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The problem about Esperanto (aside from Eurocentrism) is that it has no real bulkhead to start from, unlike (to pick Esperanto-origin-era competitors) say Frenc
by _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
The problem about Esperanto (aside from Eurocentrism) is that it has no real bulkhead to start from, unlike (to pick Esperanto-origin-era competitors) say French, English or Spanish.
- Koshkin 8y agoTwo other problems: 1) it's eclectic (i.e. its vocabulary is assembled using words belonging to other European languages), and 2) unlike English, it uses diacritics.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago1) English is the poster child of eclecticity; 2) diacritics aren't exactly a huge stumbling block.