[Foundation-l] Arabic, a non native language

[Crazy Lover]

Etnologue classified Arabic as macrolanguage. not a single language: it's a group of language, form of a collection of several vernacular languages called "arabic"(no mutual intelligibles), and the Standard Arabic (continuer of classic arabic, no vernacular). We are talking about the last one.

it is not comparable to spanish (a vernacular language that all people of hispanic countries understand since they are babies).

And It is comparable to medieval latin because both are not vernacular, but are very useful as culture vehicle. the point is the absurd to insist in Native requirement. the reality is: native condition is not determinant, and not neccesary feature to express culture; the language prestigious is. and that do not mean i oppose native projects, no, i oppose the native requirement.

it isn't acceptable the stubborness of langcom in not replace the "native" requirement for the "Fluent expression" one. result of community consense:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta_talk:Language_proposal_policy/Community_draft