[Foundation-l] A proposal for new language creation

Fri Nov 25 15:40:04 UTC 2005

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>IIRC the Ethnologue criterion for including a constructed language is 
>the the existence of literary works in that language.  

I don't think so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International

Ilario

They recognize 24
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>such languages. Yes, there are people with the kind of mentality that 
>will create a literature in Klingon or Elvish.  A better criterion for 
>us would be the existence of native speakers.  Another might be to ask 
>who is the audience for this new language project.  What interests the 
>readers rather than the writers?  What practical information would serve
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