Universal Language..why not?
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If we put some innovative minds together we could invent it in a year or so...produce guidebooks and have the entire world talking and listening without translators. Oh well.
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https://learnnavi.org/
It's pretty and already spoken by many people from different earth cultures.
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The diversity of languages we have to day was in correlation to the diversity in terms of geography, environment, communications constraints, etc. Now that so many other factors are ingrained into the language, e.g. psychological, political, religious factors, it is difficult for groups to give up their accustomed language to adopt a universal one, such as Esperanto or a more commonly used language such as English or Spanish.
There are attempts but I don't read of a more concerted effort to promote a Universal Language by UN or any group at present.
Personally I hope humanity will strive towards a Universal Language [incorporating all positive features of existing languages] some day [by 50, 100, 150, 200 years?]
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I wouldn't want anyone to give up their accustomed language. I would just want everyone to decide on one, simple, second language. Not English. It is not simple and doesn't follow simple linguistic rules. Oddly enough, I would be happy if the UN just threw a dart at a dartboard full of languages and whichever language the dart fell on would be everyone's second language.Spectrum wrote:If we can establish a Universal Language where everyone will adopt with consensus that would be ideal.
The diversity of languages we have to day was in correlation to the diversity in terms of geography, environment, communications constraints, etc. Now that so many other factors are ingrained into the language, e.g. psychological, political, religious factors, it is difficult for groups to give up their accustomed language to adopt a universal one, such as Esperanto or a more commonly used language such as English or Spanish.
There are attempts but I don't read of a more concerted effort to promote a Universal Language by UN or any group at present.
Personally I hope humanity will strive towards a Universal Language [incorporating all positive features of existing languages] some day [by 50, 100, 150, 200 years?]
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It is obvious people will not opt for change if you are to speak in the present state where tribalistic impulses are likely to dominate one's consciousness. It is not likely the majority who had grown up and accustomed to one language from their family and culture at present would want to give up their language. At present, people are even fighting with their lives to keep their mother tongue as the common language of communication.Rainman wrote:I wouldn't want anyone to give up their accustomed language. I would just want everyone to decide on one, simple, second language. Not English. It is not simple and doesn't follow simple linguistic rules. Oddly enough, I would be happy if the UN just threw a dart at a dartboard full of languages and whichever language the dart fell on would be everyone's second language.Spectrum wrote:If we can establish a Universal Language where everyone will adopt with consensus that would be ideal.
The diversity of languages we have to day was in correlation to the diversity in terms of geography, environment, communications constraints, etc. Now that so many other factors are ingrained into the language, e.g. psychological, political, religious factors, it is difficult for groups to give up their accustomed language to adopt a universal one, such as Esperanto or a more commonly used language such as English or Spanish.
There are attempts but I don't read of a more concerted effort to promote a Universal Language by UN or any group at present.
Personally I hope humanity will strive towards a Universal Language [incorporating all positive features of existing languages] some day [by 50, 100, 150, 200 years?]
I believe resisting to change and maintaining one's current language instead of a universal one is due to psychological and emotional factors, thus very subjective.
As I had stated the ideal is for humanity to strive for one universal language in the future [by 50, 100, 150, 200 years?] especially for the subject of language.
I am for diversity but there are certain things like language, morality and the likes that are necessary and net-positive to be universal and standardized.
The process of striving to achieve a universal language has to be gradual so that hardcore resistance can be overcome.
Even when there is a universal language humanity will need to strive hard to maintain its universality by avoiding its pidgin and varying elements creeping it.
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Wouldn't that depend on their first language + where they live?LuckyR wrote:Here's a clue: What second language if learned, increases the earning potential greatest for the learner?
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Nope. What's your guess?Alias wrote:Wouldn't that depend on their first language + where they live?LuckyR wrote:Here's a clue: What second language if learned, increases the earning potential greatest for the learner?
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Popular choice, I see the logic, though incorrect.Alias wrote:If it's not place-dependent, then I'll guess Mandarin.
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English is my mother-tongue and so, if you say Mandarin as a second language would not increase my income the most...then I choose Machine Language.LuckyR wrote:Popular choice, I see the logic, though incorrect.Alias wrote:If it's not place-dependent, then I'll guess Mandarin.
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The second language that will increase income for the learner the most is English. We kind of already have a universal language. Ask a pilot or a tech person.Rainman wrote:English is my mother-tongue and so, if you say Mandarin as a second language would not increase my income the most...then I choose Machine Language.LuckyR wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
Popular choice, I see the logic, though incorrect.
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