Speakin' the lingo
There's a coffee shop downstairs that I like to frequent. The coffee's good, they have organic there, and it's not one of the national chains (that I know of, unless someone else has heard of Olympic). There are a number of women who work there who are obviously from the same place; they all look and dress similarly...but what made me curious was their language. It was very beautiful to listen to, and was not Indo-European - I couldn't make out any roots or analogues. There were signs in Hangul (written Korean) around the place, but that was obviously not their language. I asked, and it turned out to be the owner's; they, however, were from Ethiopia, and speaking Amharic. It was interesting and pleasant enough that I might look into it more sometime.
Got me thinking about my goal to create my own language, which I have on my 43 Things list. Not likely to ever be done, in fact, because there's no one to speak to - unless of course I speak to other crazy people. I've looked at Lojban, but it just seems too artificial...don't know. Might have to rethink that goal.
Got me thinking about my goal to create my own language, which I have on my 43 Things list. Not likely to ever be done, in fact, because there's no one to speak to - unless of course I speak to other crazy people. I've looked at Lojban, but it just seems too artificial...don't know. Might have to rethink that goal.