--- olbeggaols <MikeOlds@...> wrote:

>
> Alex,
>
> I believe you have stated the case well.
>
> Buddhaghossa also says it well. He says that if you
> put a bunch of
> children into isolation they would grow up using a
> form of Pali.

I think that, according to current scientific theories
based on cases with children actually growing up in
isolation, they won't use any language at all. With
all respect for the Ven. Buddhaghosa, I think this is
a matter outside his competence, and in some fields
our knowledge has expanded since his time.

Gunnar


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