[Foundation-l] Simple Spanish?

[James Hare]

Indeed.

Also, the typical reasoning to allow dead language Wikipedias like Old
English and Latin is for using as learning tools. Surely Wikipedia Sencillo
can function the same way?

On 6/21/06, Johan Bos <skatinghacker at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree that Spanish is not too difficult, but it will take a lot of
> effort
> to learn sufficient Spanish to be able to read a Spanish article without
> using a dictionary. A "sencillo" article will be readable without a
> dictionary for anyone with a basic knowlegde of Spanish.
>
> Another advantage is that probable most Italian and Portugese people will
> be
> able to read "sencillo", without even knowing any Spanish.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Johan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Austin Hair" <adhair at gmail.com>
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Simple Spanish?
>
>
> > On 6/21/06, Johan Bos <skatinghacker at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Not as far as I know. I just meant articles in simple Spanish words.
> >> Readable for people who just understand for example 1500 words.
> >
> > English is the most widely spoken second language on the planet, the
> > lingua franca of international communication; it's also really hard.
> > The argument for the "simple English" editions is that with more
> > non-native speakers than native ones, a special effort should be made
> > to cater to those who haven't quite mastered this undoubtedly
> > difficult tongue.  While I don't agree, I do recognize the validity of
> > that point of view.
> >
> > While Spanish may have more native speakers, it doesn't enjoy the same
> > ubiquity, and its mostly regular syntax means it doesn't pose the same
> > difficulty to novices.  You seem to acknowledge the second point
> > yourself when you talk about "sencillo" as nothing more than a
> > limited-vocabulary edition of the Spanish Wikipedia.
> >
> > We're only just starting to recover from the damage done by the
> > infamous Enciclopedia Libre fork, and I can't see anyone supporting
> > any division of those efforts right now.
> >
> > Austin
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