Paul O. BARTLETT | Re: [LFN] parolas nova

• Autor: Paul O. BARTLETT (“bartlett22183”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] parolas nova
• Data: 2004-10-30 00:31
• Mesaje: 819 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, cgboeree wrote (excerpt):

>                 [LFN] has a basic vocabulary fairly recognizable to
> westerners without being any more difficult for non-westerners to
> learn.

    I would say that LFN's vocabulary is "fairly recognizable to
westerners" only if those westerners are educated and have some
familiarity with at least one Romance language.  I have had some
involvement with IALA Interlingua in the past, but if I had not already
studied some French, Latin, and Greek, I would find an Interlingua text
to be mostly incomprehensible.  I would say the same about LFN.  Many
westerners of modest education who know nothing of Romance are in about
the same situation as non-westerners with regard to Interlingua, Lingua
Franca Nova, Occidental, Romanova, or all the other quasi-Romance IALs.

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Paul Bartlett
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