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<span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> Why can't I see adds? <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> VIP don't have ads: <span style=" color: red">https://polyglotclub.com/trust</span> <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: Then why can you? :^)</span> | <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> Why can't I see adds? <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> VIP don't have ads: <span style=" color: red">https://polyglotclub.com/trust</span> <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: Then why can you? :^)</span> | ||
<span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> I have just realized that the word "family" is a linguistic term, and it is not appropriate here. <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> 99,9% of our users are not linguists and the word family seemed understandable by usual people. "Macro language" does not mean anything for people. Do you know any other simple word? "Group"? <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> It's nearly impossible to replace "macrolanguage", because a macrolanguage is both one language and many languages. I think the word "family" or "group" should be omitted, because it changes "Arabic" from a noun to an adjective. <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> I'll keep 'family' for now even if it's wrong from the linguist point of view. it will bother only 0.01% of people whereas if I write 'macrolanguage' it will bother 99.9% of people <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: If you still want to use a word, then "cluster" is the best one, introduced from</span> ''Handbook of African Languages''<span style=" color: red">. "language cluster" seems to be the only alternative of "macrolanguage".</span> | <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> I have just realized that the word "family" is a linguistic term, and it is not appropriate here. <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> 99,9% of our users are not linguists and the word family seemed understandable by usual people. "Macro language" does not mean anything for people. Do you know any other simple word? "Group"? <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> It's nearly impossible to replace "macrolanguage", because a macrolanguage is both one language and many languages. I think the word "family" or "group" should be omitted, because it changes "Arabic" from a noun to an adjective. <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> I'll keep 'family' for now even if it's wrong from the linguist point of view. it will bother only 0.01% of people whereas if I write 'macrolanguage' it will bother 99.9% of people <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: <span style=" color: red">I still think no word attaching is good.</span> If you still want to use a word, then "cluster" is the best one, introduced from</span> ''Handbook of African Languages''<span style=" color: red">. "language cluster" seems to be the only alternative of "macrolanguage".</span> | ||
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<span style="color: red">GrimPixel:</span>If a language doesn't capitalize its first letter, is it necessary to capitalize it? <span style="color: red">Vincent:</span> yes, we must try to be consistent: capital letters everywhere. | <span style="color: red">GrimPixel:</span>If a language doesn't capitalize its first letter, is it necessary to capitalize it? <span style="color: red">Vincent:</span> yes, we must try to be consistent: capital letters everywhere. | ||
<span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> When I found the names in Wikipedia, in many cases it doesn't tell which are autonyms, which are English names. I put them by instinct. For many minor languages, further checks are needed. So, there is a new column "confirmed". <span style=" color: red">Vincent: | <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> When I found the names in Wikipedia, in many cases it doesn't tell which are autonyms, which are English names. I put them by instinct. For many minor languages, further checks are needed. So, there is a new column "confirmed". <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> good job | ||
Alter from Ethnologue can be rare and abandonded (maybe only one person or two have used such a word), so they should be not considered. | Alter from Ethnologue can be rare and abandonded (maybe only one person or two have used such a word), so they should be not considered. | ||