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From: holly@dartvax.UUCP (Holly Cabell)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: More on "Problems with Esperanto".
Message-ID: <2739@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 23:38:44 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 23:38:44 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 6-Feb-85 23:31:15 EST
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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When talking about Esperanto, one must remember that it is a relatively
young language.  While it has been spoken for some time (no date available),
it has not been widely used.  Therefore, it has not developed any 'dialects'
or 'subgroups' that other languages have developed.  I think that with
enough use, Esperanto may well create it's own dialects, but since that
happens in all languages, and (for the most part) has not ruined them,
it will not ruin Esperanto.

One other point brought up is that, when it becomes more popular,
people will form subgroups and not be able to understand other subgroups
or even the main group.  However, the fact that Esperanto is an Inter-
national language means that everyone will be able to understand each
other, for the most part(see point one).

--John Cabell
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