Talk:Indo-European languages: Difference between revisions
imported>John Stephenson (New page: {{subpages}}) |
imported>Michel van der Hoek No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{subpages}} | {{subpages}} | ||
== Cornish and Manx == | |||
A user recently remarked that Cornish and Manx are not extinct. If there is any documentation that there are still speakers around, I'd be glad to see this evidence. Cornish died out in the 18th century, though some people have tried to revive it in the 20th century. Though some 1000 people claim to be able to speak it, I am not aware that there are native speakers. Manx died out with its last native speaker in 1974. It also is being revived, but as a linguist I'm not impressed with the primary school efforts on the Isle of Man. Isn't this like claiming all professors of Latin to be speakers of the language? Perhaps I'm being too rigid. After all, Hebrew may be said to have been extinct until the 20th century when it was revived. [[User:Michel van der Hoek|Michel van der Hoek]] 03:36, 15 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 22:36, 14 October 2008
Cornish and Manx
A user recently remarked that Cornish and Manx are not extinct. If there is any documentation that there are still speakers around, I'd be glad to see this evidence. Cornish died out in the 18th century, though some people have tried to revive it in the 20th century. Though some 1000 people claim to be able to speak it, I am not aware that there are native speakers. Manx died out with its last native speaker in 1974. It also is being revived, but as a linguist I'm not impressed with the primary school efforts on the Isle of Man. Isn't this like claiming all professors of Latin to be speakers of the language? Perhaps I'm being too rigid. After all, Hebrew may be said to have been extinct until the 20th century when it was revived. Michel van der Hoek 03:36, 15 October 2008 (UTC)