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Re: OT: semi-OT: bilingual communication

From:Florian Rivoal <florian@...>
Date:Saturday, January 25, 2003, 10:41
>> I'm reading more on the North Caucasian languages (where I got A LOT of >> ideas for Tech phonology). I understand that in Vladikavkaz, Russia, which >> is on the Chechen-Ingush border, it's common for a Chechen to speak >>Chechen >> to an Ingush, and the Ingush to reply in Ingush, and they understand each >> other enough to hold an everyday conversation. >> >> Is it possible, or practical, for this to happen in the real world for >> speakers of two more different languages? >> Like I was speaking English to a >> Spanish speaker and he'd be speaking Spanish to me
Well, i happened to speak japanese to a friend, while he responded in spanish. Actualy we were both french, and did it just for fun, but we kept this going for more than an hour.