Book Review: In the Land of Invented Languages, by Arika Okrent

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Comments

[hermoinejean7]

Ah, this sounds interesting! Given the fact that my sister learns Esperanto, and that I like learning new languages(and have dabbled in "conlanging"), this is totally going to be read in the near future. Thanks!

Unrelated: the Geek Hierarchy made me laugh so much. =D

[thefish30]

Your icon looks like a Blissymbol.

Esperanto or English

[brian_barker]

I think Arika's book is a terrific read. However I think that the choice of an international language lies between English and Esperanto, rather than an untried project.

Your readers may be interested the following video at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.

A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

[fpb]

So you are a linguist? So perhaps I have to pay attention to the meanings of both Alexandra and Octavia. "The eighth-born, she who protects humans."