Re: Teaching children conlangs

Quoting Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>:

> --- David H <olen_outo_otus@...> wrote:
> > Has / Does anyone know if a child has been brought
> > up speaking a conlang
> > (created by the parents) as a native language? Would
> > it be ethically /
> > legally right to do this? Also, I was wondering if a
> > child was raised with
> > a phonetically (and grammatically) complex conlang,
> > would they be able to
> > pronounce and learn other (natural)languages easier?
> >
>
> Aside from a few wide-spread auxlangs, are there any
> conlangs that are ready for prime time with enough
> vocabulary to handle day-to-day conversations?  I sort
> of doubt it.  It seems like virtually every conlang
> I've ever encountered has been too incomplete to be of
> any practical use.
There was this guy who tried to teach his son Klingon this way. Apparently
didn't work very well - IIRC, when the kid understood that the father
understood English, he refused to use Klingon anymore. Conservation of effort,
I guess.

                                                        Andreas