the non-imperialist version of lingua francais is simply an alternative sent for when communities interact. its not imagined as a replacement for normal language, just a neutral ground to decomplicate internationalism. its much preferred to have a constructed for-purpose tounge than a holdover from or realisation of an empire's hegemony. no nation owns esperanto, the yankees and brits 'own' and imposed english on everyone else
im not saying it should be esperanto, which is also very old and nobody speaks it. if someone designed a better one there'd be no reason not to use that instead. i defend the concept of a constructed 'universal' language for international communication
the non-imperialist version of lingua francais is simply an alternative sent for when communities interact. its not imagined as a replacement for normal language, just a neutral ground to decomplicate internationalism. its much preferred to have a constructed for-purpose tounge than a holdover from or realisation of an empire's hegemony. no nation owns esperanto, the yankees and brits 'own' and imposed english on everyone else
I've heard that Esperanto is mostly based on European languages making it much easier to learn for speakers of those languages than for anybody else.
im not saying it should be esperanto, which is also very old and nobody speaks it. if someone designed a better one there'd be no reason not to use that instead. i defend the concept of a constructed 'universal' language for international communication
Toki Pona seems nice.
im not a linguistics nerd so im happy to burn that bridge when we get to it at the 6th internationale (and cause the 2nd sino-soviet split over it)