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On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Julian Pardoe wrote (excerpted):
> I have also heard anecdotal evidence that
> Esperanto is significantly easier for Koreans than English.
I can certainly believe this of the written forms of the two
languages. Yesterday on the Interlingua list someone posted --
in English -- a poem poking more than a little fun and bewilderment
at our mind-bending English orthography.
> What's more it is not unreasonable for Westerners to work with the
> languages they know or to work on an interlanguage for Western
> countries. We could certainly do with one and half a cake is better
> than none.
I agree. Although I am one of those who do think that a global
IAL is possible and desirable, I would accept a Euroclone if it were
genuinely being *used* other than among hobbyists.
> Nevertheless, it would certainly be interesting if someone with relevant
> knowledge did attempt a widely-bases interlanguage. I remember hearing
> about an Asia-based interlanguage on ConLang[?] several years ago.
Probably Jigwa. I think that the working group more or less
dissolved and that further work on it halted. Anybody with better
information?
Paul <[log in to unmask]>
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