Re: ,Language' in language name?
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <boud@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 27, 2001, 15:54 |
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, John Cowan wrote:
> Henrik Theiling wrote:
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> > How many people's conlang names contain the word for ,language' in
> > that language? I suspect that's around 100%, right? :-)
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> Well, "Lojban" does; "Loglan" contains the *English* word for "language"
> (or part of it, anyway). "Brithenig" and "Kerno" don't, any more
> than "Francais" or "Deutsch" do.
>
Denden, too. In fact, 'den' means language, and the reduplication
makes it mean something like '_the_ language'.
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org
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