I like this comment:Speak Esperanto is to respect all the languages / cultures and not to impose one culture / language (possibly yours) to others. One goal of these deserves attention and respect.
Huh, the Economic magazine sub-mag made a poll and it came up to be the best language to learn is Esperanto. Got it only after months during a search.
But what irked me a lot was the suggestion of the writer for French. Many people are still thinking of the French without knowing how the French killed many languages in the world, especially the French colony.
It is the same for English, without colonisation 1/5 of earth surface, English is no where be heard like Malay.
Take a look of what they said:
The Economist’s Robert Lane Greene
kicked it off, arguing that although English is the most useful
language to know, there are many reasons to learn another. Your
enjoyment of literature and food will be enhanced, your position in
business strengthened, your career boosted. His pick was French. La
Francophonie, the club of countries with a French-speaking heritage,
has 56 members, making French a “truly global language”. And it’s
easy to learn.
WELL, Mr Greene, if the France did not colonisedl the world, would the language be 'truely global language' ?
Sickening, isn't it ?
The response to our online poll was
unprecedented. At noon today when voting closed, more than 11,000
votes had been cast. The surprise leader, with 26% of the votes, was
Esperanto – a language, said Usono, “in which people on all sides
of the conversation meet as linguistic equals”. In second place was
Brazilian Portuguese with 16%, then Spanish and French which were
level-pegging with 14%, followed by Chinese (12%), Latin (5%), Gaelic
(4%) and Arabic (2%). Other readers suggested languages from the
fictional (Elvish) to Finnish.
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