Paul Bartlett | Re: [LFN] Just discovered LFN

• Autor: Paul Bartlett (“bartlett22183”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] Just discovered LFN
• Data: 2010-10-30 20:38
• Mesaje: 3195 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, ravendon wrote:

> I like this language. I've been studying Interlingua for a bit. Like
> some things and don't like other things.  Much like any other
> language.

Yes, Lingua Franca Nova has good points and is a workable language,
unlike some projects which never seem to get off the ground.  I have
been around the (constructed) international auxiliary language (conIAL)
movement for many years, and LFN is perfectly respectable and a
perfectly respectable conIAL.  I mean that.  (Others, may, of course,
have differing opinions.)  Whether LFN can overcome Esperanto (let us
be honest) remains to be seen.  Of all constructed international
auxiliary languages ever presented, Esperanto is far, far, and away in
the lead, with many, many more active users, many more teaching
materials, native speakers (yes), and a far larger corpus of original
and translated works perhaps than all the other conIALS put together.
That is a simple fact which cannot be ignored.

> [trim for brevity]

> I'll continue to study it.

Good.

> The only nitpick I have is the name.
>
> Not as short and succinct as Ido. The reason it bugs me is that this
> language, like IDO, is an auxlang, simple by design.  So I would like
> to see a name that reflects simplicity of design.  Like Nova, which
> means new.

However, the name is mostly irrelevant, in my opinion.  I seriously
doubt that the name is a show-stopper.

> Anyhoo, it's my only gripe and I can't do anything about it. I'll
> keep studying it.

That is good.  Please continue to try using it.  Any conIAL will never
prosper if people do not use it.  I suspect the the real "action" (so
to speak) is not on this mailing list, perhaps on a wiki, but others
must speak to that.

> Is there a complete course online for English speakers like
> Interlingua has?

Others will have to answer this, as I myself do not have complete
information.

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Paul Bartlett