Comments on: Taino: a dead language rises from the ashes http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/taino-a-dead-language-rises-from-the-ashes/ The Nose of the Camel in the Tent Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Benjamin Pastrana http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/taino-a-dead-language-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-8242 Benjamin Pastrana Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:58:10 +0000 http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/?p=1874#comment-8242 Don't be so ignorant, most words used in Puerto Rico has their roots from taino names! Benjamin Puerto Rico Don’t be so ignorant, most words used in Puerto Rico has their roots from taino names!
Benjamin
Puerto Rico

]]> By: Nijma http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/taino-a-dead-language-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-6473 Nijma Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:15:42 +0000 http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/?p=1874#comment-6473 The dictionary I would write would be colloquial Arabic. I don't know that such a dictionary exists, but if it did, I would want one. With a recorded native speaker pronouncing the word. The standard Arabic dictionary seems to be Hans Wehr--Oxford University Press does at least one as well, but they are both Modern Standard Arabic, a constructed language that no one actually speaks. My Arabic skills would be a problem though. The dictionary I would write would be colloquial Arabic. I don’t know that such a dictionary exists, but if it did, I would want one. With a recorded native speaker pronouncing the word.

The standard Arabic dictionary seems to be Hans Wehr–Oxford University Press does at least one as well, but they are both Modern Standard Arabic, a constructed language that no one actually speaks. My Arabic skills would be a problem though.

]]> By: marie-lucie http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/taino-a-dead-language-rises-from-the-ashes/#comment-6471 marie-lucie Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:17:33 +0000 http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/?p=1874#comment-6471 It is not just any dictionary that would take millions of dollars to pay the writers (and printers). Chinese is a special case, and so is English with its grossly inflated vocabulary. Many people have written dictionaries, some with no money, but they don't all have thousands and thousands of pages. It is not just any dictionary that would take millions of dollars to pay the writers (and printers). Chinese is a special case, and so is English with its grossly inflated vocabulary. Many people have written dictionaries, some with no money, but they don’t all have thousands and thousands of pages.

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