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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 //„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. | 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? ===== | ===== 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 conclusion, that most parties can agree with. Maybe a little bit naive, but i 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 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 ===== | ===== 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) |
* [[Colours]] | * [[Colours]] |
* [[Wordlist]] | * [[Wordlist]] |
| * [[Habitual Expressions]] |
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=== Other content === | === Other content === |
* [[References]] | * [[References]] |
* [[Sample texts]] | * [[Sample texts]] |
| * [[Protocols]] |
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===== Other Resources ===== | ===== Other Resources ===== |
* [[http://www.frathwiki.com/Folksprak|FrathWiki]] | * [[http://www.frathwiki.com/Folksprak|FrathWiki]] |
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==== Sibling projects ==== | ==== Other projects ==== |
* Interlingua | * Interlingua |
* [[http://interlingua.com|Official webpage]] | * [[http://interlingua.com|Official webpage]] |
* [[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]] |