On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:58:20 GMT, "Victor (nettoyeur)"
<victor-the-cleaner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Anybody have an opinion about this:
>http://www.slovio.com/
>??
>
>Seems interesting, but a little farfetched. Grandiose claims are made
that
>those who learn Slovio will be able to effectively communicate with
>speakers of any Balto-Slavic language. Latvian to Serb, Russian to Pole,
>one can speak to and be spoken to by all, and get along O.K..
I think you need to know the basics of a slavic lang in order to
"quickly and easily" learn Slovio. I found it easy to read and
understand most of the Slovio in Latin letters once I figured out
their Cyrillic equivalents, "sx" = the sh letter, etc.
>Somewhat humorous are the testimonials. They all seem written by someone
>who doesn't speak English natively -- and all in the same style, but
claim
>to be independent feedback from Americans, Canadians, Britons, etc.
Hmmmm.
I find the testimonials unbelievable in that people say they can't
learn Russian and yet picked up Slovio instead. Declensions in
Russian are a bear, but even if you mess up the declension but get the
words right, you can get your point across. I don't see where Slovio
would be more effective other than giving you an excuse to simplify
your slavic grammar.
>Anyway, aside from that, does anyone know this language? Any opinions on
>whether it's worth studying?
Speaking from experience, after puzzling out the Latin letters, I
found it about as easy to interpret as Interlingua, meaning I
sometimes understood up to about half of it and was able to fill in
some of the blanks by association. I think it might be helpful to
someone who really can't grasp slavic grammar and declensions to use
it as a pidgen or "baby" type language while they wrestle with
learning the proper way to say something. Since I only know some
Russian (and am far from fluent) and I don't know any of the other
slavic langs, I can't really speak as to how effective it would be in
communicating to someone who speaks a different slavic lang.
Leah
|
