Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet

Re:Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet by adrianN on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:18AM (#22863716)

The French language protection is the reason why the league of nations didn't adopt Esperanto as an official language. I'm quite grumpy about that.

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Re:Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet by madhadron on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:47AM (#22867412)

I'm not. Why would someone's conlang project be given status alongside something with millions of speakers and centuries of literature?

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Re:Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet by adrianN on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:04PM (#22868442)

Because it's easy to learn and very useful as an international language.

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Re:Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet by madhadron on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:11PM (#22869383)

Easy to learn? It has gender and number and a lot of inflection which are hardly easy for many of the world's speakers. Pidgin English appears to do a better job at what Esperanto claims to be ideal for.

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Re:Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet by Koshkin on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:12PM (#22874106)

I’d say Spanish would be a much better fit. Much easier to learn than many other languages. (Another good candidate would be Malaysian.)

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