> Nepal's Kusunda language has no known origin and a number of quirks, like no words for "yes" or "no".
That's not that uncommon, Scottish Gaelic and Irish, both spoken in the UK (take note British Broadcasting Corporation), have that same quirk—at least traditionally. There's some anecdotal evidence that with the number of non-native speakers learning the language, that Tá/Níl and Sea/Ní hea are starting to fill that gap in Irish.
> including lacking any standard way of negating a sentence, [...], or any words for direction.
These are much more interesting features (or lack thereof)! Why wouldn't the article lead with that?
EDIT: This is even funnier after seeing that the author even has a name of Scottish Gaelic/Irish origin: Eileen McDougall.
That's not that uncommon, Scottish Gaelic and Irish, both spoken in the UK (take note British Broadcasting Corporation), have that same quirk—at least traditionally. There's some anecdotal evidence that with the number of non-native speakers learning the language, that Tá/Níl and Sea/Ní hea are starting to fill that gap in Irish.
> including lacking any standard way of negating a sentence, [...], or any words for direction.
These are much more interesting features (or lack thereof)! Why wouldn't the article lead with that?
EDIT: This is even funnier after seeing that the author even has a name of Scottish Gaelic/Irish origin: Eileen McDougall.