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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: Esperanto? The EU? (Very, very long)
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References: <JBENSN-0303952000300001@banana.hrfs.uiuc.edu> <HINSENK.95Mar13182423@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA> <3k56c8$rql@news.halcyon.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 02:40:25 GMT
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In article <3k56c8$rql@news.halcyon.com> Bruce McMenomy <mcmenomy@halcyon.com> writes:
 > hinsenk@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA (Hinsen Konrad) wrote:
 > > In article <DJOHNSON.95Mar13124555@tartarus.ucsd.edu> djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:
 > > 
 > >    Latin should be much simpler though, since it's very regular.
 > > 
 > > Since when? It wasn't when I studied it, about 15 years ago.
 > > 
 >   On a fairly objective basis, Latin can be considered to be a pretty
 > regular language.

Being regular does not make a language simple.  If a child whose native
language does not have different cases (like Dutch, except for a nearly
obsolete genitive), there being 6 different cases can be a major stumbling
block.
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