Thoughts about artificial language

[lenno_cornish]

Some person recently told me that Esperanto is a real and effective international language. However I guess that it was incorrect. In most cases the langs like Esperanto or Occidental are all based on the Latin lexicon and structures - or European if more widely.

This means that Esperanto is interesting if we need something common for French,

Comments

Ignorance holds Esperanto back

[brian_barker]

If Esperanto doesn't work, why have eight British MP's nominated Esperanto for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008
Personally I am convinced that ignorance is holding Esperanto back.
Detail available at http://esperantolobby.org

Re: Ignorance holds Esperanto back

[lenno_cornish]

well - British MP can do whatever they want, they are not members of Chinese Communist Party! :)

[ext_101744]

You're right that Esperanto is based on European languages, and is therefore easier for Europeans than non-Europeans to learn. However, you are wrong that it doesn't work as an international language. Visit an Esperanto forum or chatroom such as those found at lernu.net and you'll see. Users from China and other non-European countries are easy to find.

[lenno_cornish]

Hmmm, of course Esperanto has a lot of resources and in some cases is more easier to be learnt than any natural European lang. If our Chinese person is able to learn English - there won't be problem with learning Esperanto. What I speak about is the basis of this language - the basis isn't international, it's just European.

Esperanto doesn't work for X's or Y's, nor for those who did not study it

[anonymous]

"But it doesn’t work for Chinese or Aztec persons. "

BTW, did you find a language suited for Azterc and Chinese that you could learn as easily as Esperanto?
You would of course assert that English works well enough for them, but Esperanto is too ... or not enough ... without knowing what you are speaking about.
There is no doubt English can be use very well in UK. However there is over one billion Chinese who don't understand a word of it.
In fact there are many more Chinese than English who learned Esperanto.
Remuŝ

Re: Esperanto doesn't work for X's or Y's, nor for those who did not study it

[lenno_cornish]

sounds great!

in case of English - what about Pidgin English?

Esperanto works

[anonymous]

There is no doubt at all thast Esperanto is a fully functioning international language. Earlier this month I was in Southport in the north-west of England, talking in Esperanto witha young Slovak and a young Japanese. I regularly receive letters and emails in the language from Africa.

Although the basic vocabulary of Esperanto is indeed European, it is possible to build up new words using a series of prefixes and suffixes, something closer to Turkish.

Bill Chapman

Re: Esperanto works

[lenno_cornish]

what about postfixes as in Finnish? :)

European or Asiatic language?

[orzoisfashion]

Esperanto actually has quite a bit in common with Asian languages, and in some ways it is very different from inflected languages descended from Latin. Claude Piron was a translator of Chinese at the UN, for example, who argued that in some way, Esperanto is more similar to Chinese than it is to French, Spanish, or English:

http://claudepiron.free.fr/articlesenanglais/europeanorasiatic.htm

Re: European or Asiatic language?

[lenno_cornish]

what do you think about Elvish languages?

Re: European or Asiatic language?

[orzoisfashion]

Umm... they're good for Elves? :-) Honestly, I don't have anything meaningful to say about Elvish languages. Sorry!

Re: European or Asiatic language?

[lenno_cornish]

I speak about them as a beautiful artifical language (in fact - a number of langs) - they are based on carefully studied European and some other langs and their sounds are nice. I speak about Tolkien's work.