From jexOm@free.fr Tue May 13 04:34:04 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 13 May 2003 04:34:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp4.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.26] helo=mwinf0504.wanadoo.fr) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19FY2g-0000qt-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 04:33:58 -0700 Received: from free.fr (unknown [81.53.130.38]) by mwinf0504.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7948D100038C for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 13:33:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:33:20 +0200 Subject: [lojban] Language vs. tongue? (was: native language) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: jexOm. To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis In-Reply-To: <200305130638.44005.phma@webjockey.net> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-archive-position: 5235 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jexOm@free.fr Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Hello, A little off-topic, but it is a question I always have when reading articles about linguistics in English. What is the difference between a "language" and a "tongue"? Is lojban a language or a tongue? To me, it's a tongue, but I very often read "language" instead. To me, a language is more a whole category of communication means (like signs, music, etc). Thanks, Jérôme.