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Re: Basic concepts -- Damin
- Subject: Re: Basic concepts -- Damin
- From: Don HARLOW <donh@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 01:22:12 +0100
- Comment: Issues related to constructed languages
- Version: 5.5 -- Copyright (c) 1991/92, Anastasios Kotsikonas
> ''Damin, a ceremonial variant of the Australian language Lardil,
> has a unique 200-word vocabulary that is learnable in a day but can
> express the full range of concepts in everyday speech.''
> From "The Language Instinct", by Steven Pinker
>
> This sounds intriguing. Anyone know anything about Damin? Have any
> references?
> Doug
>
Wasn't this topic discussed about a year ago? Anybody have the relevant
postings archived?
Don HARLOW donh@netcom.com
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