Talk:Miskito/Contents

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I recommend making this into PDF format, but I don't know how. Icelandic Hurricane 21:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

This language course is maybe the most professional and well-planned language course on all of Wikibooks! I have tried in vain to get people to develop goals and a curriculum before writing something in a lesson. Junesun 15:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

The syntax of this language seems to be based on that of Japanese. Just thought I should add that, as I speak Japanese. From what I understand, this language is not even real, but I do admit that the course is well planned. The editors have done splendidly here. 74.133.179.182 (talk) 03:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean with "not real"? Miskito is an indigenous language of Nicaragua and Honduras, and it is the second most spoken language in Nicaragua (next to Spanish). Junesun (talk) 09:34, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Yes, it is a real language indeed.
 * It has been quite heavily relexicalized from English but that does not make it any less real. As it happens, English was heavily relexicalized from French, and as the Japanese-speaking anonymous contributor must surely know, for that matter Japanese was very heavily relexicalized from Chinese. If that is what she or he is bothered by, then we can say Miskito is at least as real as English and Japanese. Lol.
 * I should also correct anonymous' other assertion. Miskito syntax is not "based on" Japanese (of course). There is some degree of typological affinity, but the affinity is not all that great either considering some notable differences. If your native language is not a verb final language, and you learn one (like Japanese), and then you encounter another verb final language, you will notice the resemblance, because of where you are looking from. This is a bit like a person of white race thinking that all Africans look the same. It is only true from where you are looking! :) --A R King (discuss • contribs) 11:03, 27 August 2011 (UTC)