Can Parent and Daughter co-exist?

[Richard M. Alderson III]

On 18 Sep 1999, Peter Gray wrote:

>A further example of at least an aunt and a daughter co-existing might be seen
>in the Katherevousa and the Demotike forms of modern Greek.  No one learnt
>Katherevousa as a mother tongue, but in the 60's we could hardly claim that it
>was not "Greek", just because it had no mother speakers.

Let me emphasize that: NO ONE LEARNT KATHEREVOUSA AS A MOTHER TONGUE.

This is exactly analogous to the situation with Latin in western Europe or
Sanskrit in Asia:  Those who use(d) either did not learn it as a mother tongue.

								Rich Alderson