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minus-square@bionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•4 months ago Currently Esperanto is in a weird “double dilemma”: it’s weakly designed, but languages with a better design barely have speakers; it’s spoken by a relatively low amount of people, but the other options are all languages associated with national identities. Reminds me of the programmer’s expression: “there are two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about, and the ones nobody uses”
minus-squareLvxferreMlinkfedilink1•4 months agoYup. It’s a bit like this, but on two levels - people complaining about natlangs because “nobody”* uses Esperanto, and complaining about Esperanto because “nobody”* uses the other auxiliary conlangs. *I mean, proportionally.
Reminds me of the programmer’s expression: “there are two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about, and the ones nobody uses”
Yup. It’s a bit like this, but on two levels - people complaining about natlangs because “nobody”* uses Esperanto, and complaining about Esperanto because “nobody”* uses the other auxiliary conlangs.
*I mean, proportionally.