Re: Ganda / Luganda (forms)

John Cowan <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:44:45 -0500
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 11:30 PM Don Osborn <[email protected]> wrote:

(The odd result, however, is that you inevitably end up with redundancies
> like "Luganda language" or "ChiBemba language" etc. - tho I realize that's
> an issue beyond IETF's or CLDR's concerns.)
>

English has managed to live with Missisippi River and Gobi Desert, despite
their literal meanings 'big river river' and 'desert desert'.

"To speak English, it is only necessary to know the English language."
--Steve Dodson

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