From: Antoine Leca (Antoine10646@leca-marti.org)
Date: Tue Jun 28 2005 - 03:38:16 CDT
On Tuesday, June 28th, 2005 10:03Z Peter Kirk wrote:
> But it lists not just the six languages you mentioned before
> ("Finnish, Estonian, Sami, Hungarian, Basque, and Etruscan" -
<snip>
> But many of the languages included, but not in your list of
> six, are not imports at all but are languages of indigenous peoples
> who have not migrated for thousands of years.
I am not sure what is your point (too many but's to my taste), however I
believe the present-day speakers of the so-called Basque language will
object loudly if you pretend their language is "imported" ;-).
OTOH and to keep trolling, I consider present so-called English to be much
more an import from the other side of the ocean, rather than an evolution of
the language I was taught in the last century.
Do they [em,im]migrate?
Antoine
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