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Re: CHAT: Niven's langs (was: One language for the world)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, June 11, 2000, 6:54
John Cowan wrote:
> Well, they speak Wunderlander, which is a koine containing elements of > German, Danish, and Afrikaans, roughly in that order.
Did Niven merely mention what it was, or was there any description of it? In the Ringworld trilogy (the only ones of his books I've read), he didn't seem to be too interested in the details of languages. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Glassín wafilái pigasyúv táv pifyániivav nadusakyáavav sussyáiyatantu wawailáv ku suslawayástantu ku usfunufilpyasváditanva wafpatilikániv wafluwáiv suttakíi wakinakatáli tiDikáufli!" - nLáf mÁldu nÍmasun ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor