Paul O. BARTLETT | Re: [europidgin] Re: Do we really need another eurolanguage?

• Autor: Paul O. BARTLETT (“bartlett22183”)
• Tema: Re: [europidgin] Re: Do we really need another eurolanguage?
• Data: 2002-09-16 23:55
• Mesaje: 87 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, yrrepaicila wrote:

> [...]

> What's a "euroclone"? I get the impression of a debonaire mini-me
> with a british accent. :)

    "Euroclone" is a term coined some years ago by Don Harlow.  It is
used in some auxiliary language circles.  Basically, a euroclone is a
constructed international auxiliary language whose vocabulary and
grammar have their basis in the Greco-Latin, Romance, Germanic, and
Slavic languages of Europe.  Examples are IALA Interlingua, Occidental,
Ido, Lingua Franca Nova itself, and many others.  Some people, such as
myself, also consider Esperanto to be a euroclone, although some
esperantists beg to differ.

    Another handy term is the acronym WENSA, coined by Leo Moser.  It
refers to the European languages spoken in:

Western
Europe
North and
South America and
Australia and New Zealand

Generally the term refers only to the Indo-European languages spoken in
those areas.

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Paul Bartlett
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