Re: [tied] Ah, look at all the lonely languages

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> I rest my case. "Isolated" does not equal "dead". Latin is not
>isolated,
> but dead. Basque is isolated, but living. Sumerian is isolated
>and dead.

Agreed that isolated and dead mean two different things. However, if
Latin is dead, then why is it experiencing a re-emergence? About
Basque, how can a language that is supposedly isolated have so many
new speakers? About Sumerian.....did it ever exist?

Gerry