On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Andrew Whitworth
<wknight8111(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Mark Williamson
<node.ue(a)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.
[snip]
...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.