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If you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Esperanto. It's an artificial language designed to be easy to learn and communicate in. Although it's worth noting that there are esperanto dialects and speakers of one don't necessarily understand speakers of another.

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  • [โ€“] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Although it's worth noting that there are esperanto dialects and speakers of one don't necessarily understand speakers of another.

    WHAT!? OK biggest failure of an artificial language in my book then

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think this is actually a success: this is the process of all languages. A usable language will evolve and grow, and something as geographical dispersed and isolated as Esperanto will certainly show divergence if it is being used.

    So rather than a failure, I think this demonstrates it can be a real language. Though my interest in language isn't for communication. So eh. Your milage may very.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago*

    I think it is easy, but I speak only european languages. Not sure if it is really easier or I just feel that is easy because I know the languages I do.

    I would love to say mandarin/chinese, but tonal languages scares me.

    I made a grammar rule set (not a complete conlang yet) where verbs don't need to be conjugated, and information about time is separated from the verb; A new lingua franca, IMHO, should not have verb conjugation.

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