INTERLINGUA. the european language

English, French, Spanish, Esperanto or Interlingua? Interlingua uses words drawn from the following languages: Italian, Spanish/Portuguese, French, English, German, and Russian; is the result of an extensive cooperation of European and American linguists. They methodically extracted an international vocabulary common to the major languages of Europe, every characteristic is based on at least three languages of European origin and there aren't invented terms; millions understand Interlingua "at first sight". Speakers of Romance languages especially understand Interlingua immediately and almost effortlessly. How to lear: the grammar of Interlingua is very uniform, and its pronunciation follows strict and simple rules. With Interlingua, there are no endless lists of exceptions and irregularitie; isn't the property of a single culture or people. No native speaker has an unfair advantage. Speak Interlingua and put an end to linguistic discrimination; the most international words are of Latin or Greek origin. In Interlingua, these international words take prototypical and standardized form. The result is a "modern Latin", international and simplified, elegant and practical.
If interliguna will becamo the official unique european language, the E. U. will save dozen millions euro; without talks about ONU...Photobucket
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5 commenti:

Bill Chapman said...

There's nothing wrong with Interlingua, but Esperanto wins when it comes to the number of speakers and the use made of ther language in a variety of settings. I don't see Interlingua as a rival to Esperanto, so I wish it well.

BlogMasterPg said...

Thanx, Bill for Your opinion.

Philipek said...

Hi. Esperanto is all very well, it's a language I learned... but not a language I've ever actually been able to use outside of clubs. I live in Poland, by the way, where Esperanto hails from and you'll be hard pressed to find a speaker even here.

I am all for Europeans speaking a common language. I speak English, Polish, German and basic Russian... and I want to try leaning Hungarian next! But there's no way I can learn 30+ languages!

However, if I am perfectly honest I think that German is the best choice for a standard European language. It's fairly simple (as for a living language) for people to learn, it has the largest number of native speakers within the EU and many Hungarians, Dutch, Danish etc are fluent to an extent. It's also close enough to English not scare off the notorious monoglots on the British Isles.

It makes the most sense, at least to me. I guess there are many reasons why it won't happen. Old historical prejudices, especially in Poland and the Czech Republic - and millions of other reasons.

I guess the only real alternative is the one we've got now: English. It's not an easy language to learn, it's got a million dialects and quirks... but it is Internationally useful, one of the largest spoken languages in the world and many young Europeans can communicate in this language to varying degrees.

Bryce said...

Interesting comments on Interlingua, I enjoyed them thoroughly. Here's a website that you may find interesting that is in Interlingua:

Interlingua wiki browser

Moravian said...

Yes, what Europe needs is one common language. But, why cannot it be Latin language? It is perfectly neutral, a language of no present European nation. Nobody will advantaged or handicaped by it.