https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv An overview of the chapter "An Ideal Language" in Robert Dixon's book "Are Some Languages Better than Others?" en-us 2021-06-09 23:21:15 UTC 2026-01-27 06:28:42 UTC hello@padlet.com mdykes5 https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597064604 This chapter is a comprehensive list of what Robert Dixon believes to be the most important features of an ideal language.]]> 2021-06-09 23:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597064604 mdykes5 https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597073239 Intonation is not a grammatical distinction

No homonyms 

No words with similar pronunciation but different meanings

Keep irregularities to a minimum

Orthography with simple correspondence between phonemes and letters]]> 2021-06-09 23:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597073239 mdykes5 https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597073560 Five Vowels

Three-term system of nominal demonstratives 

No homonyms (again)

Personal pronouns

]]> 2021-06-09 23:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597073560 mdykes5 https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597074163 No double duty words

Abundance of abstract nouns

Lots and lots of names]]> 2021-06-09 23:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597074163 mdykes5 https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597075652 Sounds like Esperanto!]]> 2021-06-09 23:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597075652 mdykes5 https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597297975 Listen to this for a walkthrough of the chapter "An Ideal Language"]]> 2021-06-10 01:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mdykes5/viujlnkeoxgng8uv/wish/1597297975