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Ioan
Posted Feb 14, 2009 2:23 PM
All what we do with our auxilliary pan-slavic languages are just playing on the playground.
We all must be conscious that none of our auxilliary pan-slavic languages will be accepted even minority of the slavic population (and I am not telling about majority).
All our effort with all our pan-slavic languages is just in the level of lingvistic enthusiasm - not practical usage.
After all, why do the Slavs need any auxilliary language ? Is it for themselves or for foreigners ?
If it's for themselves then they don't need any other language than they've already got in the form of their natural slavic mother tongues (just to "adjust" some different words and it works).
If it is for foreigners then I don't assume that at conferences, international debates, summits or business meetings will be such language used. First, the westerners must see that such language is usefull and working in every-day usage. Then the foreigners must see that such language is used in every slavic country, in every slavic television, radio, magazines, newspapers, schools, institutions, offices, by politicians, police, emergency units, courts, et cetera.
Then, the foreigners will recognise that such language is in fact usefull and worth to learn for communication in the Slavic countries.
Otherwise, they will go on with English in these countries as it is now.
Germans, Americans, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Arabs don't need any auxilliary pan-slavic language unless it is widely used and really practised everywhere in the Slavic countries regardless it has very easy, or difficult grammar, 500, 5000, 50 000 or 500 000 words in its vocabulary.
The question is if such language would ever be accepted by all. Not only majority but just minority of now population in these countries is not so mentally and slavic-patriotically developed that they would accept such inter-slavic language. Just have a look around you (if you live in any slavic country) and you'll see that not even officials, political representatives, any institution but also common people do not agree with such project.
I am not writing this because I am against any pan-slavic auxilliary language but because this language project is lost for now. And the future will show if anything is changed but as I see it I will not live so long that I would see this change in thinking of the people (and I am sure that neither of you will as well).
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