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The aims of Gilo are quite simple – to provide a language that is simple to use and learn, that is unambiguous in use and, by basing the vocabulary and format as much as possible on English, providing a language is most familiar to the maximum number of people.
At present the only language that fills an international role is English. The English language, although easier to learn than some others, is still complicated and illogical. To speak English well takes a very long time. A universal second language that is very similar to English but which is quicker and simpler to learn would be of benefit to all who need to learn a second language.
No auxiliary language can really be started on a clean sheet of paper. There are already too many international conventions that are so well established that it would be impossibly disruptive to change them (e.g. a decimal number system written in descending figures from left to right, a Latin based genus naming system for animals and plants etc, both of which are retained in Gilo).
However, there are other aspects, such as the use of a new alphabet, that would rapidly repay the investment of time needed to learn it by elimination of the confusion resulting from the multiple sounds possible for conventional Roman letters. An optional alphabet has been produced for Gilo. See Gilo Alphabet for further details. .
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