The Ultimate International Language

[viktor]

a language which recognises local names instead of having it's own name for every country.
a language in which there are initially very few if any synonyms and a word is similar in structure to a mix of the most widly know/spoken languages
a language in which the 'alphabet' is simple and recognisable to the major 'alphabet' groups
i haven't joined yet but i might when i don't hafta run out newhere.
hmmm *remenisces* i tried to make my own language before too, i'm fluent in it's alphabet at least lol

[formerly known as hf]

a language in which the 'alphabet' is simple and recognisable to the major 'alphabet' groups

Shouldn't be too difficult, as I assume you mean western-style alphabets?

But how about Arabic? Tamil? Sanskrit? All those others...?

Not forgetting the millions upon millions of people who use a pictographic system...

[viktor]

a language in which the 'alphabet' is simple and recognisable to the major 'alphabet' groups

Shouldn't be too difficult, as I assume you mean western-style alphabets?

But how about Arabic? Tamil? Sanskrit? All those others...?

Not forgetting the millions upon millions of people who use a pictographic system...

no when i said alphabet i was trying to encompass every alphabet/scropt/etc there is, had to put 'alphabet' in quotes as i couldn't think of an english term that would cover all of those, through what i understand of language and the....... symbols the different languages use is that these symbols(wow i found a better word than alphabet) evolved thier shapes over time so a 'neutral' language would need to take similar sounding symbols and possibly morph them into some form so that every lanuage can see some resemblance to what they are used to.

[Arlequin]

Just two cents.

When I got interested in international languages and looked at Esperanto, the thing that actually drew me away wasn't the practical issues, but the aesthetical. Esperanto is ugly. Looks ugly and sounds quite ugly (at least from a Spanish/Catalonian point of view), problably because it wasn't seasoned by the daily use. Also, language isn't only a media to carry information, but also a form of art itself.

So, my first cent is, I think any good international language, once agreed in the theorical side, should be carefully adjusted so its expression is aesthetical either written or spoken.

And the second, it should be robust and flexible enough so it can evolve after being created, without spoiling its usefulness. Tho I guess this has been said a lot of times before.