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[lojban] language vs. economics



I found the following video very interesting. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=m9x8l9vXU9w

It may be that speakers of languages with a strong future time reference (e.g., English, Italian, Russian) have better lives economically than speakers of languages with weak future time reference (e.g., Chinese, German). 

A language designed without a mandatory tense marker (in particular, for the future tense), e.g., Lojban, might be better for its speakers than having an obligatory future tense marker, e.g., Esperanto. 

stevo

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