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I believe this shows us, maybe it's impossible to create and international spoken language? or nearly impossible?
by firatcan 6y ago
I believe this shows us, maybe it's impossible to create and international spoken language? or nearly impossible?
- Torwald 6y agoWe already have it? Like, this language we are both using here and which is neither your nor mine mother tongue?
- hutzlibu 6y agoBut it was not artificial created. Which is not a bad thing. Because a natural language is created by millions of speakers, so it sounds a bit strange to me, that only one person should be the creator of a language.
- Torwald 6y agoWe did it as kids: "secret language" we called it. The big thing is the development of speech. From sounds to words. Once you have that, adding another language is not that complicated.
- hutzlibu 6y agoYeah, we too. I just meant, that language is a process that involved millions. And it does not make sense to me, that millions should speak the language only one person created. (even though I like the intention) I often also observed, that 2 people, who spend lots of time together, also kind of develope their own language, that others have it hard to follow. That can become extreme, there was a russian family, living 40 years in isolation, the russian the daughters spoke, was not understandable at all to other people https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-rus...
- vasili111 6y agoEnglish is already international language. Maybe it is not perfect but it is enough for not to create new international language.
- throwaway3878 6y agoEnglish is far from the international language. There are billions of people and entire continents where no one speaks English. Unless you meant the de facto language for business and research, or the language spoken in the areas I care about, which is different from the international language.
- ryanfreeborn 6y agoWhich continent is the one where no one speaks english?
- throwaway3878 6y agoI had (somewhat hyperbolically) Asia and Latin America in mind but this being HN I eagerly await someone pointing out the existence of Belize or some parts of India and Singapore in a valiant effort to be technically correct.
- Zenst 6y agohttps://www.worldatlas.com/articles/english-speaking-countries-in-asia.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/english-speaking-countri...
- samatman 6y agoIndia has the largest English-speaking population in the world. Yes, larger than the United States; it has a lot more people. That's not a technicality, nor is it fair to Singapore to call that a technicality: it's a small country, but the vast majority of its citizens speak English as their home tongue. English has official status in only Guyana and the Falkland islands, of all of South America. That's more like a technicality, especially since Creole is the actual spoken language of the people. Belize is in Central America, which is part of the North American continent; the Caribbean (and its various English-speaking islands) are also lumped in with North America.
- Koshkin 6y agoSpanish and Malaysian come out at the top of my list of the best candidates for the international language.