Constructed Language Quotes
- As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and… — Edward Sapir
- Such is the advantage of a well constructed language that its simplified notation often becomes the source of profound theories. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
- The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man… — Edward Sapir
- The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the… — Edward Sapir