Re: Conlang as a divider from others

abrigon wrote:
>
> Sort of how the Mormons invented Desearat(sp), and the writing system
> for it.
Deserret (I think that's the spelling) was ONLY a spelling system.  The
Mormons never tried to speak another language.

> PS: Yissish also has a bit of Slavic and Hebrew forms and words.
Yiddish is descended from a dialect of Old (Middle?) High German, but it
has had a lot of influence from many languages, especially Hebrew and
the Slavic langs.

> Of course has anyone heard of "Ladino".
Related to Spanish.  It seems that Mideavil Jews had a lot of
in-languages.  Of course, being an oppressed minority thru most of
European history, it makes sense that they'd have languages to bind
themselves closer together and differentiate themselves from the
gentiles.

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