Re:Slovio, an international simplified Slavic language
by smasty on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:33PM
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As a Slovak I can confirm it's pretty easy to read both, although I hate the usage of cx, sx, ... instead of č, š, ... in Slovio.
I feel like Interslavic is closer in vocabulary to Slovak, but the form of the words is a bit foreign (reminds me of some other Slavic languages, although I can't quite figure out which one), while the opposite is the case with Slovio - the form of the words feels closer to Slovak, but the vocabulary itself feels more "Russian" to me.
Re:Slovio, an international simplified Slavic language
by adrian_b on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:12PM
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I know Russian and Bulgarian (non-native in both, but enough to be able to easily read books or watch movies spoken in them).
This seems enough to allow me to understand effortlessly the examples that I see for both InterSlavic and Slovio.
However I would need to study them more in detail, to form an opinion about which is better.
At least they achieve the goal of easy understanding for someone familiar with Slavic languages.
That said, I would be curious how it works for other Slavic languages. Or, in other words, is it sort of equidistant or favors one language or the other?
I mean, the FAQ claims that it is the easiest for Czechs and Slovaks (is it because of their geographical centrality and possibility that these languages are the closest to the "Slavic average"?) and harder for the South Slavs. However, and always, I would love to see any data.