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You're not wrong, but if you're designing a universal language I think Latin script is the only feasible option. You're not helping anyone if you invent an enti

You're not wrong, but if you're designing a universal language I think Latin script is the only feasible option. You're not helping anyone if you invent an entirely new script that everyone has to learn from scratch, and that doesn't even have extant keyboards. Latin script is the only choice that makes sense -- most people worldwide already have at least some familiarity with it, and it has excellent universal hardware and software support. Nothing else even comes close.

bigbubba 6y ago
I agree, but for the same reasons shouldn't Esperanto just be English or Spanish? Way more people are familiar with these systems than Esperanto.
- nabla9 6y ago
  Esperanto is much easier to learn.
  - bigbubba 6y ago
    Not really; maybe for a particularly motivated individual but not on the large scale. You'll have more succeeds teaching English to large numbers of people because more people will be motivated to learn it, because learning English presently had WAY more immediate short-term utility than learning Esperanto.
    - nabla9 6y ago
      Have you tried. I wonder if I'm more qualified to judge or are you. I know three languages, Finnish is my native and I know both Sweden and English. I'm not good at languages and but Esperanto was incredibly easy to learn. The grammar is so simple and logic. Words are created from 900 roots by just adding affixes or making compounds. This makes learning the vocabulary incredibly easy.
      - bigbubba 6y ago
        The number of people who succeed is all that matters because that's all that moves you closer to the finish line of 'universal.' It doesn't matter if Esperanto is the most pleasurable language to learn if approximately nobody bothers to learn it because it has no pragmatic use, because nobody uses it. Network effects work in favor of English and against Esperanto. Esperanto simply doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell.
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phlakaton 6y ago
𐑢𐑦𐑔 ·𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑒𐑴𐑛, 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑴𐑛𐑳𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑯𐑵 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑥 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑯𐑴 𐑕𐑦𐑜𐑯𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑡𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑤𐑩𐑥𐑟, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑰. (With Unicode, the introduction of new alphabetic writing systems presents no significant technological problems, as you can see.)
- CydeWeys 6y ago
  Now make that as easy to type on computers and phones as Latin script.
  - phlakaton 6y ago
    With enough momentum, it will be. For now, it takes effort to set up a keyboard but it is certainly doable across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.
JdeBP 6y ago
For maximum irony, you should end your post with at least two emojis. (-:

bigbubba 6y ago

I agree, but for the same reasons shouldn't Esperanto just be English or Spanish? Way more people are familiar with these systems than Esperanto.

nabla9 6y ago
Esperanto is much easier to learn.
- bigbubba 6y ago
  Not really; maybe for a particularly motivated individual but not on the large scale. You'll have more succeeds teaching English to large numbers of people because more people will be motivated to learn it, because learning English presently had WAY more immediate short-term utility than learning Esperanto.
  - nabla9 6y ago
    Have you tried. I wonder if I'm more qualified to judge or are you. I know three languages, Finnish is my native and I know both Sweden and English. I'm not good at languages and but Esperanto was incredibly easy to learn. The grammar is so simple and logic. Words are created from 900 roots by just adding affixes or making compounds. This makes learning the vocabulary incredibly easy.
    - bigbubba 6y ago
      The number of people who succeed is all that matters because that's all that moves you closer to the finish line of 'universal.' It doesn't matter if Esperanto is the most pleasurable language to learn if approximately nobody bothers to learn it because it has no pragmatic use, because nobody uses it. Network effects work in favor of English and against Esperanto. Esperanto simply doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell.
      - deleted 6y ago
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phlakaton 6y ago

𐑢𐑦𐑔 ·𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑒𐑴𐑛, 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑴𐑛𐑳𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑯𐑵 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑥 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑯𐑴 𐑕𐑦𐑜𐑯𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑡𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑤𐑩𐑥𐑟, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑰. (With Unicode, the introduction of new alphabetic writing systems presents no significant technological problems, as you can see.)

CydeWeys 6y ago
Now make that as easy to type on computers and phones as Latin script.
- phlakaton 6y ago
  With enough momentum, it will be. For now, it takes effort to set up a keyboard but it is certainly doable across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.

JdeBP 6y ago

For maximum irony, you should end your post with at least two emojis. (-: