re: Futurese

>> Okay, let's see something in Futurese! How about
>> RR Lyrae stars are distinguished from Cepheid variables by their smaller
>> amplitudes, earlier spectral types and their higher galactic latitudes.
>
>Bravo.
>
>Also a good argument to those anyone who follows the "let's assign a
>meaning to every (phonologically) possible syllable" theory. You *have*
>to be able to create new words.
I think I've already mentioned that polysyllabic words
may be introduced for such technical vocabulary. The
basic vocabulary repertoire of a language, instead,
will change very little and very slowly. And, OTOH,
almost always there's a possibility of "translating"
technical terminology instead of borrowing it. Many
technical words that European languages borrow from
Latin and Greek are named in e.g. Chinese by using
compounds of basic words.

Cheers,
Javier