[lojban] Re: Lojban Vs. Esperanto

["logansq29" <Esperanto999@hotmail.com>]

--- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, "Craig" <ragnarok@p...> wrote:
> Esperanto also seeks to decrease the barrier to entry by taking 
words and
> grammar from a great number of other languages, all of them Indo-
European.
> This makes it somewhat simpler to learn if you are used to Indo-
European
> languages.

I'd hesitate to qualify Esperanto in this way, particularly in light 
of the great success Esperanto has enjoyed in Hungary, China and 
Japan, places where the prevailing language is not Indo-European.

The lowering of the barrier is accomplished mainly through the highly 
flexible system of affixes. 

.i co'o mi'e grizis.


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