I have been toying with the idea of an international auxiliary language for years. I have gotten acquainted with the peculiarities of Esperanto and the wonders of Slovio and other innumerable quests to plan an auxlang which would facilitate the communication between people with different native tongues. Most of the auxlangs I have come across are
either philosophical and based on pure logic or practical and imitate natural languages both of which have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I have come to support the idea of an auxlang that
imitates natural languages.The question is: "Which language?" "Latin", some people say. the others say: "Romance languages". The third ones think it should be based on common Slavonic roots, the fourth group might rather go for Proto-Indoeuropean roots. This is were we tend to forget the main idea of creating an international auxiliary language. We are creating an auxiliary language but there isn't much international in it. Instead of concentrating on a certain language family and its opportunities and restrictions, my proposal is (I) to concentrate on the universally shared features of the human language, (II) to make the language so phonetically and morphologically simple that the great majority of people would have no problem acquiring good skills in comprehending and producing it, (III) to exploit any natural language ignoring its
spread and prestige.
either philosophical and based on pure logic or practical and imitate natural languages both of which have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I have come to support the idea of an auxlang that
imitates natural languages.The question is: "Which language?" "Latin", some people say. the others say: "Romance languages". The third ones think it should be based on common Slavonic roots, the fourth group might rather go for Proto-Indoeuropean roots. This is were we tend to forget the main idea of creating an international auxiliary language. We are creating an auxiliary language but there isn't much international in it. Instead of concentrating on a certain language family and its opportunities and restrictions, my proposal is (I) to concentrate on the universally shared features of the human language, (II) to make the language so phonetically and morphologically simple that the great majority of people would have no problem acquiring good skills in comprehending and producing it, (III) to exploit any natural language ignoring its
spread and prestige.
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