On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 23:38:11 -0400 "James R. Johnson" modean52@comcast.net wrote:
Sorry - there have been about 6 million speakers at the height of usage of Old English. I guess it's like Latin in being a dead language, but just as deserving of a Wiki.
I disagree. Latin is still being used at least in the Catholic church if not elsewhere. Old English on the other hand is not being actively used nowadays, knowledge of it being used passively (reading existing older texts) rather than actively (writing material). I am willing to hear arguments in favor, but "it's like Latin" is not one of them.
Andre Engels