Talk:Afrikaans Language Monument

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Thinking that maybe that should be "Afrikaaner poets" rather than "Afrikaans poets" but unsure if this distinction applies with these terms, or if Afrikaaner can even be used as an adjective. Do these words have the same person/object relationship that Scots/scottish and Asian/oriental have, in which you wouldn't want to call a person scottish, oriental, or (perhaps) Afrikaans?

Generally, "Afrikaans" refers to the language (or any of its speakers), while "Afrikaner" refers to the ethnic group/culture. So, "Afrikaans poet" emphasises that the poetry is in Afrikaans (without necessarily saying anything about the poet's cultural background), while "Afrikaner poet" emphasises that the poet is an Afrikaner (without necessarily saying anything about the language they write in). --Piet Delport 14:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other language monuments?

Mikkerpikker recently removed the statement "The Afrikaans Language Monument is the only monument in the world dedicated to a language." from the article, explaining that it isn't. I searched for another example, but i could only find the Shaheed Minar, or "Martyr's monument", which, while it is closely associated with the Bangli language, is dedicated to the martyrs who died in the Language Movement, and not strictly to the language itself. So, what other language monuments are there? --Piet Delport 08:36, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Piet, my edit was based mainly on Talk:Afrikaans#Taal_Monument. Mikker ^(...) 19:34, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I responded there. So far, i still believe the monument is unique in being dedicated purely to a language, instead of just being associated with one. Unless i can find a counter-example, or someone objects, i'll restore the statement to the article. --Piet Delport 15:09, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I saw your response, but I find Gareth's counter-response more convincing. That said, if you think it is terribly important to have the "only language monument" language in the article, I won't object (unless I can find a specific and clear counter-example; but I'm not going looking). I simply thought it was a simply factual mistake, if it isn't, restore the original language by all means. Mikker ^(...) 17:57, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Andy 12:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

The article don't mentions the name of Jan van Bijl who built the monument.