r/auxlangs • u/Advanced_Cricket4903 • 18d ago
zonal auxlang How to create a zonal auxlang?
It’s for Italian, French, Rumantsch and German. It should be easy to learn for speakers of any of these language.
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u/sinovictorchan 17d ago
English already have elements of German and Romance language families along with the Celtic language family that once dominated Western Europe. Can English serve as a zonal Auxlang in Western Europe?
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u/ProvincialPromenade Occidental / Interlingue 18d ago
The grammar should be mostly intuitive for the combo of those languages. You need to figure out a phonotactic first and THEN come up with a flow chart for how to choose words. For example, like this one https://www.reddit.com/r/auxlangs/comments/1ixcg1k/a_flowchart_for_choosing_words_in_a_germanic/
The phonotactic is so your language has a strong "vibe" that users can get a feel for. So they don't accidentally start speaking one of the upstream languages. You can call that principle the "autonomy" of the language.