Re: Ethnologue.
| From: | Marcus Smith <smithma@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 31, 2000, 6:04 |
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At 8/30/00 09:18 PM -0700, you wrote:
>Glancing over all these ethnologue entries, I notice that most people's
>languages have over 100,000 speakers. Some have millions of speakers. I
>know that Tokana and Tepa have (or had) fewer than 30,000 speakers apiece
>(in the case of Tepa probably far fewer). Are there any other conlangs on
>the list with very small (fictional) speaker bases?
Yes, indeed. Telek is at 1,000 or less. I originally sent this to just
Daniel
Seriff by accident and have been meaning to post to the whole list. This
looks
like a good opportunity.
TELEK [TLK] 1,000 or less: 600 in Kaldila; 400 in Saskum. Unconfirmed rumors
of other populations. Isolate. Two dialects: KALDILAK and SASKUMIK. First
language for all residents, most also speak Igassik, some speak English.
Standard orthography. Literacy: 30%. Dictionary, grammar in progress. No
bible translations. Typology: SOV, active agreement.
Marcus