i love the idea of creating conlangs. i’ve experimented with the idea of them in years past but have never done anything with them, let alone created one.

i did create some toki pona-based ones as they consist of few words (~100) but i want to create ones that aren’t just based off toki pona.

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    For sure, but the intonation is very Spanish. Comparing it to other Latin languages it also appears to have most words based in Spanish or straight up ripped from Spanish.

    Esparanto is not so much a new language as it is ripping words out of other languages. But most of it is Spanish.

    What bothers me most is that it is not an efficient or easy language to learn for people who do not already speak a Latin langage. Might as well teach them English at that point.

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      I’m going to be honest. I think every sentence in this post is provably wrong, and I know this because I actually looked up the intonation patterns of Esperanto and Spanish, compared it to other Romance languages, etc.

      However, I want to believe you dislike Esperanto because its words and word roots basically all come from European languages. That is a valid reason to dislike Esperanto, and I don’t think you’re wrong for disliking Esperanto.

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        I will die on this hill: Esperanto is a Spanish ripoff.

        If it was French the word would be akin to “Espoiro” (Espoir is hope in French)

        The only way I can be wrong is if it is actually Italian because my Italian is worse than my Spanish which is already bad.

        Esperanto is primarily Spanish words with one vowel changed.