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Re: Newbie says hi

From:Mat McVeagh <matmcv@...>
Date:Friday, November 1, 2002, 5:07
>From: "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
> > 6) "Tipikyero" - so-called because it was going to be a 'typical' East >Asian > > language. There is no such thing of course; what I wanted was a break >away > > from European styles of language towards a Malayo-Polynesian type like > > Indonesian, which I had been looking at at that time. It was to be on a > > fictional island somewhere near the Philippines. I think I was going to > > design a syllabary or something. > >Though you should be aware that "East Asian" is a very broad category, >with language families that are very different from each other. >Malay/Indonesian certainly does not have the syllabic structure the >Chinese languages have, for instance.
I know, that's what I meant by "There is no such thing of course". I have had conflicting reports about what families there are in South-East Asia, but there is certainly Sino-Tibetan and Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian) in the East, and there are others such as whatever Khmer is in, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese
>You might also want to look at Gladilation, which has no verbs.
Where can I find that? Mat _________________________________________________________________ Choose an Internet access plan right for you -- try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp