George Boeree | Re: [LFN] is LFN superfluous ?
- Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
- Tema: Re: [LFN] is LFN superfluous ?
- Data: 2005-06-07 00:27
- Mesaje: 1315 (a supra, presedente, seguente)
The source of vocabulary is totally irrelevant to an IAL, Paul. The "Latinate" nature of so many offerings is really because of the undeniable influence of western science. Although it is actually English that dominates, its scientific vocabulary is almost entirely derived from Latin and Greek. This is the strength of Glosa and Interlingua, for example, and it would be foolish to give that up for LFN. What LFN adds, which I think is invaluable for non-western speakers, is a creole-like grammar and phonemic spelling. ( Phonemic spelling is one of Esperanto's strengths, of course, although the choice to use diacritics is one that will forever plague the movement.) I just purchased a lesson book for Haitian Creole and was pleased to note that I could learn all the grammatical complexities in a couple of hours -- it is that simple and regular! LFN has it beat by a mile, since there aren't even the phoneme-driven contractions as their are in Creole. Of course, Creole or LFN is harder for someone who speaks Japanese, for example, because the word order and other structural details are different, but Chinese is even more difficult for the Japanese speaker, even though it too represents non-western languages! Finally, even if LFN is not a giant leap beyond, say, Ido or Novial, it is new and fresh, and might just get people interested again in the very idea of international languages. Let's be honest, Esperanto has become a little club more than a movement! All the best, George On Jun 6, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Paul Bartlett wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, jacquesdehe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Must we give up every creativity and progress ? > > > --- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, "Paul O. BARTLETT" > > <bartlett@s...> wrote: > >> I am wondering how many more auxiliary projects we need based > on > >> the Indo-European languages of western Europe (often meaning highly > >> latinate IALs). It seems that the supply we already have far, far > >> exceeds the demand. [trim] > > The message you are responding to is so old that I no longer have > it in my file. (If nothing else, the email address it had changed in > March.) Certainly those who wish my do as they wish. My original > point had to do with whether any new constructed IALs have much chance > of success given what we already have. I am skeptical. I think that > LFN is a respectable product and have followed this list. I even > composed an entire message recently in LFN. But I do think that any > new highly latinate IAL has a steep uphill climb. > > -- > Paul Bartlett > > -- > *** LFN *** Lingua Franca Nova *** LFN *** > Web site: http://www.lingua-franca-nova.net > WikiWiki: http://lfn.esef.net > Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinguaFrancaNova > > Yahoo! Groups Links > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinguaFrancaNova/ > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > LinguaFrancaNova-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. >