... If you do it, I'll translate it into Russian and Esperanto, Zein will translate it into Arabic, Risto into Finnish, Jens into Japanese, Dana into Sasxsek,...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Nov 2, 2009 1:32 am
... Except Wikipedia doesn't support Sasxsek....
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steve rice
ansric
Nov 2, 2009 3:34 am
... The tricky part is writing it so that someone in the Wikistapo doesn't decide to simply roll it into the main auxlang article. I think I can do that; it...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Nov 2, 2009 4:34 am
... One idea also, is that probably the further back you can go in history, the more authoritative it will look. I think at least going back to Sona will make...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Nov 2, 2009 6:03 am
... They don't support LFN either, but ISTR they did for a while. They seem to be growing less and less conlang friendly over time....
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Nov 2, 2009 6:16 am
... Though I suppose this is not really on-topic, I actually don't really disagree with that change. I'm just speculating really, but I think that at the...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Nov 2, 2009 6:24 am
... I agree with that too because otherwise it would quickly become spammer bait, but there is a hazy area between providing information as a whitepaper might...
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risto@...
rkupsala
Nov 2, 2009 8:14 am
Dana Nutter wrote_ ... I think that different language wikipedias have different policies. There are different articles in different languages. Wikipedia is...
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lingwadeplaneta
Nov 2, 2009 11:30 am
... I wonder as to how much common must be the use to regard a language living. You use NP, and there was a guy who sang songs in NP, so obviously NP is not...
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risto@...
rkupsala
Nov 2, 2009 11:57 am
... Yes! ... That has to be checked. I recall it was James Chandler who used that term first. -- Risto...
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zeinelabidin
Nov 2, 2009 12:01 pm
... That is also fair for Sona ,as I think....
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Nov 2, 2009 1:55 pm
... I don't remember who came up with that term (the archives on Brown should answer that), but we were using it here before the original Yahoo group was...
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steve rice
ansric
Nov 2, 2009 5:14 pm
... I don't care much one way or the other these days, for the simple reason that WP is not proper content for an emerging auxlang. A new auxlang doesn't need...
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steve rice
ansric
Nov 2, 2009 5:56 pm
... It's true that going back a way will help. I think I'd also include quotes from Hogben's _Interglossa_ and from Pei's _One Language for the World_. (Pei...
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zeinelabidin
Nov 2, 2009 7:18 pm
... quotes from Hogben's _Interglossa_ and from Pei's _One Language for the World_. (Pei came up with the first real worldlang proposal, remember!) ... Sona...
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steve rice
ansric
Nov 2, 2009 8:46 pm
... I'll certainly include those, but WP likes printed sources, which is why Hogben and Pei are useful. Steve...
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lingwadeplaneta
Nov 2, 2009 10:06 pm
... The Eo WP page corresponding to the English "International auxiliary language" is very small and mentions only Volapuk and Eo. I noticed it because I...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Nov 4, 2009 5:37 pm
... 1. Doesn't matter. If they are going to have a policy, then let it be uniformly enforced. I think you are right in that the Wikistapo isn't attacking...
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lingwadeplaneta
Nov 23, 2009 7:45 pm
I'm thinking what if shorten -ney to -n in some cases: basa-n (basic) fakta-n (factual) sentra-n (central) publika-n (public) natura-n (natural). However it...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Nov 24, 2009 4:28 am
... I'm not sure, but in English, a hyphen usually means that the words are pronounced separately. And "n" wouldn't be a proper word in English (in rock-n-roll...
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lingwadeplaneta
Nov 24, 2009 9:56 am
... Yes, as a part of previous syllable. But there should be smth - hyphen or apostrophe - to show that it's a particle, just shortened here, but which in...
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steve rice
ansric
Nov 24, 2009 5:44 pm
... In English, "basa-n" would be pronounced "basa en"--using the letter name. An apostrophe would be more common, though technically (if -ney still exists) it...
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lingwadeplaneta
Nov 24, 2009 7:05 pm
... Indeed basa-n' will be better. Danke! ... Can you give an example? ... At this point I am not sure that -ney should be abbreviated at all (doing without...
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lingwadeplaneta
Dec 3, 2009 2:21 pm
... After some thinking I think that spellings like basa-n' are doomed to transform into just basan. So I guess one may allow to contract "ney" into just "n"...
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lingwadeplaneta
Dec 3, 2009 2:26 pm
Can anybody recommend a good root for "marry", which could give all the derivatives like "wedding" etc. Currently I have "mari" but it's too close to "mar"...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Dec 3, 2009 2:43 pm
... Sasxsek derives them all from the root "ued" ("to be married"/"marriage"). "To marry" would be an inchoative of that "uedib" ("to become married"). ued to...
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lingwadeplaneta
Dec 3, 2009 6:56 pm
In Serbocroatian I've found "kwara" with the meaning "spoiling, corruption". Couldn't find anything similar in Turkish but in Hindi there is "khwar" with a...
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cafaristeir
Dec 4, 2009 7:20 am
Hao day kare Dmitry ! Yesterday, I could not answer as I was absent most of the time and tired on the evening. Are you sure about "kwara" in Serbo-Croatian ?...
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cafaristeir
Dec 4, 2009 7:34 am
Difficult ! But Greek "zeugon" has given "zauj" in Arabic, "husband; couple"; "zouj" in Parsi, "zevc" in Turkish. The first meaning of the Greek word is...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Dec 4, 2009 2:16 pm
I just stumbled upon and issue in Sasxsek that has me wondering if it might be a good idea to reintroduce <w> and <y>. I mentioned in the previous thread the...
