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fuck if I ever make a country the head of the government will be called the prumen dowekk kumquat
It’s Irish, they have their own language that the Brits tried to stomp out but thankfully is still here. Regardless, good luck on your new state
language is harder to steal than physical relics
I dunno, English is pretty good at stealing bits of other languages.
One of Britain's most commonly used political words is of Irish origin: Tory.
When you look into the etymology, and consider the historical relationship between Britain and Ireland, it makes sense that that would be the one we (Britain) heard often enough to copy.
I've been using the term "Tory" as a pejorative. I was gleefully happy when I found out tory (tóraí) in Irish means "outlaw", which the Tories imho.
But it's more of copying, isn't it? The peoples that the British "take" words from still keep those words.
English is actually 3 proto-languages in a trenchcoat that hides in a back alley and shivs other languages when they walk by, then rummages around in their pockets for some spare words.
Israel stole many Arabic words
Borrowed, because the language they were reconstructing was missing a lot of vocabulary. But yes.
Didn't they rebuild the language from scholarly texts after declaring the Free State in 1918?
Not to my knowledge. Irish never stopped being the language of daily life in parts of west Ireland and as far as I know the resurgence of the language started in the 1800’s with the Gaelic League and the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language. I wouldn’t be surprised if the latter did some work on codifying certain things into a conventional framework but I’m definitely over my skis at this point.
My mistake, I was thinking of proto indo european
Ireland has always had a tiny population of Irish speakers some are even first language speakers
I believe they are trying to grow it with little success? I'm sure someone with boots on the ground can tell you whats actually going on
Are you thinking of Hebrew?
No I never got into homebrewing, too much setup. What even is a mashtun, anyway?
There's nothing stopping you, just establish your own micro-nation and take it from there. Global recognition will probably take a bit longer though.