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===== 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. | |
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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. | ## What is Folksprak? |
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===== Why another damn Wiki? ===== | _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. |
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 conclusion, that most parties can agree with. Maybe a little bit naive, but i think it is worth giving it a try. | |
| 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. |
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| ## Why another damn Wiki? |
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| 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 conclusion that most parties can agree with. Maybe a little bit naïve, but I think that it is worth giving it a try. |
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| ## Goals of the project |
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| Folksprak shall be constructed as a language that is: |
| 1. intelligible with little or no training to Germanic speakers |
| 2. simple enough for ease of learning to write or speak about normal topics |
| 3. precise enough to deal with more complex topics (e.g. science, maybe philosophy) |
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===== Goals of the project ===== | |
Folksprak shall be constructed as a language, which is | |
- intelligible with little or no training for any germanic speakers | |
- 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) | |
where the importance descends from first to last | where the importance descends from first to last |
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===== Content ===== | ## Content |
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| ### Linguistic subjects |
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| - [[Phonology and orthography]] |
| - Grammar |
| - [[Declension]] |
| - [[Conjugation]] |
| - [[Attributes]] |
| - [[Word order]] |
| - [[POS marking]] |
| - Vocabulary |
| - [[Guidelines for word formation]] |
| - [[Word functions]] |
| - [[Pronouns]] |
| - [[Adpositions]] |
| - [[Conjunctions]] |
| - [[Numbers]] |
| - [[Colours]] |
| - [[Wordlist]] |
| - [[Habitual Expressions]] |
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| ### Other content |
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| - [[words|Concept Collection]] |
| - [[References]] |
| - [[Sample texts]] |
| - [[Protocols]] |
| - [[Notepad]] |
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| ## Other Resources |
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| ### Current |
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| - [IRC-Channel on freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/##folksprak) (if you don't use a separate IRC-Client you can use [Kiwi IRC](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/?nick=sprekar_?&theme=cli##folksprak) or [Freenodes official webclient](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=##folksprak) |
| - [Mailing-list](https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/folksprak) <folksprak@lists.schokokeks.org> |
| - [facebook-group](http://www.facebook.com/groups/folksprak/) |
| - [other content on folksprak.org](http://folksprak.org) |
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=== Linguistic subjects === | ### Old or out of date |
* [[Phonology and orthography]] | |
* Grammar | |
* [[Declension]] | |
* [[Conjugation]] | |
* [[Attributes]] | |
* [[Word order]] | |
* [[POS marking]] | |
* Vocabulary | |
* [[Guidelines for word formation]] | |
* [[Word functions]] | |
* [[Pronouns]] | |
* [[Adpositions]] | |
* [[Conjunctions]] | |
* [[Numbers]] | |
* [[Colours]] | |
* [[Wordlist]] | |
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=== Other content === | - [Yahoo-group](https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/) and its currently broken mailing-list <folkspraak@yahoogroups.com> |
* [[References]] | - [geocities.com](http://web.archive.org/web/20011203135008/http://www.geocities.com/folkspraak/) (the old website through a backup on web.archive.org) |
* [[Sample texts]] | - [furorteutonicus.eu](http://www.furorteutonicus.eu/folkspraak/wiki/) (an older Wiki that requires a password for editing) |
| - [en.wikibooks.org](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Folksprak) |
| - [Omniglot](http://www.omniglot.com/writing/folkspraak.htm) |
| - [FrathWiki](http://www.frathwiki.com/Folksprak) |
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===== Other Resources ===== | |
==== Current ==== | |
* [[irc://irc.freenode.net/##folksprak|IRC-Channel on freenode.net]] (if you don't use a separate IRC-Client you can use [[https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/?nick=sprekar_?&theme=cli##folksprak|Kiwi IRC]] or [[http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=##folksprak|Freenodes official webclient]]) | |
* [[https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/folksprak|New mailing-list]] <folksprak@lists.schokokeks.org> | |
* [[http://www.facebook.com/groups/folksprak/|facebook-group]] | |
* ([[http://folksprak.org|other content on folksprak.org]]) | |
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==== Old or out of date ==== | ### Other projects |
* [[https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/|Yahoo-group]] and its currently broken mailing-list <folkspraak@yahoogroups.com> | |
* [[http://web.archive.org/web/20011203135008/http://www.geocities.com/folkspraak/|geocities.com]] (the old website through a backup on web.archive.org) | |
* [[http://www.furorteutonicus.eu/folkspraak/wiki/|furorteutonicus.eu]] (an older Wiki that requires a password for editing) | |
* [[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Folksprak|en.wikibooks.org]] | |
* [[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/folkspraak.htm|Omniglot]] | |
* [[http://www.frathwiki.com/Folksprak|FrathWiki]] | |
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==== Sibling projects ==== | - Interlingua |
* Interlingua | - [Official webpage](http://interlingua.com) |
* [[http://interlingua.com|Official webpage]] | - Slovianski / Interslavic |
* Slovianski / Interslavic | - [Information and learning material](http://steen.free.fr/interslavic/) |
* [[http://steen.free.fr/interslavic/|Information and learning material]] | - [Wiki](http://isv.orain.org/) |
* [[http://isv.orain.org/|Wiki]] | - [ZetaBoards](http://s8.zetaboards.com/Slovianski/index/) |
* [[http://s8.zetaboards.com/Slovianski/index/|ZetaBoards]] | - [Lexicon](http://dict.interslavic.com/) |
* [[http://dict.interslavic.com/|Lexicon]] | - Anglish |
| - [Wiki](http://anglish.wikia.com/wiki/Main_leaf) |
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