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the very point of esperanto is that nothing is of “similar difficulty”, so even comparing to spanish is disingenuous
by rickycook 7y ago
the very point of esperanto is that nothing is of “similar difficulty”, so even comparing to spanish is disingenuous
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- nickserv 7y agoThere are other languages of similar difficulty (all constructed), but they are spoken even less than Esperanto.
- yorwba 7y agoThat's a bit of a strong claim to make, considering that there are thousands of languages with more speakers than Esperanto, most of which you probably never heard of. My guess is that some contact language has similar difficulty, while having more speakers. Pichinglis [1] seems like a good candidate: 70,000 to 100,000 speakers in Equatorial Guinea; formed as a creole from English and various languages of Western Africa, so you should get a high number of cognates similar to Esperanto and a simplified grammar. It might even help you learn other languages of the region faster. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichinglis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichinglis
- firethief 7y agoIs that still a good choice for someone who doesn't plan to go to equatorial guinea?
- yorwba 7y agoAbout as good a choice as learning Esperanto is for someone who doesn't plan to go to an international Esperanto conference, i.e. not very. It's probably better to learn a language when you think it'll help you with something you're already planning to do, rather than pick a language and then try to find opportunities to use it. (Also applies to programming languages.)