What would be a better lingua franca than English? Myself am

Latin
Esperanto

>>70298097
Oh look another thread to make fun of the french

Fuck you cunt

>>70299629
What? French is in no way lingua franca today is it?

>>70299737
Neither is Swedish desu

Swahili

>>70298097
lojban

>>70298097
Scots

>>70299919
Sant, men det borde vara det

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>Myself am fond of swedish, simple yet elegant

Latin should be the lingua franca desu

Why would it ever be swedish? Swedish is shit tea bee haytch

>>70300015
Det är sant, bara smaka på de orden jag skriver

A mix of cantonese and danish

>>70300082
Latin is only slightly less dead than Irish

>>70298097
Probably French or German

>>70300082
>haytch
triggered

>>70301045
>German
I'd rather nuke Dresden again

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>>70301167

Good lad

>>70298097
I think Swedish sounds horrible.

I think Italian would be a good pick. After all, it's European, quiet easy and is related to pretty much all European languages.

>>70301293
*quite

>>70298097
does swedish have genders for objects?
if so fuck off

French but with phonetic spelling

Bonsyo mussyu, sa va ?

Thcryes byan mersee.


Sy'em la bagett


Sakchrebleuuu

>>70298097
Myself am fond of Japanese, simple yet elegant

>>70298097
La lengua de Cervantes.

>>70298097
Italian should be the world language.
Elegant, best phonetics, doesn't hurt your ears with unpleasant sounds, expressive.
totally unbiased opinion btw

>>70301379
No, it hasn't

>>70301426
""""""""""""""""""""simple""""""""""""""""""""

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German, neither simple nor elegant.
The language of Gods and Rulers.

>>70301625
Proofs

>>70301293
pretty much all european languages are related to eachother droeftoeter

>>70301544
yes it does have genders. Common or neuter, en or ett.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_Danish_and_Swedish

Mandarin with the Latin alphabet

>>70301703
Would sound horrible without it desu

>>70298097
Why not latin? It's a dead language nobody will be prefered and many speak it.

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>>70298097
LINGVA LATINA
I
N
G
V
A

L
A
T
I
N
A

Tonal languages, including Swedish, as lingua franca would be retarded.

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I say Anglo-Saxon / Ænglisc

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>>70301794
i'm not sure you want that. i studied latin in high school and declinations are terrible.
A good alternative would be the "latino sine flexione", which is pretty much an artificial and semplified latin that uses prepositions instead of declinations, invented by the italian mathematician Giuseppe Peano

>>70301946
Latin is pretty easy to learn
t. funlan

>>70298097
>What would be a better lingua franca than English?
Literally any other European language tbqh
I'd go with Spanish or Italian since they're the closest to Latin without actually being Latin

>>70298097
Esperato probably given that it wouldn't piss anyone off (other than Anglos for losing their position) and it was specifically designed to be easy to learn

That said, Eglish i probably not going to lose its position as the Lingua Franca any time soon due to the internet, the elite of virtually every country speaking it and the fact that it's the unifiying language of India and most of Africa.

>>70302062
>Spanish
Un and una depending on whether the Word is Male or Female, the language is retarded

>>70302109
>most of Africa.
isn't that french though?

>>70301946
I studied it too in high school, but I'm not sure simplified Latin would take off.
Not that classical Latin would either of course.

>>70302139
*sentence

>>70301946
>latino sine flexione
No fucking way.
Just because all of you Mediterraneans speak your lazy Vulgar Latin doesn't mean we want to relinquish the beauty of declination. A language with just two cases isn't a language and cannot be accepted.

Latin.

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>>70301167
you frenchmen and your fucking inferiority complex

>>70302280
>>70301167
MAKE
FRANCE
FRANKISH
AGAIN

>>70302159
artificial languages never take off (see Esperanto).
And classical latin went extinct for a reason: too complicated, open and closed vowels could be confused (venit could mean "he comes" or "he came" depending on the "length" of the "e"), and also many words had the same pronunciation but different meanings ("os" meant "bone" but also "mouth").
i'm studying romance philology so the topic is a current issue for me

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>>70302280
>A Kraut complaining about other people's inferiority complexes

>>70302153
Africa was roughly half-French half-british ruled

Nigeria, South Africa (those two alone make up more than half of the GDP of Sub-Saharan Africa), Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Botswana all have very high English-speaking populations and use English as the primary language of governance

>>70302139
swedish has genders too

>>70298097
French would.
German would be good too.

I'm quite happy with english though tbqh

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>>70302242
fuck declinations, prepositions are so much easier

>>70302497
Not in that pathetic way

>>70298097
I like the sounds of German and Russian 2bh

>>70302449
The present and past of venire are pronounced differently, the past has a long e.

English has lots of homophones, that doesn't mean shit.

>>70298097
Latin because it would be like live action roleplaying

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>>70301625
"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."

>>70302631
exactly in that pathetic way

both swedish and spanish have 2 genders

it's just that someone decided to call the swedish distinction "neuter and common" and the spanish distinction "masculine and feminine"

>>70302755
It's because all the swedish men have been neutered

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>>70302751
English is the bastard son of all 4 languages

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>>70302698
vowel sounds are not as distinct as consonant sounds, that's why vowel length is non-existent in neolatin languages
>>70302751
for you pic related

DUTCH

Dutch is like English in German

>>70303189
>Dutch is like English in German

What?

Proto indo european language

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>>70298097
Esperanto is the only real choice

Most logically thinking it would be german. (at least for europe)
>strongest economic force in Europe
>After Brexit strongest political force in the EU(debatable)
>relatively high amount of speakers (98 million)

>>70302139
Most of European languages have gendered nouns, Sven

>>70304012
Fuck all that shit, German just sounds cool so I agree.

There's no stopping it. It (is and) will be English.

English speakership is growing significantly across the world, while other European languages are becoming less relevant (except Spanish/French through colonial influence). But not even Spanish/French has the effect of making the Chinese/Indians/etc learn the language.

It's already the primary language of international institutions and commerce.

Mandarin isn't really "growing" because chinese populations are falling and few learn it outside of the Chinese. Also, the Chinese are learning English quickly, so there's no need for english speakers to learn Mandarin.

>>70303646
Say a sentence in esperanto so i know how it sounds/looks like

>>70304080
In that case most languages are retarded, and futher proof of is glorious swedish would be as lingua franca

>>70298097
Irish

>>70304182
Begin by actually speaking it in your own country first

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>>70304182

>>70303646
>>70304174
>Esperanto

It just sounds like a weird Spanish to me

>>70304242
we would if it were the lingua franca
get to it guys, be part of the revival

>>70304012
see
>>70301167

>>70304174
I'm sorry but I don't see how an African language would be a good lingua franca
>>70304182
Irish is pretty, but fuck your spelling honestly

>>70304242
Not him but I've lost count of how many times I have explained the complex nature of Irish language here, we're like Belarus

Not German. It's probably the most disgusting language along with Arabic. Or anything with that back of the throat speaking shit.

Mandarin > English > any language not analytic

>>70304458
You are made of our flesh.
Make Britain Ænglisc again.

>>70301794
Latin is a pain in the ass grammatically speaking, it's not even about the declinations but about the actual grammar rules

Honestly the world should speak Polish because it's super easy to learn and pronounce

>>70304703
If Russian is any indication of how much more difficult Polish would be I am never touching it

>>70304703
Kurwa

>>70304703
>Proceeds to masturbate to people calling your language hard

>>70298097
remove any genderised language.

finnish + malay .:D

>>70298097
Natürlich nur die Feinste Sprache
Deutsch

>>70304760
see, this leaf gets it
>>70304764
oh no you've seen through my clever ruse

Spanish

>>70304339
the spelling makes sense though, don't be jelly

>>70304826
>Natürlich nur die Feinste Sprache
>Feinste Sprache
>Feinste
>Feinste
>Feinste
>Feinste
>Feinste
Please delete yourself

>>70304935
hoil doch angelohanrei

>>70304339
fuck you and your 40 ways of pronouncing "sh"

>>70304174
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6v5bBrRNyn8

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>>70298097
Spanish, French.

I non-ironically hope that the great Latin people will solve the angloproblem in USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL1pTf7ETFI

Tagalog

language of the most powerful people in the world

>>70305272
nice try, but the most powerfull people except chinese are the Latin Americans

and they will replace English in USA I hope

>>70304826
I rather prefer Dutch

>>70304935
Er >>70305009 versteht einfach nicht, dass Adjektive kleingeschrieben werden.

>>70304746
Russian is x2 harder, because our pronunciation and orthography are insane

>>70298097
I pick german. They have cute words like "Spinne" for something terrible like spiders.

>>70301293
>dutch telling other germanic language it sounds horrible
Silence, you demonic cross-breed. What the hell is up with your hard Gs

>>70305802
nice try, but you will speak Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN9aS4m9tnI

>>70305838
Dutch, at least, has pretty cute orthography

also Danish > Swedish

sounds nicer

but honestly for me only roman languages are relevant as the lingua franca

English is overrated as fuck

>>70305839
Wtf Russia? I thought we were bros.

>>70300082
>haytch

>>70305916
But it's true and it would be better for you to convert into Catholicism

also what's your ethinicy

>>70300082
why not Romanian?

it's so underrated..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NosF-zuJpc

>>70300082
>haytch

English is the best lingua franca we could have. It's basically Esperanto with a Germanic base instead of a Romance one. It's super easy to learn for most Europeans, it's the basis of most programming languages, there are large numbers of native speakers on most continents.
I honestly can't think of anything more suitable than English.

>>70305988
White?

>>70298097
>swedish
>elegant

>>70306140
white it's not ethnicy

who are you

english, german, polish, italian - who?

>>70306167
Nordick

I say finnish should be worldwide lingua franca. Its neutral and one of the worlds oldest languages

>>70306139
just fuck off. I can say that Polish is the best too, because for us it's pretty easy to learn and VERY NICE as for me, but you will be fucked by this language if would even try to learn it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaiS78I4zqc

t. still can't have a comfy watch of anglo movies

>>70306167
Mainly English followed by German.

>>70306215
Not Finnish, Karelian, because it's the language of Putin

As a geophysicist, I'd like it to go back to German like it was in the good old days before English took over the scientific realm.

>>70306270
I'm okay with this since my family is karelian and putin is my people

>>70299996
Speer ilka lallan spakit folk n' thu dinnae hae one muckle leid, simmi ilk and ilka byleid bespakit alang wie sassains. Tha folkleid o' tha kintra is begleggit.

tl;dr - scots is almost a dead language

>>70306252
I should follow that with the fact that my family's been in America for a long time now so I really only think of myself as "American" why do you even ask?

>>70298097
fuck off
I don't want to learn other language

>>70306366
it sounds more brutal than English

>>70306234
But English is easy for everyone. Polish is only easy for other Slavs. The reason why your English is so poor is that you didn't put in enough effort as a child. Just like the French. English basically has the same vocabulary as French, but they still manage to fuck it up quite catastrophically.

>>70306570
For us it's not easy and it's the thing which I tried to explain you.

I had started to learn it in 7 yo, basically I can write (with mistakes ofc), but I still can't watch anglomovies comfy

You just have a language which stands very closer to English by it's grammar

For me French is a very very better

>>70306658
Kill yourself Ivan

>>70306524
it's because the english have become islamised.

>>70306570
Polish also easier than Russian

yes, they have the nasal sounds, but they orthography isn't so fucked like our is

and cyrillic isn't the reason, our orthography is fucked even in compare with the other cyrillic languages

>>70306715
I non ironically hope that French will be the only one language in Canada

and I have a polish name so fuck off

>>70306746
*their

>>70306366
it's literally how we see the Belarussian language

>>70306570
English isn't a fun language though. It feels basic and devoid of culture. French would be much better

>>70306570
I'm sorry for being rude

I even respect anglos for building the unique athlantic civilization

but I don't want to be a part of if

you can if you want

as for me Spanish or French are better

>>70306234
*would ever

>>70306945
That's incorrect now that i think about it, but i still like languages like french more culturally

>>70306658
Immersion, bro. That's all you need. Just watch more movies until it just comes naturally. Speak English to yourself in your free time. It will help with pronunciation. It's just all you need. I was born and raised in Norway, and I barely even use Norwegian anymore. English is just so much more convenient.

>>70306945
English is the language of literature, music and film. It has been for a long, long time. French is the language of being sore losers and eating baguettes to calm your nerves.

>>70307032
No, man. You don't need to apologise. I'm the one who's been rude. I know that learning English is a lot easier for native Germanic speakers than for people who were raised speaking a Slavic language. But you'll get there.

>>70306796
I know you do I remember you. Go fuck yourself and thanks for typing in English peasant scum.

>>70307270
do you realise how cucked you are if you are irish?

>>70307242
no, I had to apologize for "fuck off"

but ok

I also read a bit about two different standarts of Norsk

>>70307322
I'm Canadian, Ivan.

German

>>70307359
ETHNICY

I'm ok, if you are anglosaxon - you can speak English without any issues

>>70302153
the southern half mainly speaks English, friendo.

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>>70307451
My mum is English and my Dad is Scottish

>>70307512
so you have to speak Scots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0RXiIsC_7s

also do you understand the whole song?

>>70303040
Does it mean he is gay?

>>70307512
you can convert into French (kek, convert into a language) if you are celthic

but it doesn't mean that you have to forgot English

for example I may have a polish roots, so I learn the language and listen the music in it

>>70307554
But I'm ethnically half English. Also yeah I understand most of it.

>>70307683
I'm Irish but part Italian/French, why would I ever learn Italian senpai, nobody speaks Italian besides Italian

>>70307728
but not the 100%?

>>70307779
Italians*

>>70307792
Not some of the slang or the references

>>70307779
and nobody is speakin french instead of africa...

>>70307841
I learned French because you had to in my school and grew to love it with time, but never actually chose to do it

>>70307841
I hope russians will speak it again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXxLegK06W8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7qLa7__q2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcWkqILsYw0

arabic, look how french are bad at english but arabic comes natural to them,
also our friends from west of continent would appreciate it very much for cultural reasons

>>70301167
>I'd rather nuke Dresden again
>says the Frenchman
Weren't you under German rule when Dresden was bombed?

>>70307512
and you're a fucking leaf

>>70309630
I know that's why I said I'm Canadian. I'm not muh heritaging.