Comments on: The Best Comments Of The Month: May 2009 The Universal Language Edition https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/29/the-best-comments-of-the-month-may-2009-the-universal-language-edition/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/29/the-best-comments-of-the-month-may-2009-the-universal-language-edition/#comment-58471 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:20:03 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3486#comment-58471 In reply to Daniel.

I’d say after English, French and Spanish could be in line. I don’t think that happens anytime soon though.

]]> By: Daniel https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/29/the-best-comments-of-the-month-may-2009-the-universal-language-edition/#comment-58453 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:47:10 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3486#comment-58453 I think that English is a good language, but Spanish to me is also a great language which can become the universal language.

]]> By: John Eriksson https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/29/the-best-comments-of-the-month-may-2009-the-universal-language-edition/#comment-48473 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:53:04 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3486#comment-48473 Maybe you are right about economic incentive. But it is the closest attempt ever to materialize something like esperanto. However, in the case of BI it was based on a real need, namely that of unifýing all the Indonesia islands., with many different local languages, upon independence in the 40’s.

A second language which is easy to learn does not have to compete with a local, culturally richer language.

But it was more food fore thought than a real belief. Indonesia has a humble attitude in the world community and is not exactly pushing this subject.

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/29/the-best-comments-of-the-month-may-2009-the-universal-language-edition/#comment-44626 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:52:10 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3486#comment-44626 In reply to John Eriksson.

I don’t think that Bahasa Indonesia has the economic incentives for it to become the universal language. The closest one that comes to English right now is French. Chinese also has a shot in the future, perhaps.

No matter how easy or difficult a language is, people will learn it if the economic incentives are there. I’m intrigued though and would like to learn more about the grammar and characteristics of BI.

It is certainly an interesting choice and Indonesia’s economy is strong and growing, so it may expand in the region. I’m curious do you think BI will become a universal language over, let’s say, the next 50 years?

]]> By: John Eriksson https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/29/the-best-comments-of-the-month-may-2009-the-universal-language-edition/#comment-44621 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3486#comment-44621 I was wondering if Bahasa Indonesia wouldn´t be a good universal language! Not that many people around the world speaks it except those in Indonesia and maybe Malaysia of course, which are not few. But think of the other advantages: BI was created as a simplified version of Malay, without different verb forms or distinction between singular and plural for example, therefor it is much easier to learn than any Western language; It is spoken in the world’s largest muslim country which would make it more likely to be accepted in the world’s muslim community; It is also spoken by millions of ethnic Chinese and Indians in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia (I think).

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