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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€“] 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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