On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Andrew Whitworth wknight8111@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
That's not true. Although the vast majority of Arabs are raised on a local variety, there are a small number whose native language is indeed Modern Standard Arabic. Imagine, perhaps, that their father is a well-educated Moroccan and their mother is a well-educated Syrian, and they were raised in Yemen.
This is perhaps the perfect example for why cut-and-dry rules for language approval are probably not a good method. Languages need to be evaluated individually based on the population of content producers and content consumers, the efficacy, utility, and longevity of the language and it's speaking population, and other factors.
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...and without prejudiced assumptions about what languages are the "right" or "best" for a person based on the accident of their geographic location or ethnic heritage.
Thank you for making your point.