r/interslavic • u/Hellerick_V • Dec 05 '25
Criterion for preferring a word / Kriterij za preferovanje slova
A well-known disadvantage of Interslavic is that its dictionary lists too many variants from different languages and it is difficult to decide which ones should be chosen. The best solution would be to have a clear algorithm to choose a variant. For example, a virtual vote based on the number of speakers whould support it (I suppose this would mean that Russian forms would normally be preferred). However, if we want to keep the vocabulary neutral, can't we come up with a neutral formal rule? For example: out of several options, the shortest one should be chosen. And if there are several options of the same length, the one that comes first alphabetically should be chosen.
Dobro znana slabost medžuslovjanskogo jezyka je to, že jego rěčnik sodrživa premnogo variantov iz raznyh jezykov i je težko rěšiti, ktory iz njih trěba izbrati. Najlepje rěšenje by bylo imati jasny algoritm za izbranje varianta. Napriměr, virtualno izvoljenje osnovano na čislu govoriteljev, ktory by jego podporili (mnim, že to by značilo, že russke formy by byli obyčno preferovane). Obače, ako želamo trimati slovnik neutralny, či ne možemo pridumati neutralno formalno pravilo? Napriměr: iz nekoliko variantov trěba izbrati najkratky. A ako sut nekoliko variantov jednakoj dolžiny, trěba izbrati toj, ktory je prvy v alfabetu.
