irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoIsn’t toki pona supposed to be an art language? Is Esperanto similar to what you’re talking about?
minus-squaremorgan423@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours ago Is Esperanto similar to what you’re talking about? No, I think a true universal language is going to need minimal friction, and be as simple and vocab-limited as possible, to encourage mass adaptation. For all its intent on being easier than other mainstream languages, Esparanto is still more complex than what I’m talking about.
Isn’t toki pona supposed to be an art language?
Is Esperanto similar to what you’re talking about?
No, I think a true universal language is going to need minimal friction, and be as simple and vocab-limited as possible, to encourage mass adaptation.
For all its intent on being easier than other mainstream languages, Esparanto is still more complex than what I’m talking about.