I dunno the thought just came to me. Or a better description is it rose to the surface. I know that we have the ability to translate written articles and comments decently enough in the the big languages, which will get better. But how will we speak to each other, or how will we be able translate through a picture, or how do we know these translators are in the right hands (what if they get so advanced, they can lie to you about what the other language is saying? Now normal this would be easily disproven, but libs are too sinophobic to second guess)
I think under a world socialist system, humanity could build a synthetic global language. I’ve heard that there is a international phenetic alphabet, though I don’t know too much about or how “international” it is.
The international phonetic alphabet is mostly used as a transcription tool for phonetic notation. It’s not really used for communication purposes but more for representing sounds made at the various positions considered possible by the human mouth, to varying degrees of specificity (you can be more or less specific with it depending on what you are using IPA for). Most of the characters it uses are based in latin script but its purpose is mainly to make phonetic notations rather than be used for general writing purposes, generally each language benefits from having a writing system that suits its own particular qualities and using the IPA to write would not be very practical.
As for constructed languages, I think there is a lot of resistance to them among people in general at the moment, for a multitude of reasons, but I think they are an underexplored field that could benefit people some day. At the very least they are interesting to create, study, and speak. I do think natural languages are going to continue to be predominant for the foreseeable future and constructed languages will probably remain in the realm of idealists and niche hobbyists for a long time.
Oh thanks for the details. I am sorta getting into conlangs, and I think the future potential of them could be incredible (either as a communication tactic to avoid surveillance or as I said a global human language. And honestly just to nerd out about .)
I dunno the thought just came to me. Or a better description is it rose to the surface. I know that we have the ability to translate written articles and comments decently enough in the the big languages, which will get better. But how will we speak to each other, or how will we be able translate through a picture, or how do we know these translators are in the right hands (what if they get so advanced, they can lie to you about what the other language is saying? Now normal this would be easily disproven, but libs are too sinophobic to second guess)
I think under a world socialist system, humanity could build a synthetic global language. I’ve heard that there is a international phenetic alphabet, though I don’t know too much about or how “international” it is.
The international phonetic alphabet is mostly used as a transcription tool for phonetic notation. It’s not really used for communication purposes but more for representing sounds made at the various positions considered possible by the human mouth, to varying degrees of specificity (you can be more or less specific with it depending on what you are using IPA for). Most of the characters it uses are based in latin script but its purpose is mainly to make phonetic notations rather than be used for general writing purposes, generally each language benefits from having a writing system that suits its own particular qualities and using the IPA to write would not be very practical.
As for constructed languages, I think there is a lot of resistance to them among people in general at the moment, for a multitude of reasons, but I think they are an underexplored field that could benefit people some day. At the very least they are interesting to create, study, and speak. I do think natural languages are going to continue to be predominant for the foreseeable future and constructed languages will probably remain in the realm of idealists and niche hobbyists for a long time.
Oh thanks for the details. I am sorta getting into conlangs, and I think the future potential of them could be incredible (either as a communication tactic to avoid surveillance or as I said a global human language. And honestly just to nerd out about .)