Unfortunately Folksprak is not a good example. I was active in the group for many years and it was pretty much a bunch of little fiefdoms with no coherent devel

Unfortunately Folksprak is not a good example. I was active in the group for many years and it was pretty much a bunch of little fiefdoms with no coherent development strategy. Over 10 years later, they still don't have a single language, just a mish-mash of little dialects. If I wanted to learn "Folksprak", I'm then in a worse position than I'd have been learning a specific Germanic dialect. Might as well learn Dutch or a Scandinavian language. At least then there would be some body of actual speakers.