Re: Pro-drop was RE: Conlang collaboration

Doug Dee scripsit:

> I don't think anyone knows the answer to that (those "why" questions are
> always the hardest).  I've read that Germanic, French, & Swiss Rhaeto-Romance
> are highly unusual in not allowing pro-drop even when the person & number of
> the subject is clearly indicated by the verbal inflection.
Both French and R-R have been heavily messed with by Germanic, which can't
be a coincidence.

Brithenig hasn't, but is also non-pro-drop.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_