Kevin Smith | Re: [europidgin] Plants and animals (was: Around 500 very basic words)

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Autor: Kevin Smith (“kevinbsmith”)
Tema: Re: [europidgin] Plants and animals (was: Around 500 very basic words)
Data: 2002-09-18 03:14
Mesaje: 121 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 16:43, Paul O. BARTLETT wrote:
>     In general I might agree.  However, my understanding was
> that the new language based on LFN was specifically for
> EUROPE, not Bactrian camel herders in the Gobi Desert.

Very interesting. I had been assuming that it would be a language for
the world, and that the easiest route to that goal was to leverage the
Romance vocabulary.

Bjorn: Who is the target audience?

> One technique that developers of other IALs have used
> is to use the genus name for a plant or animal not
> otherwise provided for.

Seems reasonable.

Kevin