Thread: Esperanto Sanskrit

Originally Posted by diogen_

Crocodile’s logic rule N3. Ignore other's common sense when it contradicts my statistics, and ignore other's statistics when it contradicts my common sense.

You're getting closer with each rule you deduce from my posts.
Crocodile's logic rule number three: a common sense can only be useful if enough data (and its respective analysis) was properly collected and processed. Unfortunately, that is never the reality. Sometimes, in my posts I thrive to offer complimentary data and/or analysis. Seldom does it get accepted.

For example, you mentioned a source (Wikipedia for that matter) which stated the statistics of some 14K speakers of Sanskrit. I pointed out that the same source ALSO mentions there were more users just 10 years earlier, (and obviously 2,000 or so years ago there were many more) so the usage of Sanskrit is clearly on decline. Have you made you point that Sanskirt is not purely something of the past? Yes, and I think I have not disputed that. You convinced me Sanskrit is not purely historic. But does it have a future as a largely spoken language? I think, most unlikely. I missed the point at which you got offended.

Originally Posted by Crocodile

For example, you mentioned a source (Wikipedia for that matter) which stated the statistics of some 14K speakers of Sanskrit. I pointed out that the same source ALSO mentions there were more users just 10 years earlier, (and obviously 2,000 or so years ago there were many more) so the usage of Sanskrit is clearly on decline. Have you made you point that Sanskirt is not purely something of the past? Yes, and I think I have not disputed that. You convinced me Sanskrit is not purely historic. But does it have a future as a largely spoken language? I think, most unlikely. I missed the point at which you got offended.

Sorry, I only wanted to prove with Wiki that Sanskrit is not completely dead. Nothing else. And I actually needn't the time machine or reincarnate in the past to find its speakers as you claimed. That's all. Also, no one knows the future for sure. Hebrew was the dead language for centuries, and now it flourishes with five million speakers*. It's better to stay away from predictions about languages. Likewise, I'm not offended at all. Normal discussion without insults; you challenge my points and visa versa.

*Hebrew language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia