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		dragonwriter on July 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Esperanto as an Asian language The second is not a value of the language, it is a measure of the cost to realize the communication value.

D-Coder on July 27, 2017 [–]

Cost is part of the value. If I can't afford a BMW, it has no value to me. If I will never become fluent in a language, it has no value to me (at least in some senses).

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