Some people think that we should invent a new language for international communication. Do the benefits of this outweigh the problems?
There are so many languages around the world, thereby discouraging people from different regions or cultures from communicating with each other. To overcome this obstacle, some people propose inventing a new language that will be used as an “international language” among people from different areas. Although this proposal seems reasonable, I personally see more disadvantages than advantages of
inventing a new language.
First of all, a new language would not be accepted by many people because it would be artificial and not based on any culture. In addition, people would have to spend time to learn the grammar and the words of the new language.
Secondly, promoting a new language requires financial support and a lot of time. For instance, in some countries such as China and India, there are many languages because it is financially unrealistic to teach everyone in poor areas one language. Although this might finally be achieved, it will take as long as a hundred years or more.
Another reason against having a new language is that it is bound to be divided into dialects, so the whole purpose of having one language would be lost. For instance, in Punjab, a small state of India, the mother tongue, Punjabi, has two dialects that are quite different. So it would be unrealistic to expect one language without different dialects in the whole world.
Finally, we all know that variety is the spice of life, and language is related to culture. So, if we had one language spoken in the world, it would be a dreary and dismal place to live.
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To sum up, although there would be benefits such as easy trade and travel, inventing a new language for international communication is not a good idea because of the various reasons given above. In my opinion, inventing a new language is a waste of time and money because its advantages cannot outweigh its disadvantages.