@SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world • 11 months agoThe Welsh disagree.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up11.47Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.45Karrow-down1imageThe Welsh disagree.lemmy.world@SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square157fedilink
minus-square@eestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-2•edit-211 months agoResurrected Language might be a better way to put it, the Welsh that people speak today is mostly an academic construction (which also applies to French and Portuguese, that isn’t meant as an insult).
minus-square@ziggurism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•11 months agowhat do you mean about french and portuguese being academic reconstructions?
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink4•11 months agoFor French it is an insult. Descriptivism is lame
minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilink2•11 months agoModern Hebrew is another good example of this. Possibly the most successful language revitalization project of all time.
Resurrected Language might be a better way to put it, the Welsh that people speak today is mostly an academic construction (which also applies to French and Portuguese, that isn’t meant as an insult).
what do you mean about french and portuguese being academic reconstructions?
For French it is an insult. Descriptivism is lame
It does not apply to Portuguese.
Modern Hebrew is another good example of this. Possibly the most successful language revitalization project of all time.