Re: Hildegard von Bingen

Sally Caves wrote:

> I don't believe that Hildegard of Bingen occupied herself in "conlanging."
> This is probably a misnomer.  Hildegard was involved instead with
> glossalalia, or speaking in tongues--something a little different from
> the deliberate invention of languages.
No, there really is a document with about 900 words in
"Lingua Ignota", which has lots of "z"s, with glosses in Latin
and Middle High German.  See the _Catholic Encyc._ article
at http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/07351a.htm .

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)