@SomeoneElseM to Confidently Incorrect • 1 year agoThe Welsh disagree.imagemessage-square150arrow-up11.48Karrow-down123
arrow-up11.46Karrow-down1imageThe Welsh disagree.@SomeoneElseM to Confidently Incorrect • 1 year agomessage-square150
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•edit-21 year agoResurrected Language might be a better way to put it, the Welsh that people speak today is mostly an academic construction (which also applies to French and Portuguese, that isn’t meant as an insult).
minus-square@ziggurismlink8•1 year agowhat do you mean about french and portuguese being academic reconstructions?
minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilink2•1 year agoModern Hebrew is another good example of this. Possibly the most successful language revitalization project of all time.
Resurrected Language might be a better way to put it, the Welsh that people speak today is mostly an academic construction (which also applies to French and Portuguese, that isn’t meant as an insult).
what do you mean about french and portuguese being academic reconstructions?
For French it is an insult. Descriptivism is lame
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Modern Hebrew is another good example of this. Possibly the most successful language revitalization project of all time.