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> knowing definitively three to four hundred words you must know to be able to speak basic Japanese/Spanish/French etc, cuts down on your study requirements. I

> knowing definitively three to four hundred words you must know to be able to speak basic Japanese/Spanish/French etc, cuts down on your study requirements. I’ve read about various English subsets like Basic and Simple English, but are there examples of subsets for other languages? I haven’t found a Simple Spanish. A similar idea that intrigued me was books written using only monosyllabic words. There are about 7,500 English words with only one syllable. An example rewriting of Alice in Wonderland: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_Retold_in_Words_of_One_Syllable https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wond... Plus a number of books by Lucy Aikin: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Aikin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Aikin

elless 5y ago
We're working on doing this as much as we can. There are projects in Danish, Finnish, English, Mandarin, Spanish, and smaller projects in other languages happening at the moment. Someone in Denmark has already done "The Ugly Duckling" in Minimal Danish (can't find link atm, sorry).
- cpeterso 5y ago
  Cool! Any recommendations for where I should look for more information about Spanish projects?
  - elless 5y ago
    Our main site is https://www.nsm-approach.net https://www.nsm-approach.net which we update with projects as they are done, so this would be the best place to watch. The project with the most translations (including Spanish) is the "Seven Essential Messages for the time of the Coronavirus" https://nsm-approach.net/coronavirus-minimal-spanish-updated https://nsm-approach.net/coronavirus-minimal-spanish-updated (Link to Spanish).