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''rarbau'' | |||
A language learned by infants and not consciously devised by anyone. Normal examples are English, Chinese, Navajo. A natural language that ''ba'o'' learned by infants is said to be ''dead''. | |||
[[jbocre: Esperanto|Esperanto]] is a marginal example: it is learned by some infants, but was consciously devised. Other [[jbocre: conlang|conlang]]s are not natural languages, nor are computer languages like C. | |||
See [[jbocre: Names of Languages|Names of Languages]]. | |||
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rarbau
A language learned by infants and not consciously devised by anyone. Normal examples are English, Chinese, Navajo. A natural language that ba'o learned by infants is said to be dead.
Esperanto is a marginal example: it is learned by some infants, but was consciously devised. Other conlangs are not natural languages, nor are computer languages like C.
See Names of Languages.