Why is

I just hate that they are kind of losing part of their culture by having to conform and learn English.

The Chinese, say, are not 'conforming' (whatever this means) - they are just engaging in the language of commerce in the reasonable expectation that a few decades hence they will be nationals of the most powerful nation on Earth.

A troll, obviously, and therefore not really worth a response. But since this particular troll has been offered by a regular poster...

You're becoming an increasingly judgemental little snotter, zashi.

I'd be curious to know what languages, other than Esperanto, could possibly be easier than English for people from all corners of the world to learn.

I think Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia is a pretty easy language to learn, at least the basics thereof. Since it is not Indo-European and I still think that, it must be pretty easy. Very little inflection, or particles or articles, and few phonological complications.

I don't think Esperanto is so very easy. Esperanto has a large number of phonemes which makes pronouncing it difficult if you don't have those phonemes where you come from, and has unnecessary grammatical complexity such as case endings and articles. It is firmly indo-european in character, a sort of regularised/simplfied yugo-latin. And whoever invented it was probably unaware of the difficulty it would have for, say, Chinese speakers.

Zamenhof. With just one f

whoever invented it

Dr Esperanto, pseudonym of Zamenhoff.

#13, I agree. Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia is a very easy language to learn.

Right you are, Ola.

You're becoming an increasingly judgemental little snotter, zashi.

Dear Mr. Pot,

Coming from you, I accept that as the high compliment it was doubtless intended to be.

Warmly,

Kettle

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