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LANGUAGE What is the worlds most obscure written language?
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luv4u said: Google obscure written language and go from there.....
You might as well just lock this up luv 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: luv4u said: Google obscure written language and go from there.....
You might as well just lock this up luv Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: luv4u said: Google obscure written language and go from there.....
You might as well just lock this up luv Oh really. And why is that? | |
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luv4u said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: You might as well just lock this up luv Tried, but will give it another go. Thought I could save time by coming here first. | |
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rap said: What is the worlds most obscure written language?
Does anyone here know or, can they point me in the righ direction ? do you mean current or historically? | |
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esperanto? | |
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ZombieKitten said: rap said: What is the worlds most obscure written language?
Does anyone here know or, can they point me in the righ direction ? do you mean current or historically? You know, I never really thought about that. Probably historically. Although if you can supply two -both current and historic- it would be very helpful. | |
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Anxiety said: esperanto?
Klingon probably counts as well then, I would say, and Elvish Does it have to be a real language real people actually use? | |
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rap said: ZombieKitten said: do you mean current or historically? You know, I never really thought about that. Probably historically. Although if you can supply two -both current and historic- it would be very helpful. can it be written in any alphabet? | |
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ZombieKitten said: Anxiety said: esperanto?
Klingon probably counts as well then, I would say, and Elvish Does it have to be a real language real people actually use? didn't real people used to speak esperanto? | |
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Anxiety said: ZombieKitten said: Klingon probably counts as well then, I would say, and Elvish Does it have to be a real language real people actually use? didn't real people used to speak esperanto? I saw it on Red Dwarf when Rimmer was learning it It's a made up language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto They made it up in the late 19th century. | |
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ZombieKitten said: Anxiety said: didn't real people used to speak esperanto? I saw it on Red Dwarf when Rimmer was learning it It's a made up language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto They made it up in the late 19th century. but originally it was not a fictional language. it was created with the intent of people actually speaking it, right? it was kind of like the crystal pepsi of languages. | |
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Anxiety said: ZombieKitten said: I saw it on Red Dwarf when Rimmer was learning it It's a made up language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto They made it up in the late 19th century. but originally it was not a fictional language. it was created with the intent of people actually speaking it, right? it was kind of like the crystal pepsi of languages. oh not fictional, that's right, but made up from scratch, based on other languages. | |
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apparently up to 2 million are fluent! | |
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ZombieKitten said: Anxiety said: but originally it was not a fictional language. it was created with the intent of people actually speaking it, right? it was kind of like the crystal pepsi of languages. oh not fictional, that's right, but made up from scratch, based on other languages. i worked at a community center in NYC that had an esperanto club that met twice a month. i bet it still does, and it's probably the same five people. | |
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Anxiety said: ZombieKitten said: oh not fictional, that's right, but made up from scratch, based on other languages. i worked at a community center in NYC that had an esperanto club that met twice a month. i bet it still does, and it's probably the same five people. well 2 million who can write is (I'm assuming) doesn't sound so obscure any more hey! http://www.dmoz.org/World/Esperanto/ I reckon it would be easy to learn! I wonder if I say fisho, it would be fish in esperanto! | |
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Somebody asked this on Wiki and just got one response, but it's an interesting one.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q...e_language What is the most obscure language? In the old world, possibly it's the Ket language spoken in Central Siberia. It's a moribund language of the Yeniseian family, and the sole survivor of this family, which might possibly represent the oldest remaining language stock in siberia (other languages have, possibly, over time edged out Yeniseian, which used to be spoken over quite a wide area). It's completely unrelated to any other language around it, exhibits complex verbal morphology, and theories exist linking it in the very distant past to Native American languages (the Na-Dene family) and Chinese. A few hundred people speak it now, so there are probably other languages around that are more "obscure", depending on how you define the word, but Ket is definitely special. | |
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Efan said: Somebody asked this on Wiki and just got one response, but it's an interesting one.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q...e_language What is the most obscure language? In the old world, possibly it's the Ket language spoken in Central Siberia. It's a moribund language of the Yeniseian family, and the sole survivor of this family, which might possibly represent the oldest remaining language stock in siberia (other languages have, possibly, over time edged out Yeniseian, which used to be spoken over quite a wide area). It's completely unrelated to any other language around it, exhibits complex verbal morphology, and theories exist linking it in the very distant past to Native American languages (the Na-Dene family) and Chinese. A few hundred people speak it now, so there are probably other languages around that are more "obscure", depending on how you define the word, but Ket is definitely special. I hope they got that person to write it all down | |
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Cheers Efan
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rap said: Cheers Efan
Everybodys a comedian, though ironically, nobobdy has anything funny to say. Orgnote me if you have something helpful and/or intelligent to offer. i was actually serious about esperanto. | |
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Anxiety said: rap said: Cheers Efan
Everybodys a comedian, though ironically, nobobdy has anything funny to say. Orgnote me if you have something helpful and/or intelligent to offer. i was actually serious about esperanto. he means me | |
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ZombieKitten said: Anxiety said: i was actually serious about esperanto. he means me but you were serious about esperanto too! | |
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Anxiety said: ZombieKitten said: he means me but you were serious about esperanto too! I was | |
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