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| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5745 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 1 of 52 12 October 2010 at 7:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you were required to learn, let's say as part of a linguistics degree, either a dead
language (e.g. Ancient Greek, Classical Chinese, etc.) or a constructed language (e.g. Esperanto, Klingon, etc.), which would you choose? A dead language or a constructed language? Because of time constraints, you are only able to learn one. Your linguistics department offers courses in all dead and constructed languages. Edited by lichtrausch on 12 October 2010 at 7:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6488 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 52 12 October 2010 at 7:31pm | IP Logged | ||
What a generous institution! I would use the resources of the institute to learn a dead language, and then I would learn Esperanto by homestudy in my summer holiday(I'm not interested in other constructed languages). I choose the dead language because it normally is difficult to find enough resources for those outside universities and such places. But I wouldn't expect the institute to teach me to speak any dead language, and that's a pity. Edited by Iversen on 12 October 2010 at 7:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5632 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 52 12 October 2010 at 7:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have already learned TWO dead languages in school, so I would choose a constructed language, if I had not learned Esperanto, then Interlingua.
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5551 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 4 of 52 12 October 2010 at 8:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Except for Elvish, I have no interest in constructed languages. My interest in Elvish exists mainly because I want to see just how much Welsh Tolkein put into it. I wouldn't even know where to start in picking which dead language to learn.
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| Johnnysd Diglot Newbie Norway johnnysd.deviantart. Joined 5402 days ago 18 posts - 33 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, Italian, Korean, French | Message 5 of 52 12 October 2010 at 9:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd go for a dead language, mainly because they have existed during some point in history, plus it's always fun to say that "I know ancient greek!".
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| fireflies Senior Member Joined 4966 days ago 172 posts - 234 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 52 12 October 2010 at 9:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Does anyone here study Klingon?
I chose dead languages. Latin would be neat if I had to pick one but I don't think I would enjoy it much since its mostly just in books. Edited by fireflies on 12 October 2010 at 10:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6941 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 7 of 52 12 October 2010 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have no preference by type. The only dead language which remotely interests me is Old Church Slavonic. The only constructed language that remotely interests me is Slovianski as the better-known Slovio does little for me.
Anyway, is there any restriction on re-enrolling at this imaginary university? I'd do the second course after completing the first course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5927 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 8 of 52 12 October 2010 at 11:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I prefer a dead language. I'd like to learn Latin and Old English at some point (and, highly unlikely, but maybe Ancient Greek). This is to better understand the history of the languages which derive from them and to access some of their culture.
The only constructed language I have interest in is Esperanto, which I know to an intermediate level. I used to speak it better, at about basic fluency but whenever I put in the time to learn it, I get bored and end up neglecting it for a long time, so my skills "decay." Once or twice a year, I also work on a language that I am constructing but I don't think that counts. So yes, my vote goes to dead languages. Edited by ellasevia on 12 October 2010 at 11:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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