Re: Related languages (Re: A China-Sumer connection)

kenney_at_cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:48:22 +0000 (UTC)

In article <422EFBAC.3E85@worldnet.att.net>,
grammatim@worldnet.att.net (Peter T. Daniels) wrote:

> Do you have _any_ examples of a "conqueror" imposing their language
> on the "conquered"?

 I have been keeping out of this, because I know my ignorance of the
subject. In this case, however, I can bring up India, and Africa and
Australia for that matter. English as a second language and French for
that matter are as widely distributed as they are because of the
colonial expansion. In South America the Spanish and the Portuguese,
not only tried to suppress the native language but also the native
culture.

 I can understand that this would hold little interest for a linguist,
or an archeologist for that matter as most languages had largely
stabilised by then.

Ken Young
kenney@cix.co.uk
Maternity is a matter of fact
Paternity is a matter of opinion

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