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I am not a native speaker of English neither Spanish, but I have learnt both languages. I don't think English grammar is easier than Spanish (but that is debat

I am not a native speaker of English neither Spanish, but I have learnt both languages. I don't think English grammar is easier than Spanish (but that is debatable). But I think every body can agree that the pronunciation of Spanish is much easier, as Spanish is pronounced as it is spelled. Why not using an artificial language specifically built for simplicity, such as Esperanto?

danieldk 10y ago
Why not using an artificial language specifically built for simplicity, such as Esperanto? There are barely any users and there is only a small amount of content available. I do agree that it's probably one of the easiest languages to pick up, since it is so regular (largely one suffix per word class, regular inflection, etc.).
ArtDev 10y ago
At the end of WW2 Indonesia needed an official language. Instead of picking Javanese, they picked a language spoken by relatively few people because of its simplicity. Indonesians are all bi or trilingual. Indonesian is the worlds simplest language. It should be the official world language!
- billforsternz 10y ago
  There is something delightfully charming about this idea, I love it. I had a friend who spent some time in Indonesia and told me how it was possible to pick useful language skills in days.
  - ArtDev 10y ago
    After high school, I saved up and spend 4 months traveling across Indonesia. I was almost fluent in it by the time I made it to Sumatra.
sdfin 10y ago
Yes, Spanish is very easy to pronounce, unlike English. I think English grammar is easier because it has simpler verb tenses. Esperanto or Ido may be the ideal languages. Still many people are attached to their languages and cultures, and I think the only chance for a standarized world-language to be successful would require coordinated efforts and willingness by various governments, which is extremely unlikely to happen.

danieldk 10y ago

Why not using an artificial language specifically built for simplicity, such as Esperanto? There are barely any users and there is only a small amount of content available. I do agree that it's probably one of the easiest languages to pick up, since it is so regular (largely one suffix per word class, regular inflection, etc.).

ArtDev 10y ago

At the end of WW2 Indonesia needed an official language. Instead of picking Javanese, they picked a language spoken by relatively few people because of its simplicity. Indonesians are all bi or trilingual. Indonesian is the worlds simplest language. It should be the official world language!

billforsternz 10y ago
There is something delightfully charming about this idea, I love it. I had a friend who spent some time in Indonesia and told me how it was possible to pick useful language skills in days.
- ArtDev 10y ago
  After high school, I saved up and spend 4 months traveling across Indonesia. I was almost fluent in it by the time I made it to Sumatra.

sdfin 10y ago

Yes, Spanish is very easy to pronounce, unlike English. I think English grammar is easier because it has simpler verb tenses. Esperanto or Ido may be the ideal languages. Still many people are attached to their languages and cultures, and I think the only chance for a standarized world-language to be successful would require coordinated efforts and willingness by various governments, which is extremely unlikely to happen.