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> > If you want to create a proper language, you should have it well > > defined before you release it. Otherwise, one of two things would > > happen: > > > > 1. you change it => people stop using the language > > 2. you leave the language how it is => you're left with a sub-par > > language. > > > > That is the fate of every language released into the world. > > Or: > > 3. people add words they need => you have a living language. > > Ceqli has a solid architecture, and a morphology that isn't hard to > understand. I think it's important that people besides just us be > able to contribute to the language through natural growth. As long as > that growth conforms to the minimal requirements of phonology and > morphology, that's fine. > --Krawn Well, I was talking about the syntax and functional words. You can't change that under people, because then they have to relearn how to use the language. The articles we have been discussing count as functional words - something you can't change without effecting whatever existing corpus there is. Adding content words and adding meanings happens naturally in every language, and that's something you can do without changing any existing corpus. The addition of content words isn't a facter in the two options that I gave. -- Garrett Jones http://www.alkaline.org