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  A reply on Conversation: If the world shared a common language, would religion be obsolete?

  Aug 8 2011: That's nonsense.
  The idea of Esperanto is to be a non-national non-ethnic IAL used only for international comunication.
  Esperanto has been used successfully in international congresses for more than 110 years. It was always viable.
  
  Also there are children raised speaking it, but that's other history.
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  A reply on Talk: Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity

  Aug 8 2011: Esperanto is not indoeuropean, the mayority of the roots of the words are from european languages but the grammar is different. It's easier to learn for speakers of romance languages, but also is the easiest language to learn for asians.
  
  Esperanto, a western language? http://claudepiron.free.fr/articlesenanglais/westernlanguage.htm
  Esperanto: european or asiatic language? http://claudepiron.free.fr/articlesenanglais/europeanorasiatic.htm
  
  Doesn't have the cultural baggage??
  Some argue that Esperanto has too much cultural baggage!
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_culture
  
  So nuance would be lost? Nop! Esperanto is one of the most expressive languages ​​that exist.
  
  Does this depend on early learning? Nop!
  See: http://www.fluentin3months.com/adult-learner-research/
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  A comment on Conversation: Mark Pagel asks: Can we really afford to have all these different languages in this modern globalized world?

  Aug 8 2011: Can we really afford to have all these different languages in this modern globalized world?
  
  Yes. We just need an auxiliary language like Esperanto for international comunication.