Re: Names for Languages/Dialects
Rob Zook 
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:30:11 -0600

Steven Boozer wrote:
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> Agreed.  How about "Modern Standard Vulcan" (MSV) on the model of Modern
> Standard Arabic (the standardized literary dialect taught throughout the
> Arabic-speaking world) vs. Classical Arabic and the various modern 
> colloquial dialects.  It would be "standard" in the sense that it is a 
> somewhat artificial literary dialect -- perhaps based on the dialect of 
> ShiKahr -- used by educated Vulcans (i,e. every Vulcan!) throughout all 
> the Vulcan worlds of the 23rd-24th century but still leaves open the 
> option of using the occasional dialectical, regional or social 
> grammatical variant and vocabulary that appear in pro- and fan-fiction 
> (not to mention television) which fandom will continue to use
> regardless of what we do on this list.

I like this idea. I vote for MSV :)


Rob Z.