Janko Gorenc
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Janko Gorenc is famous for collecting the numbers 1-10 in every natlang and conlang he can. Usually, within a very short time of announcing the birth of a new conlang, one can expect to be "Jankoed" -- to receive an email from Janko Gorenc requesting the numbers. Typically, when a new conlang is announced on the ZBB, the conlanger will be Jankoed within a couple of days at most, and sometimes within several hours. Being Jankoed is somewhat of a rite of passage for new conlangers.
Janko Gorenc has sometimes been reviled/attacked as a spammer, and even accused of being a spambot. Often his inquiries are misunderstood as spam, especially because he is a non-native English speaker (native Slovenian). Also, it is difficult for him to tell when a set of numbers is fake, and he is sometimes baited with ridiculously fake numbers. However, it is generally agreed that his cause is good and his determination and persistance are extraordinary.
His collection currently numbers 11770 "natlangs, conlangs, dialects, and variants".
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