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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