EUROPEO MANIFESTO: a common language for Europe !

EUROPEO MANIFESTO
CITIZENS INTERCOMPRENSION IN EUROPA,  
PROJECTE POR EGALITA E DEMOCRATIE
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Europe is a great idea that
deserves to be defended
Do you agree with this idea?
YES NO I don't know
EUROPEO MANIFESTO : CITIZENS INTERCOMPRENSION IN EUROPA PRO EGALITA E DEMOCRATIE

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Some elements to  
clarify your views
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Riddle
With which opinion do agree all european
politicians, whatever their country of origin
and whatever their sensitivity?

Riddle
Think again, I'm sure you'll ﬁnd ...

Riddle
Answer: "Europe needs a great project! "!

Riddle
Answer: "Europe needs a great project! "!
Listen to them, they all sing in
unison! And we can only
agree with them!
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1) Europe is a great idea that deserves to be defended

Riddle
With its 24 ofﬁcial languages, try to guess
how many translators does Europe need
to ensure all translations of ofﬁcial texts?

Riddle
Nearly 4,500 translators,  
40% of the administrative budget of Europe.
* if N is the number of languages (currently N = 24), the number of translations
required is N (N-1) or 552 for N = 24, an explosive increase ...

Riddle
Nearly 4,500 translators,  
40% of the administrative budget of Europe.
PS: that means several billions of euros but nobody is able to
measure how much it really costs !  
The official figures are very difficult to find...
* if N is the number of languages (currently N = 24), the number of translations
required is N (N-1) or 552 for N = 24, an explosive increase ...
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And across Europe?
Do you know what would save the
establishment of a common language?

And across Europe?
*Grin report, sept 2005
25 billion euros per year *!

And across Europe?
Almost 50 euros per 
person per year ...
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Good to take, isn’t it?
*Grin report, sept 2005
25 billion euros per year *!
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2) There should be a common language because multilingualism is costly for Europe

3 little riddles

3 little riddles
In a meeting:
• If there are 8 English and 1 French, what's happening?

3 little riddles
In a meeting:
We speak English!

3 little riddles
In a meeting:
We speak English!
• If there are 8 French and 1 English, what's happening now?

3 little riddles
In a meeting:
We speak English!
We speak English!

3 little riddles
In a meeting:
We speak English!
We speak English!
• And now, 2 Germans, 1 Spanish and 3 Poles?

3 little riddles
In a meeting:
We speak English!
We speak English!
• And now, 2 Germans, 1 Spanish and 3 Poles?
We speak English!
Easy, it's always the same answer! :-)
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Always the same answer, I tell you!
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About politics
Do you ﬁnd normal that all european politicians speak almost
only english even if it is not the only ofﬁcial language (Europe
has 3 work languages) and despite the fact that England is
probably the most eurosceptic european country ?

About politics
Not me...

About politics
Not me...
Masochist?

About politics
Not me...
Masochist? or suicidal?

About politics
Not me...
Masochist? or suicidal?
Between the two, 
my heart is torn ...
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3) It works badly and leads to the dominance of English

Maybe are you English or, perhaps,
have you mastered english because
you spent a lot of time and money to
learn it. But think about what follows...
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Can you ﬁnd the pronunciation of these words all
ending in « ough »?

must be pronounced like
bough o o off
though o o cow
cough o o too
rough o o Jo
through o o puff

Not obvious, is it? 
This is normal, there is no rule!
Réf. : http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/monde/anglais4.ModernE.htm
must be pronounced like
bough o o off
though o o cow
cough o o too
rough o o Jo
through o o puff
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Anecdot
To mock the English spelling, the illustrious British writer
George Bernard Shaw would have noted that:
[Gh] is pronounced [f] as in enough,
[o] is pronounced [i] as in women
[ti] is pronounced [sh] as in nation.
How the word "ﬁsh" should be written?

Anecdot
Answer: "ghoti"!*
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

Anecdot
Answer: "ghoti"!*
«English is the easiest language...
...to speak badly.»,
he said too!

Anecdot
Answer: "ghoti"!*
«English is the easiest language...
...to speak badly.»,
he said too!
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Riddle
How many words exist in english?

Riddle
How many words exist in english?
Answer: 500,000!*!
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Do you have a good brain?
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For comparison,  
the French language has 100,000 words,  
which is 5 times less.
*https://www.knowhowcompany.com/en/question/14794/total-words-in-english-language Next Page

Small grammar exercise
What does mean "English teacher"?
a) "Teacher from england"
b) "Teacher of english"

Small grammar exercise
What does mean "English teacher"?
a) "Teacher from england"
b) "Teacher of english"
Both!!
Indistinguishable. This kind of grammatical confusion is common in
English, which creates large learning difﬁculties for non native people...
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4) The English language is very difﬁcult, which makes it a very imperfect common language

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Economy, one more time
What is the estimated proﬁt for the UK to have
English as the dominant language?
* Grin report, sept 2005

Economy, one more time
What is the estimated proﬁt for the UK to have
English as the dominant language?
10 billion euros! !
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Almost 200 € UK per
year per person anyway!
* Grin report, sept 2005
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5) Moreover, a national language should not be the common language.  
This is unfair to those who don't have it as their native language.

Have you ever taken a course
of Occidental / Interlingue*?
*https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_%28langue%29

NO ?

Li introduction del lingue international ne plu es un utopie, ma un problema de practic tecnica. Ma li tecnica
exige un lingue de inmediat comprension, quel on posse usar inmediatmen in omni circumstanties: publicita,
comercie, exchanges scientiﬁc, conferenties international. Interlingue satisfa a ti conditiones.
Un lingue por congresses? Save vu que on posse parlar in li mult congresses de nor epoca in ti lingue
comprendet per li majorité del present persones sin traduction in lor respectiv lingue national? Li auditores va
comprender vos! It ne es necessi que ili ha studiat li lingue: lor instruction e un minimum de atention suﬁce.
Vu posse scrir in Interlingue a persones queles ne ha aprendet it, e queles ne mem conosse su nomine: ili va
sempre comprender vos. Li experiment ha esset fat sovent. Interlingue es comprensibil quasi sin studie a
omni persones cultivat in Europa.
NO ?
Nevertheless you are already able to read it. The proof:

Li introduction del lingue international ne plu es un utopie, ma un problema de practic tecnica. Ma li tecnica
exige un lingue de inmediat comprension, quel on posse usar inmediatmen in omni circumstanties: publicita,
comercie, exchanges scientiﬁc, conferenties international. Interlingue satisfa a ti conditiones.
Un lingue por congresses? Save vu que on posse parlar in li mult congresses de nor epoca in ti lingue
comprendet per li majorité del present persones sin traduction in lor respectiv lingue national? Li auditores va
comprender vos! It ne es necessi que ili ha studiat li lingue: lor instruction e un minimum de atention suﬁce.
Vu posse scrir in Interlingue a persones queles ne ha aprendet it, e queles ne mem conosse su nomine: ili va
sempre comprender vos. Li experiment ha esset fat sovent. Interlingue es comprensibil quasi sin studie a
omni persones cultivat in Europa.
NO ?
Perhaps it's going to disappoint you but you're not alone to do it.  
All those who speak a European language can do it.  
This is normal, this language, Interlingue / Occidental, was built for it.
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Amazing isn't it?
Nevertheless you are already able to read it. The proof:
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IQ test of esperanto

Knowing that for all verbs without exception:
• Infinitive has the final -i. ◦ Ex: paroli (to talk)
• Present has the final -as. ◦ Ex: mi faras (I do)
• The preterit has the final -is . Ex : ni amis (we liked)
• The future has the final -os. ◦ Ex: li skribos (he'll write).
How do you translate "Ni parolos"?

Easy, is not it?  
Normal, esperanto is a language admirably constructed *.
"We'll talk," of course!
*http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammaire_de_l%27esp%C3%A9ranto
Knowing that for all verbs without exception:
• Infinitive has the final -i. ◦ Ex: paroli (to talk)
• Present has the final -as. ◦ Ex: mi faras (I do)
• The preterit has the final -is . Ex : ni amis (we liked)
• The future has the final -os. ◦ Ex: li skribos (he'll write).
How do you translate "Ni parolos"?
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You can then easily understand that 
to obtain a level of casual conversation requires *:
* Study carried out by Helmar Frank  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmar_Frank
German or French 2.000 hours
English 1.500 hours
Italian 1.200 hours
Constructed languages (Esperanto, Occidental)
etc.).
150 hours

Very simple maths exercise :  
What is the ratio between english and a constructed language ?
English 1.500 hours
Italian 1.200 hours
etc.).
150 hours

Very simple maths exercise :  
What is the ratio between english and a constructed language ?
A factor of 10!
You did not tired on this one :-)
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English 1.500 hours
Italian 1.200 hours
etc.).
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6) The best solution is a constructed language.
This is unfair to those who don't have it as their native language..

This is unfair to those who don't have it as their native language..
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A constructed language as a
common language, it is possible.
This is not a utopia.
YES NO I don't know

Constructed languages
= utopia ?
Are there built-up languages
that have been adopted by a
population?

= utopia ?
population?
• The Hebrew, the Modern Standard Arabic or the Romanche are examples of
constructed languages enabling intercommunication between dialects,
• Nynorsk, became one of the two ofﬁcial languages of Norway,
• Swahili, which became an ofﬁcial language of African states (Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Congo).
YES !

= utopia ?
population?
• The Hebrew, the Modern Standard Arabic or the Romanche are examples of
constructed languages enabling intercommunication between dialects,
• Nynorsk, became one of the two ofﬁcial languages of Norway,
• Swahili, which became an ofﬁcial language of African states (Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Congo).
History shows that it is possible!  
Nevertheless, we still continue to repeat the same belief that
constructed languages do not work.
YES !
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7) And it is not a utopia, history has shown it.

7) And it is not a utopia, history has shown it.
With such arguments,  
why not try? ?
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The adoption of a common
language could be a great
project for Europe!
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We demand that
the European Parliament,  
should consider seriously the establishment  
of a neutral European language so that all
European citizens may be equal.
This language would be our common
language (but not a single language to keep
our mother tongues).
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We demand that
should be released a budget for linguists who
will choose according to criteria of simplicity,
rationality and scalability  
if it will be Esperanto, Interlingue / Occidental,
Globish or another language that  
certainly remains to be built.
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We demand that
the adoption of the common neutral language
should be subject to ratiﬁcation of a treaty  
cross Europe,  
as did the Euro at its time.
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We demand that
should be put in place the necessary education
and training on a large scale so that  
this language imposes in a natural way  
to all Europeans, kids or adults,  
and contributes to greater equality  
and greater fraternity among citizens.
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This idea excites you?
You think it should be discussed by  
the European Parliament as  
it could make the European idea grow  
and promote understanding among people of Europe?
Support it!!
How ?
Very simply by reading and signing our manifesto!
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EUROPEO MANIFESTO  
POR UN LINGUA COMMUN IN EUROPA
We demanda que li european parlament examina li creation e li adoption of
EUROPEO, un commun lingua to facilitar li communication of alle european citizens.
Un lingua
- commun ma not unic, to preservar nos maternal linguas 
- neutral, not li lingua of un particular nation 
- egalitar inter masculo e femina 
- modern, mit only li 26 litteres of li alphabet latin 
- simple, rational e evolutiv 
- of inmediat comprension 
- representativ of li historie e li culture of li occidental civilisation.
Ti lingua, EUROPEO, must :
1) esser creat per linguistes ﬁnancet per li European Union 
2) esser adoptet per li ratiﬁcation of un tratte european (similar al adoption of Euro ) 
3) esser apprendet in alle scholes, alle universitas per alle citizens, jun o old, por li
promotion of democratie, egalita e fraternita inter li citizens of Europa.
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