Re: Language on Barrayar (was:Re: Tiptoeing through a minefield: Ayn Rand=


"Robert Tichacek" <rchoptichacek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <1145842766.430419.140030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Will in New Haven <bill.reich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]

I agree with this. I don't know of any situation where a majority
changed their language to that of a minority.

The Egyptian majority switched to the language of the Arab ruling
elite, and the Greek speakers of Asia Minor similarly switched to the
Turkish of their conquerors.

Very little of the currentlt Arab-speaking world originally spoke Arabic.
Certainly no one in North Africa.


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