Talk:Novial

Deletion of older modules
Deletion policy allows the speedy deletion of:


 * "A page that has been nominated for deletion due to a general reorganization of the Wikibook by the contributors. In this situation, please note the location of the relevant discussion that occured regarding the page cleanup."

Recently Nov ialiste, the main contributor, reorganised this book and listed some modules for deletion on the front Novial page. There was some discussion at User talk:Kernigh. Thus I proceed to delete the nominated modules. --Kernigh 16:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.Novialiste 13:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

pdf?
This is an excellent Wikibook and I'd like to thank Novialiste for taking the time and effort to further this fascinating language. When will you be doing a pdf version? And when will you finish the translation of AIL? Delano 03:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The translation of AIL will proceed little by little. I didn't think of making a pdf but I will look into it. Thanks for your encouragement. Novialiste 17:15, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Novial clubs and information?
I know that Novial is an easier, cleaner and more international language design than Esperanto or even Ido, and I would love to see it succeed and develop a community of millions of speakers. However, it seems like the Novial community is vanishingly small. Nov_ialiste, are you around? What other Novial resources can you point me to?

By the way, I would like to comment that this book is too brief for its own good, and it is written in a fairly confusing way. The book seems abbreviated excessively,


 * Using phrases like "D F R" instead "German/French/Russian" or at least standard language codes like DE/FR/RU
 * Failing to quote words or otherwise separate them from the sentences that discuss them, e.g. <> instead of <<'Besono' is from FR 'besoin', not from 'besogne'>>.
 * Failing to provide translations for many/most Novial phrases: <>
 * Showing equivalence by mere juxtaposition, <> instead of, say, <>

Also, I can't believe Mr. Jesperson doesn't bother to introduce any of the crucial words in Novial such as 'li', 'e', 'es', 'in', etc., before using them. In addition, he seems to assume we are all familiar with multiple European languages, so he thinks there are some points he does not need to explain. Finally, his English is very complex and of an archaic style, so non-native English speakers may have difficulty with it. It seems to me this book could use a revised edition written more clearly and less compactly. ...sigh... Maybe a third translation is in order, English-to-English with simpler phrasing and some clarifying notes added. --Qwertie (talk) 00:39, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Tutorial group not attended (?)
PokestarFan: I don't doubt that your wording is linguistically better, as I'm not a native English speaker, but I'm not sure whether the current is correct. The user engage/invested in this Wikibook hasn't made an edit (under his/her regular account, Nov_ialiste, on novwp) since 2010, and the number of people knowing Novial well, could be around say 20 in total in the world, perhaps. Therefore, it's very possible that it's rather a matter of years than of days before one could expect an answer, and in this way I think your wording is misleading. Regards, 786r (discuss • contribs) 17:24, 20 August 2017 (UTC)