tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 19 22:44:33 2001
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RE: To be or not to be Belanna
- From: "Rohan Fenwick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: To be or not to be Belanna
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:43:28
I am unaware of a *body* as such that recognises languages, but it is
consensus amongst linguists that any language learnt by a child in an
immersion situation (ie. spoken at home) while they are less than about 12
(the cutoff point for first language acquisition), and that they can speak
fluently, is a natural language. Guidelines are simply that *someone* speak
it as a first language. I think that Ethnologue, by Barbara Grimes:
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/
is the current authority on natural languages per se.
Qapla' 'ej Satlho'
ro'Han
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