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> <span class="EC_Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Straw poll: how many of you have a strong preference for an artlang<br>> over any possible auxlang, or for an auxlang (or a simple artlang?)<br>
> over more complex artlangs?<br><br>I'd prefer an artlang, somewhere between simple and complex....<br><br>Paul Roser wrote:<br></span><div><font class="EC_Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="EC_Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">"I prefer IPA to fauxnetics, and I prefer more exotic-sounding, phonetically and phonologically interesting languages (Klingon, Teonaht, Ithkuil, and things like that)."<br><br>I agree with this, although fauxnetics can be useful, especially if the phonology is relatively straightforward.<br><br>"However, since we will primarily be writing, rather than speaking...," <br><br>While this is true, I think we should aim for at least some speaking ability<br>Roger<br></span></font></div></body>
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