Re: New Language: Borg

At 02:10 PM 9/30/98 +0200, =D8rjan Johansen wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Terrence Donnelly wrote:
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>> I'm delurking to announce my latest language, which I call Borg (yes,
>> those Borg!).  You can take a look at it at my website
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>> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/2711/borglang.html
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>> A big Conlang prize for the person who can tell me which language
>> Borg is based on.
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>After moving the last letter of a word, its structure looks a lot like
>Esperanto to me. There are many subtle differences, like exactly which
>prefixes/suffixes are included, what is the list of correlatives,
>splitting of the noun word class into animate and inanimate, separation of
>tense from the word class... but in each case, the basic system is that of
>Esperanto.
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Yes, you are right.  The basic system of affixes and basic syntax are taken=
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from Esperanto. Since then, Borg has begun to take on a life of its own, as=
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you've noted.

-- Terry