Should A Global Language Be Adopted?

[Raban]

And if they did, should it be an existing language, or one a group of linguistic scientists 'create' which is easier to learn, yet still expressive?

 

[ignition]

We already have one; English

 

[ElizabethGould]

On devrait utiliser la français!

 

[Revoltingest]

We already have one; English

Beat me to it!
Frubals!

By a lucky coincidence, English (American) is identical to Revoltingesh

 

[Secret Chief]

Meh, Esperanto. Aux, not Uni.

 

[Breathe]

I find the idea kind of unpalatable, but a nice dream. It'd be useful for when travelling, I suppose.

I suppose we could *cringe* all speak Esperanto or *cringe* lojban...

 

[LuisDantas]

And if they did, should it be an existing language, or one a group of linguistic scientists 'create' which is easier to learn, yet still expressive?

Yes. And yes.

Seriously now, a global language will eventually be adopted, no doubt. But it will take quite a while and will probably happen largely of its own, despite the best intentions of many.

Alas, we can't even stop building war weapons, so fat chance of a true global language effort developing any time soon.

I wish the UNO and the dream of global cooperation it once represented were taken seriously, but apparently that is not to be.

 

[Me Myself]

English is the latin of today, so english is the most common language for intercultural affairs.

Esperanto was a funny try.

 

[dgirl1986]

I wanted to learn esperanto until I learnt no one actually uses it lol

 

[Pagan_Patriot]

Well we kinda have English ._.

 

[Riverwolf]

Esperanto is kind of how English would be if it were far more latinized than it is.

English already kind of is used as an international language, the problem is that the language, frankly, sucks. It constantly breaks its own rules, has verb conjugation that often makes no sense, and to top it off, native speakers often can't speak it correctly.

 

[Revoltingest]

Esperanto is kind of how English would be if it were far more latinized than it is.

English already kind of is used as an international language, the problem is that the language, frankly, sucks. It constantly breaks its own rules, has verb conjugation that often makes no sense, and to top it off, native speakers often can't speak it correctly.

If Esperanto became common, its rules & words would evolve in a messy fashion too.

 

[dgirl1986]

Well we kinda have English ._.

English is one of the most difficult languages apparently.

 

[Revoltingest]

English is one of the most difficult languages apparently.

There are worse according to people I know who learned it as a 2nd language. Chinese, Japanese, Russian & others are tougher.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Meh, Esperanto. Aux, not Uni.

I'm still partial to Sona. Less bias.

 

[Debater Slayer]

There are worse according to people I know who learned it as a 2nd language. Chinese, Japanese, Russian & others are tougher.

I'd say it's a piece of cake compared to Arabic, too.

 

[dgirl1986]

I think the reason english is seen as difficult isnt just because of sentence structure but we have lots of words that are the same spoken but have different meanings and different spellings which becomes confusing.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

English already kind of is used as an international language, ... and to top it off, native speakers often can't speak it correctly.

We speak it properly, in Oz. All you other folks spend far too much time trying to pronounce vowels, and whatever. Waste of time.

But if Australian English doesn't get the nod, I vote for Tok Pisin! Just think of the poetic expression!

Here ya go...a beginner's course for you all. The nice thing is, there IS NO ADVANCED COURSE. And no need to learn how to spell.

UniLang • Tok Pisin for Beginners

 

[Pagan_Patriot]

English tough? Nahhh. Everyone uses their own slang haha .

Come see L.A. We have lots of immigrants and they apeak broken english but we underatand them perfectly xd.

 

[Riverwolf]

We speak it properly, in Oz. All you other folks spend far too much time trying to pronounce vowels, and whatever. Waste of time.

Well you guys are generationally closer to Britain than we are.

...then again, you guys were also Cockney-speaking London street cut-purses...

(i kid i kid)