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Re: ,Language' in language name?

From:Boudewijn Rempt <boud@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 27, 2001, 15:54
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> Henrik Theiling wrote: > > > > How many people's conlang names contain the word for ,language' in > > that language? I suspect that's around 100%, right? :-) > > > 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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