tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post6448763991139027873..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: Australian Indigenous Languagescatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-74248372761709446822013-05-28T18:12:49.188+09:302013-05-28T18:12:49.188+09:30Fascinating, especially the bit about counting. I ...Fascinating, especially the bit about counting. I thought they could not think about about anything except something being more than two or four or whatever. I can see I am wrong and that it is much more complex than that.<br />Some of their words seem very long. Do they mean what would be a sentence in English? Bob C-SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-8122032385994865862013-05-28T17:35:25.090+09:302013-05-28T17:35:25.090+09:30Interesting. Agree re some ways of thinking are un...Interesting. Agree re some ways of thinking are untranslateable (though I'd disagree with the commentator who said the Germans have no word eqivalent to the English word "fair"). Ultimately, people must want and not be forced to speak a language and the needs of those alive now must be paramount not those of their ancestors.Philip C Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506199502085466202noreply@blogger.com