Re^5: [PT_BR] Escrever em Português no Perlmonks

[poqui]

By number of speakers, Mandarin Chinese comes in first. Admittedly, English is widely spoken and understood, but many misuses and mistakes continue to happen.

The point of Esperanto is that it is no-one's first language, so all speakers are on equal footing, and it is easy to learn.

[Your Mother]

The point of Esperanto is that it is no-one's first language, so all speakers are on equal footing, and it is easy to learn.

Tell that to anyone who doesn't know the Roman alphabet or grew up with a language lacking phonemes common to South-Western Europe.

[LanX]

>... with a language lacking phonemes common to South-Western Europe.

Sorry, could you please explain what you mean?

AFAIK, Esperanto has a big influx of romance languages, including Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese, or are you talking about Basque?

[Your Mother]

You're right. Those are in the South-West of Europe. I'm talking about Chinese(s), Vietnamese, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, etc etc, etc, etc. Esperanto is Romance/Europe-centric so it's a bit strange to say it's meant to be easy for everyone. India alone has 20ish languages which would not provide any easy path to Esperanto. Add China in the mix and you're already at just about half the world with two countries. So perhaps only a middling minority of the world would find Esperanto easy to learn.