I want to welcome Nikhil Sinha to the list, from India. In the interest of diversity, I think we should all do what we can to recruit members from a wide range...
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Nikhil Sinha
nikhilsinha_in
Oct 6, 2010 11:06 am
Hi! Thank you very much! I wanted to say that i have problems replying to big messages, because i access Internet through my phone, which is a basic one and...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 6, 2010 12:55 pm
Swagat, Nikhil! Attachments can be downloaded from one's mailbox. I think it's OK to send attachments. Someone may copy its text and post it to the group from...
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Nikhil Sinha
nikhilsinha_in
Oct 6, 2010 1:02 pm
Hi! Thank you very much! If that can be done, it'll be great. Really look forward to worldlanging! Nikhil. ... -- निखिल सिन्हा | Nikhil...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 6, 2010 2:55 pm
Hi Nikhil, now that I've thought about it a bit, it seems best that you just send your attachments to some of us (say, to me and Olivier - qu'en pensez-vous,...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 6, 2010 5:47 pm
Hello everybody! I have a different and new idea that could be used to create a new auxlang. I had first thought of this quite some time ago (maybe around...
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Dana Nutter
sasxsek
Oct 6, 2010 6:25 pm
... ¡Bienvenido! ... Lo acuerdo....
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Dana Nutter
sasxsek
Oct 6, 2010 6:52 pm
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM, lingwadeplaneta ... It's an interesting idea but what puts me off is the dependence on technology. I like the idea of a...
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Stephen Rice
ansric
Oct 6, 2010 6:52 pm
... In _One Language for the World_, Mario Pei mentioned Fred Mill's "Anti-Volapuk" or Mezzofanti-Sprache" of 1893: "This language ingeniously combines...
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cafaristeir
Oct 6, 2010 8:20 pm
Dobryj vecher dorogoj Dmitry ! Oui, je suis d'accord avec vous; je vais rpondre par courriel group ceux qui ont reu le message de Nikhil. Olivier...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Oct 7, 2010 5:19 am
This is forwarded from Nikhil Jens Wilkinson Neo Patwa language: http://patwa.pbwiki.com ... In reply to Dana Nutter and Stephen Rice: Hi! I'm not very fond of...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 7, 2010 6:19 am
... This is valid with any auxlang. But Nikhil doesn't propose to use "words", just labels taken from one's native language. Dictionaries accurately explaining...
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cafaristeir
Oct 7, 2010 6:50 am
Sellamat ! Here is my reply to the proposal of Nikhil: Well it's an interesting idea; however, it addresses many topics already discussed on Auxlang (the Yahoo...
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Nikhil Sinha
nikhilsinha_in
Oct 7, 2010 7:53 am
Hi! You have explained everything very beautifully. Thank you very much for that! :) And I like the name you suggested. I was thinking about a name, which...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Oct 7, 2010 8:13 am
... It's an interesting idea, and let me mention a possible modification. I've actually done something a little bit similar with Neo Patwa. Essentially, I have...
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Jens Wilkinson
jowilkinson4
Oct 7, 2010 8:36 am
... Also, speaking of this idea of different vocabulary sets (the "matrix"?) I can make another suggestion which may be interesting. I have had the idea with...
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risto@...
rkupsala
Oct 7, 2010 9:29 am
Hi, Welcome to the list, Nikhil! I like your idea but it comes too late. Machine translation between natural languages is already good enough between major...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 7, 2010 12:53 pm
Nikhil wrote: In reply to Jens Wilkinson: Hi! I know about Neo Patwa. I really like that idea. And it is also quite easy to learn because of its limited...
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Dana Nutter
sasxsek
Oct 7, 2010 5:54 pm
... Vocabulary is always going to be the killer for most people because it's what takes most of the time to learn. Grammar can be learned over time while...
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Dana Nutter
sasxsek
Oct 7, 2010 6:04 pm
... There are still a lot of issues with machine translations, mainly related to differences in grammatically required information between the languages. For...
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Risto Kupsala
rkupsala
Oct 7, 2010 7:27 pm
Hi Nikhil, I agree with Dana that machine translation is already good enough to get the message through. Of course translating "matrix language" would be more...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 8, 2010 12:53 pm
Nikhil ne yeh likha hai: Hi! In reply to Dana Nutter: About learning vocabulary: You agree with me that learning vocabulary is the most difficult thing to do....
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Dana Nutter
sasxsek
Oct 8, 2010 2:49 pm
... I don't think it would be very accurate because what's happening here isn't the creation of an auxlang but several auxlangs. The users of each language...
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Dana Nutter
sasxsek
Oct 8, 2010 3:31 pm
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:53 AM, lingwadeplaneta ... That's not entirely true that all the words are unfamilar. There are languages like English that are...
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Nikhil Sinha
nikhilsinha_in
Oct 8, 2010 3:40 pm
Hi! I dont consider my auxlang to be more than one language. I would just consider the sets to be mere synonyms. Lexical drift will apply to this auxlang in...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 8, 2010 8:06 pm
Nikhil ne yeh likha hai: Hi! In reply to Dana Nutter: I feel knowing a few words here and there is not of much help. We, in Hindi, have such a lot of...
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lingwadeplaneta
Oct 9, 2010 5:45 am
Just a remark. Since it's going to be a machine-based language anyway, there may be programs that help you to master the language and correct mistakes,...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Oct 9, 2010 11:53 am
... The idea of SASXSEK was to have mnemonics but also to spread the load so it doesn't favor one group. Esperanto for example uses all European vocabulary,...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Oct 9, 2010 12:01 pm
... If we're going to invoke machines then the existing machine translators will do just fine. Just translate X into Y and be done with it. I know they...
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<deinx nxtxr>
sasxsek
Oct 9, 2010 12:22 pm
... Then a user would be able to mix and match any of those words? What makes a "language"; is the lack of intelligibility with other speakers. If you have two...
