Talk:Oligosynthetic language
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[edit] Legorreta
In 2004, linguist and computer scientist Ernst Herrera Legorreta put forward evidence in support of Whorf's original claims about Nahuatl. It has yet to be seen whether this will change the academic consensus with respect to oligosynthesis.
[edit] Northwest Caucasian?
Might the low number of roots to be found in the Northwest Caucasian languages qualify them as being oligosynthetic? Exactly how few roots would there need to be to qualify? thefamouseccles 01:53, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Large number" of oligosynthetic conlangs ?
Can someone provide a short list of some of these oligosynthetic conlangs? After refreshing my memory on Ro I am not so sure that it is actually oligo-anything. Many conlangs have an intentionally small, limited set of morphemes; but most of the ones I'm aware of would be more aptly described as simply synthetic (several morphemes per word, but several words per sentence too) rather than polysynthetic (many sentences consist of a single word). Many others have a small number of morphemes simply because they aren't finished yet (and may never be finished).
A Google search on oligosynthetic conlang finds one conlang previously unknown to me described as oligosynthetic (Brad Coon's Nova), and a few descriptions of Toki Pona as oligosynthetic (more probably oligo-isolating; but see [1]). That's not a "large number". --Jim Henry | Talk 20:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect
I added the link to the oligonucleotide page. It's a little more obvious with the "oligosynthesis" redirect.12.144.50.194 (talk) 16:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
