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 ===== What is Folksprak? ===== ===== What is Folksprak? =====
-//Folksprak// is the name of a project that aims to construct an inter-Germanic zonal auxlang, which means a language that can be easily understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 465 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking English as a second language) without ever having learned it. You don't believe that's possible? Here's an example: If you are a (native) speaker of English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish or some other Germanic language (see a [[wp>List_of_Germanic_languages|complete list]]) there's a great chance that you will know what a sentence like //„Ik hav skrivt en buk“// is supposed to mean.+//Folksprak// is the name of a project that aims to construct an inter-Germanic zonal auxlang, a language that can be easily understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 465 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking English as a second language) without ever having learned it. You don't believe that's possible? Here's an example: if you are a (native) speaker of English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish or some other Germanic language (see a [[wp>List_of_Germanic_languages|complete list]]) there's a great chance that you will know what a sentence like //„Ek hav skrivt en buk“// is supposed to mean.
  
-Folksprak is not meant to be designed by any one individual, but is a collective work created by all interested parties; so you're welcome to participate.+Folksprak is not meant to be designed by any one individual, but rather a collective work created by all interested parties; so you're welcome to participate.
  
 ===== Why another damn Wiki? ===== ===== Why another damn Wiki? =====
-Good question! But the answer is quite simple: Other than the two already existing Wikis and most other resources this one is not about a specific dialect of Folksprak. Instead it intends to gather and structure ideas, considerations and all the different proposals for an inter-Germanic auxlang, in order to compare them and to name their advantages and disadvantages. The hope is that this leads to a solid base for making rational and fair decisions about specific parts of the language so that in the end there should be a conclusionthat most parties can agree with. Maybe a little bit naive, but think it is worth giving it a try.+Good question! But the answer is quite simple: other than the two already existing wikis and most other resourcesthis one is not about a specific dialect of Folksprak. Insteadit intends to gather and structure ideas, considerations and all the different proposals for an inter-Germanic auxlang, in order to compare them and to name their advantages and disadvantages. The hope is that this leads to a solid base for making rational and fair decisions about specific parts of the language so that in the end there should be a conclusion that most parties can agree with. Maybe a little bit naïve, but think that it is worth giving it a try.
  
 ===== Goals of the project ===== ===== Goals of the project =====
-Folksprak shall be constructed as a language, which is +Folksprak shall be constructed as a language that is: 
-  - intelligible with little or no training for any germanic speakers+  - intelligible with little or no training to Germanic speakers
   - simple enough for ease of learning to write or speak about normal topics   - simple enough for ease of learning to write or speak about normal topics
   - precise enough to deal with more complex topics (e.g. science, maybe philosophy)   - precise enough to deal with more complex topics (e.g. science, maybe philosophy)
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     * [[Colours]]     * [[Colours]]
     * [[Wordlist]]     * [[Wordlist]]
 +    * [[Habitual Expressions]]
  
 === Other content === === Other content ===
 +  * [[words|Concept Collection]]
   * [[References]]   * [[References]]
   * [[Sample texts]]   * [[Sample texts]]
 +  * [[Protocols]]
 +  * [[Notepad]]
  
 ===== Other Resources ===== ===== Other Resources =====
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   * [[https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/folksprak|New mailing-list]] <folksprak@lists.schokokeks.org>   * [[https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/folksprak|New mailing-list]] <folksprak@lists.schokokeks.org>
   * [[http://www.facebook.com/groups/folksprak/|facebook-group]]   * [[http://www.facebook.com/groups/folksprak/|facebook-group]]
-  * ([[http://folksprak.org|other content on folksprak.org]])+  * [[http://folksprak.org|(other content on folksprak.org)]]
  
 ==== Old or out of date ==== ==== Old or out of date ====
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   * [[http://www.frathwiki.com/Folksprak|FrathWiki]]   * [[http://www.frathwiki.com/Folksprak|FrathWiki]]
  
-==== Sibling projects ====+==== Other projects ====
   * Interlingua   * Interlingua
     * [[http://interlingua.com|Official webpage]]     * [[http://interlingua.com|Official webpage]]
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     * [[http://s8.zetaboards.com/Slovianski/index/|ZetaBoards]]     * [[http://s8.zetaboards.com/Slovianski/index/|ZetaBoards]]
     * [[http://dict.interslavic.com/|Lexicon]]     * [[http://dict.interslavic.com/|Lexicon]]
 +  * Anglish 
 +    * [[http://anglish.wikia.com/wiki/Main_leaf|Wiki]]
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