George Boeree | Re: [LFN] New Book on Invented Languages

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Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
Tema: Re: [LFN] New Book on Invented Languages
Data: 2009-07-14 22:28
Mesaje: 3046 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

Hi, Paul.  Thanks for the reference!

Regarding Bernhard: His language was called "Lingua Franca Nuova".  I
cannot find a description of it, other than that it was basically
simplified Italian.

Best wishes,

George

Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs.



On Jul 14, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Paul Bartlett wrote:

>
> A few hours ago I acquired a new book which I am looking forward to
> reading once I work my way down to it through the pile of other books
> waiting to be reaed.
>
> Arika Okrent
> In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon
> Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build
> a Perfect Language
> New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2009
> ISBN: 978-0-385-52788-0
> 342 pp (includes index)
>
> I have just skimmed over it, but it may be fascinating. An appendix
> lists 500 (she explains why exactly that number) invented languages
> with dates from c. 1150 to 2007. There are (diagrammatic)
> illustrations, and each language is exemplified in its "native" script
> or symbology. Not having read the book yet yet, of course I cannot
> vouch for its accuracy.
>
> I am Cc:'ing this to the Lingua Franca Nova list because she lists a
> Lingua Franca Nova by S. Bernhard in 1888. Apparently someone beat
> George Boeree to the name.
>
> --
> Paul Bartlett
>
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