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From: dfb@bbs.cruzio.com
Subject: Re: Naturalismo e schematicismo, un problema in linguas auxiliar
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Mario Pei has said that if an IAL is in wide use as a 2nd language,
it will soon displace the national languages as people's 1st
language, because people will prefer the language with which they
can talk to more people.

But that isn't a bad thing. Our traditional national languages 
could still be taught as 2nd languages, as a form of cultural
study. Pei points out that in a few centuries the natlangs would
be quite changed anyway, if they remained in use, so, either
way, the national languages being spoken today won't really
remain in use. Their replacement by the IAL could actually
serve to preserve the natlangs in their present form, as
cultural treasures.


Mike Ossipoff



