Re: Language superiority, improvement, etc.

Matt Pearson wrote:

> If the Mbabaram
> people of Australia suddenly became regular computer users, they could
> easily and quickly borrow or invent as many computer terms as they needed,
> and from that point on, Mbabaram would be just as suitable a medium for
> discussing computer technology as English is.
Indeed, it has been argued that Garo (a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in
India and Bangladesh) now has a larger lexicon than English does, for Garo
speakers can freely draw on their native lexicon, the whole Bengali lexicon,
and the whole English lexicon as needed.

--
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)