Re: [Ltru] Re: extlang

Addison Phillips scripsit:

> The idea of macro-languages is that they are not, themselves, languages. 
> Rather, they are groupings of languages that can be usefully referred to 
> collectively. That is, strictly speaking, "Chinese" (meaning "zh") isn't 
> a language---and neither is "Arabic" (by which I mean the code "ar").

Collections are one thing and macrolanguages are another.  A macrolanguage
is a grouping of languages that can usefully be treated as a single
language in certain contexts.

-- 
John Cowan   cowan@ccil.org    http://ccil.org/~cowan
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them
alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag
went over me.  I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am
Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.  --Bilbo to Smaug

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