Re: Most developed conlang

On 4/18/07, Harold Ensle <heensle@...> wrote:

> I wondered this myself a couple of years ago, so I looked around.
...
> So, I decided to compile a list of languages that were speakable
> (complete) and could be learned from the internet. Of course, if
....
> So I compiled a list with the following criteria:
>
> 1. Lexicon must be greater than 2000 (and contain essential words)
> 2. Lexicon must be "a priori". (some loans are acceptible)
> 3. Lexicon must be accessible on the internet.
> 4. Grammar must be complete.
> 5. Grammar must be able to be learned on the internet.
> 6. Language must be speakable.
> If any of you know of other languages that satisfy these criteria,
> this could be a good time to bring them up.
gzb might not have fit your criteria a couple of years ago, but it
probably does now.  It depends on how you define "essential words",
perhaps.

http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/gzb/gzb.htm

I think probably Tokana and Tepa, mentioned earlier in this
thread, also fit your criteria re: completeness of grammar
and documentation thereof, though I'm not sure how large
their lexicons are.

--
Jim Henry

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