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

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 02:37:44 +0000, Gerry <waluk@...> wrote:

>--- 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?

If so, that has nothing to do with its not being an isolate.

>About
>Basque, how can a language that is supposedly isolated have so many
>new speakers?

If so, that has nothing to do with it being an isolate.

> About Sumerian.....did it ever exist?

Yes.

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