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

From: P&G
Message: 22929
Date: 2003-06-09

> Agreed that isolated and dead mean two different things. However, if
> Latin is dead, then why is it experiencing a re-emergence?

It isn't. It is just as dead as it was last year. No one learns it as a
mother tongue. It may, however, be experiencing a resurgence as a learnt
language.

Peter

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