About what language to become the universal one, I think english could be a good one (I don’t know much about Esperanto, though). It would be practical because it is a fairly simple language, what makes his learning accessible to more people
True in one way.
But that also makes it dangerous/complex in another way.
Tests done in the UK and Finland show that it takes English children 3 years to reach the same level in reading as Finnish children in 1 year.
Languages differ in the way sound and signs are connected.
In Finnish every sound is connected to a sign.
While in English (and most other countries, apart from Scandinavia) a sound can be written in differend ways. And can mean completely different things.
Take the word sea fi. When you ask me to write sea,
I can write sea or see. (In Dutch you have that fi with bij and bei or kouw and kauw)
In Finnish you don't have that. A sound can only be written in one way and everybody knows what you mean. That's why most languages are called turbid/cloudy languages and Scandinavian languages clear languages.
People with dyslectia or other learning/reading problems have a much harder time getting by in most countries than in Scandinavia.
English is simple in a way, but just that simplicity makes it hard sometimes. While Finnish might look and sound hard/complex to a stranger, it's much more simple when you get to know it.
One sound means only one thing. Can't get more simple. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
