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Learning about (Ithkuil)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil], a constructed language that incorporates a few of the ide
by clavalle 6y ago
Learning about (Ithkuil)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil], a constructed language that incorporates a few of the ideas in the article along with many others has changed the way I see language and the effect it can have on thought.
How much of how we construct ideas is constrained by historical accident? This is the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis and a well known question. But Ithkuil makes me wonder, what thought is possible if we build a language with expressiveness that goes beyond anything we have naturally?