Rodolfo M Vega wrote:
The "language invention" must be done by the native speakers of that language. This is what native speakers of Amerindian languages are fighting for, and are part of United Nations agreements and conventions on language rights for native peoples. I am working with Maya, Mapuche and Aymara, from the Americas, in this issue. Soon, they will ask to have Wikipedia in their own language, including the interface, done by themselves, and not by an "expert gringo". Is this possible based on your "rules"?
Why should there be a problem?
When the language is a pre-literate one there is still the need to develop a symbolic representation, such as an alphabet. One thing that appears to have happened with the languages of the west coast of North America is that alphabets were devised by late 19th century anthropologists on phonetic rather than phonemic grounds. This was fine with the anthropologists who wanted to understand accurate pronunciations, but it would involve distinctions that the native people would not make themselves.
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