Panglo
halo, globe! – Hello, world!
Welcome to learn about Panglo, the helping language for international interaction and friendship.
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What is Panglo?
Panglo is a simple language that helps people to talk with each other when they don't have any other language in common.
All words in Panglo are international. The basic words are similar to English and the rest come from other important languages, including French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi and Swahili.
Panglo is compatible with English on a basic level. So you can use Panglo already now everywhere in the world where English is understood to get a hotel room, to order a taxi, to buy souvenirs and to do many other things.
Panglo is regular and simple. Therefore it can be learned much easier and faster than English and other national languages. There aren't any grammatical exceptions or complex rules in Panglo. Panglo is so simple that its basic grammar can be described in only ten rules. Everybody can learn Panglo to a good level in a short period of time! Panglo would be an excellent choice for the global second language because it can improve the quality of international communication. It's better to speak good Panglo than bad English.
Learn it now!
Panglo is written in the Latin (and English!) alphabet:
A B C Ch D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S Sh T U V X Y Z
Only one letter is pronounced different than what is normal in English: c = ts as in cats. However, this letter is used rarely alone. It is normally part of the digraph ch, which is pronounced as in the English word church.
All vowels are pure vowels. They are pronounced as in are there three or two.
The spelling of Panglo is nearly phonetic. One sound = one letter.
The stress is on that syllable that is before the last consonant of the root word.
Prefixes and suffixes are either unstressed or they may carry a secondary stress.
méni hóm kán básh Englísh in Amérika.
– Many people can speak English in America.
Words stay always the same in Panglo. There aren't any special inflected forms for cases, tenses, moods, singular and plural etc.
The normal word order is subject–verb–object
so the doer comes first, then the action word and finally the object of the action.
mi love yu.
– I love you.
The word order is the same also in questions.
yu love hu?
– Who do you love?
yu love mi, he?
– Do you love me? (i.e. Do you love, eh?)
Singular and plural are indicated with number words.
buk
– one or more books
un buk
– (one) book
du buk
– two books
tri buk
– three books
meni buk
– many books
Comparison is done with helping words: mor – more; les – less; az – than; and sim – as, same, equally.
mi es mor gud az yu.
– I am better (more good) than you.
no, tu es sim gud az mi.
– No, you are as good as me.
hi bi tok mor rapid az yu.
– He or she talks faster (more fast) than you.
Time is expressed with auxiliary verbs:
did
– past events
vil
– future events
hav
– past events that are still relevant
bi
– ongoing events
de did lese mi's buk.
– They read my book.
vi hav lese meni buk.
– We have read many books.
mi bi lese un buk.
– I am reading one book.
yu vil tok Panglo.
– You will talk Panglo.
Sentence-final particles express why the sentence is said,
i.e. is the sentence, for example, a statement, a question or a command.
yu love kafe, he?
– You love coffee, eh? (question)
yu love kafe, ye.
– You love coffee, indeed. (statement)
yu love kafe, ne?
– You love coffee, or... (need for response)
Use it!
As you can see, it's easy for everyone to learn the basics of Panglo, and it's even easier for those who speak some English! It's also easy to start using the language immediately. So don't wait! Use it with your friends in everyday life or try it with strangers when you are traveling. It works!
At the moment you can speak Panglo in our bulletin board, Facebook group, and Reddit forum.
There aren't many speakers yet but if you think Panglo is a good idea, then others will think so too. So just start using Panglo now and let's make it together our common language!