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This looks like the Interlingua of slavic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua
I am Bulgarian and I find that very hard to read. Much harder than Russian or Serbian. Many of the phonemes could be simplified to be made more universal. It feels very influenced by Polish, though, so I'd probably be easier for Central Europe Slavic countries.
I'm Russian, and I can read and understand about 90% of their sample texts. It reminds me Serbian (though I don't know it or any other Slavic languages, and I've read more Serbian and Macedonian than any other Slavic language, so maybe there's a bias because of this). BTW, Bulgarian is harder to read for me than Serbian or Macedonian.
My native tongue is Romanian and I grew up on the border with Serbia - I used to speak Serbian near-fluently (but lost it after 2+ decades of not using it); I also know a little bit of Russian. This language seemed similar to Serbian to me.
Does anyone know of a similar artificial language to unify the Scandinavians? Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic are similar enough that it should be possible to create a language that could be passably understood by all speakers -- call it "skandiska"...?
A linguist would probably say that Scandinavia already has a common language, and that Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are mere dialects of the same Scandinavian language. They are considered different languages mainly for political and historical reasons, but since they are mutually intelligible (with the possible exception of drunk Danes) "Scandinavian" is really a single language from a linguistic perspective. Icela…
I could read that with no problems.
I'm surprised that Klingon wasn't considered sufficient - it has been around since 1979.
Generally speaking, a language where every phrase contains the connotation "I am barely refraining you from killing you where you stand", excepting the phrases that flat-out contain "I am killing you where you stand", are not the best languages for international human peace and brotherhood.
Co do języka, to nie mam wiele do powiedzenia /bo przecież kieliszek wódki i każdy się doskonale porozumie/, ale cieszy mnie niezmiernie, że mamy tu tylu słowian...
My biggest problem with understanding some Slavic languages (I'm a native Russian speaker) is the fact that I'm not sure how some of these consonants and vowels are pronounced. j, ż, ę, etc.
Blagodarim vam!