Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/04

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Subject: [Leica] Even Worse Than Scotches: IE Linguistics (OT)
From: "Sander van Hulsenbeek" <vanhulsenbeek@wxs.nl>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 19:53:52 +0200

Slovenian language has three differentiations by persons: Singular, Plural,
> >and Dual (two persons). There are only two other languages in the world
that
> >have Dual as well.

And those are?

Indonesian langauges ( Bahasa as a common denominator) have two different
'we' :
Kami, being the speaker and the opposite person, and Kita, being we all,
everywhere.

Is that like what you mean?

Sander van Hulsenbeek
Amsterdam
Holland

Replies: Reply from Daniel Bowdoin <danlb@mindspring.com> (Re: [Leica] Even Worse Than Scotches: IE Linguistics (OT))