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Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by jerryszczerry on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:37PM (#14199545)
I think 1000 is a more realistic estimate of how much words you need in a language, than 100.

Toki pona is nice in concept, but too restrictive in practice.

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Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by johan_larson on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @05:31AM (#14201681)
Voice of America, the international radio service, uses a restricted subset of English with about 1500 words and manages to sound natural rather than baby-talky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_English

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