Comment on Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards

• KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Even most Esperanto speakers have abadoned the ideology of Finvenkismo (the belief that Esperanto will become the primary language of the world, overtaking other languages) as it’s both unrealistic and has several flaws

  Esperanto is a flawed, Eurocentric language, and we should celebrate linguistic diversity, not treat it as a problem needing to be solved

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The concept of a global language is compatible with linguistic diversity. The Elves, Orcs, and Dwarves all have their own languages, but they also speak the same Common Tongue.

    Our world just doesn’t have a common tongue. It has a handful of very colonially dominant languages.

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  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I was only joking. Esperanto is cool but obviously not going to overtake all other languages lol

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• richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No. Everyone should learn Esperanto as a second language and preserve the cultural tapestry of existing languages.

  All cultural loss is a tragedy.

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• Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dear heavens, no! Miss me with that masculine-as-default bullshit

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s the utilitarian point of view. Even though I often take this POV on many subjects, it would be totalitarian to apply it to cultural matters. Should we adopt one world cuisine that is the easiest to work with? Should we settle everyone on one musical scale and religion, too? It would be a lot more efficient and would facilitate global interaction better.

  Only problem: it would erase who we are.

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• rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Diversity is a good thing

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