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I think the _idea_ of a global audience was in mind, but when looking at who was a part of the discussions & how the language exists, it's pretty clear that a l
by SomeProgrammer_ 7y ago
I think the _idea_ of a global audience was in mind, but when looking at who was a part of the discussions & how the language exists, it's pretty clear that a lot of cultures, nations, languages, and speech varieties weren't a part of the design process.
Maybe it could be said that Zamenhof's conceptions of "global audience" were those who were closest to hegemonic and/or supernational influence, which I think I'd agree with.
But I wouldn't call his design nor process particularly culturally inclusive.
- gordonguthrie 7y agoFor an amateur, living at the fringes of both Europe and the Russian empire, I think the boy Zamenhof done good for the 19th century
- knolax 7y agoHe did good but not good enough for a true international language.
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- gordonguthrie 7y agoExcept a couple of million speak it - to a degree - and it has been going organically for over a century and shows no sign of dying
- knolax 7y agoSo only around ~1/8000 of the people who need to speak it actually speak it. It doesn't show any signs of dying but it doesn't show any signs of growth either.
- rikroots 7y agoZamenhof's Esperanto - it always felt a bit too, well, earnest in its aspirations to me. If we're talking about universal communication systems, then my favourite will always be SolReSol - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solresol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solresol [Note: I don't speak a word of either conlang]