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-We propose that the world would be better off with ~ 15 Universal Languages.
+We propose that the world would be better off with ~ 15 Universal Languages (UL).  A UL is an International Auxiliary Language (IAL) with a seatbelt.  Rather than attempting one IAL for all people, we propose that each UL be suited to the culture and language of a region of the world, respecting naturally arisen boundaries and divisions.
 == Justification ==
-In the future, regional unity and pride will be seen as desirable, in order not to lose indigenous cultures and languages.  Esperanto is a fine idea, but it scrubs through many of the important differences of regions and cultures.  A slightly finer grain of distinction yields approximately 15 world languages, as seen below.  Within each zone, the Universal Language is taught and mandatory, but no one group or culture claims it as there own.  Each Universal Language is a kind of abstraction, an easy to learn language for everyone in the zone, but an artificial creation unlike natural languages.  It is a kind of neutral meeting ground, a no-man's land.  Nevertheless, for outsiders, learning a Universal Language is a gateway into grammar and vocabulary for each zone.
+In the future, regional unity and pride will be seen as desirable.  This will be in contradistinction to the 18th through 20th century approaches of Nationalism, which made endless wars and suppressed regionalisms, cultures and language.  Esperanto was a fine idea, but it scrubbed across many of the important differences, even just whither broader Europe.  The quasi-sprachbund of Standard Average European does not extend to most Slavic nations, so one language to rule them all must be an over-simplification.   A slightly finer grain of distinctions yields approximately 15 world languages, as seen below.  Within each zone, the UL is taught and mandatory, but no one group or culture claims it as their own.  Each UL is a kind of abstraction, an easy to learn language for everyone in the zone, but an artificial golem, unlike natural languages.  It is a kind of neutral meeting ground, a no-man's land.  Nevertheless, for outsiders, learning a UL is a gateway into grammar and vocabulary for each zone.  For insiders, it bridges the gap of "there is no I hate more than the person who is close to me, but still so distant".
-While implementation will take time, there can be several phases to helping promote region cooperation and ''esprit de corps''.  1) the language is taught in school electively.  Concordantly, "World English" and other attempts to make individual, natural languages which belong to a particular people group become the ''lingua franca'' of any region must stop.  2) Ph.D's and scientific journals must be written in a Universal Language.  Parallel versions in the regional language and the Universal Language are published side by side.  3) Public education and progressively public signage are written in the Universal Language.  Nothing local or indigenous is ever replaced, but anything with international reach or goals must be communicated in a Universal Language.  4) Finally, the unique writing system of each region (where it isn't already being deployed) is introduced, replacing the reign of Latin or other writing systems.
+While implementation will take time, there can be several phases to helping promote region cooperation and ''esprit de corps''.  1) the language is taught in school electively.  Concordantly, "World English" and other attempts to make individual, national languages a ''lingua franca'' must stop.  2) Ph.D's and scientific journals must be written in a UL.  Parallel versions in the regional language and the UL are published side by side.  3) Public education and progressively public signage are written in the UL.  Nothing local or indigenous is ever replaced, but anything with international reach or goals must be communicated in a UL.  4) Finally, the unique writing system of each region (where it isn't already being deployed) is introduced, replacing the reign of Latin or other non-indigenous writing systems.
 == Map ==
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-The effects of European colonization as evident as [[Intralingua]] (Romance, in blue) and [[Folksprak]] (Germanic, in red) are spread across the globe.  The dark green of [[Interslavic]] sprawls across into Asia, but, of course, the population is actually quite thin.  The bright green of [[Jalpi]] (Turkic) interweaves through Central Asia, as does the dark green-grey of [[Samboka]] (Finno-Ugric).  Returning to Europe, we see the [[Balkan]] sprachbund has its own language, as does the disputed region of the Caucasus, i.e. [[User:Aquatiki/Caucas|Caucas]].
+The effects of European colonization as evident as [[Intralingua]] (Romance, in blue) and [[Folksprak]] (Germanic, in red) are spread across the globe.  The dark green of [[Interslavic]] sprawls across Eastern Europe into Asia, but, of course, the population is actually quite thin.  The bright green of [[Jalpi]] (Turkic) interweaves through Central Asia, as does the dark green-grey of [[Samboka]] (Finno-Ugric).  Returning to Europe, we see the [[Balkan]] sprachbund has its own language, as does the disputed region of the Caucasus, i.e. [[User:Aquatiki/Caucas|Caucas]].
 Moving towards India, we see the former Persian Empire, in the form of [[User:Aquatiki/Zens|Zens]].  Perhaps a greater degree of unity would be possible in the future, but for now, we divide the Indian sub-continent into [[User:Aquatiki/Neo-Sanskrit|Neo-Sanskrit]] and [[User:Aquatiki/Dravindian|Dravindian]].  Continuing east, we see that Maritime Southeast Asia, and [[User:Aquatiki/MSEAL|Mainland Southeast Asia]] each have their own language, as does the Sinosphere ([[Dan'a'yo|CJKV]]).
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 | [[w:Sinosphere|Sinosphere]]
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-| Take the phonology of Old Korean, a writing-system of Japanese, and the syntax of Middle Chinese, and you've got a simplified, logical language equally comprehensible to all the relevant parties.
+| Take the phonology of Middle Korean, the writing-system of Japanese kanji, and the syntax of Middle Chinese, and there is a simplified, logical language equally comprehensible to all of the relevant parties.
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 ! [[User:Aquatiki/Neo-Sanskrit|Neo-Sanskrit]]
 | [[w:Hindi Belt|Hindi Belt]]
 | 1400
-| Harkening back to the good 'ol day, we have created language understandable to any Indo-Aryan speaker. It will be written in a script from which hundreds are descended today.
+| Hearkening back to the good 'ol days, we have created language understandable to any Indo-Aryan speaker. It will be written in a script from which hundreds are descended today.
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 ! [[Intralingua]]