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Guys, it's time to learn Esperanto.

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[–] bossito@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Männin as a creation of yours just to make a point sounds weird indeed,but if it was used as currently as Professorin you wouldn't bat an eye while saying it.

My point is precisely that Esperanto is way past the "constructed language" phase, it's a living language and with a rich European history. It's also constructed at origin and very easy to learn, besides stateless, which makes it an ideal lingua-franca for Europe.

A fraction of the budget used to teach English would be needed and with better results.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

as a creation of yours

What do you think "hypothetical" means?

Professorin

I would definitely bat an eye if somebody came to me with that shit for a language they constructed following an "interna ideo" of universality, peace, and whatnot. I would bat the other eye if besides they came to me saying that a Männin that just had a baby becomes a Väterin, la padra, the fathress, i pateraina.

ideal lingua-franca

A language with letters no other language has, and a sound repertoire that offers no improvement over English (even if we reduce the target population to Europe given the community we are in), is far from ideal.

A fraction of the budget

... once a critical mass of teachers is achieved, together with native populations big enough to enable linguistic immersion for new learners. Sold separately.