Esperanto is a language with many traits

Esperanto is a language. It is neutral, because it belongs to no single people or country. It is international and most useful for communication between people from many countries. It is equal and relatively easy to learn. It is living and evolving just like any other language and with it you can express all aspects of human thought and feelings. It's relatively young, as it was initiated by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof in 1887. It's unique, rich and a fully functional language much enjoyed by many people!

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• esperanto
• international
• language
• communication
• education

[bluedresscasting]

Is there a version of this with decent audio? Very hard to make out what the narrator is saying.

[Oleg326756]

@bluedresscasting Yes, there's a new, better version with a code Hsb4Jf8f4BI

Or just search for "esperanto estas" here on YouTube

[rinntin]

@Eikinkloster - You're wrong - I'm not bitter in the least! I have no delusions that Esperanto is likely to become the international language. I don't care. I use Esperanto and enjoy doing so. I love to travel and though I speak English, Italian, Finnish and some German, I don't have the time to learn Japanese or Korean so I check into those countries with Esperanto and have a ball!

[donieking]

no problem. as long as it's easy to learn and no country own it, it's fair enough to be an international language.

english is way too difficult

[ThupHu325]

Th.up.Hu. !

[ttthttpd]

Simple + Sophisticated = Elegant

[Gofzamen]

@nahcey It is not true. Truly, Esperanto has the western body (vocabulary) and the Eastern Soul (structure - morphology). It serves, therefore, to a neutral communication and more equitable than that we're having.

[craigistheman101]

@nahcey while esperanto is designed in a way that people with a native language that is latin based find it easier to learn i do not think it is needed to have a new language designed. esperanto is a beautiful language and i cant wait to start learning it. the majority of languages with a large speaking population is latin based or have strong influences from it like english, french, spanish, italian, etc. esperato is able to reach as many people as possible people in china seem to like it also

[trebor650]

Esperanto exists thanks to the Polish Jew, so sorry that they do not teach it all over the world.

[nahcey]

MAJOR CRITICISM: Esperanto asserts its neutrailty with all the languages in the world and yet it is based on European Languages.

The concept of a universal language like esperanto is a very good step for our future but we need to develop a totally new language instead of basing it on languages that are already here, as it conjures up unfairness to other languages that aren't involved!!!

[rinntin]

@whiteipod2000@whiteipod2000 Actually, Esperanto is more popular in Japan and China than it is in many European countries. Although you are correct in stating that its vocabulary comes primarily from European languages (Latin & German) the grammar and syntax are very flexible and it has many agglutinative traits similar to Turkish, Hungarian and Finnish. This flexibility extends itself to include grammatical similarities with Asian languages like Chinese or Japanese.

[whiteipod2000]

@rinntin Not really, Esperanto is mostly used in European countries and N. and S. America. Countries in Asia and Africa will have a harder time learning this because its to European, the way it is is very much based on Romance languages. A person who speaks Spanish or English can grasp this faster than a person who speaks Arabic or Mandarin.

[callowaymotorcompany]

this would only work in countries with european languages. fail imo

[AndreCorona]

I find it hard to believe that this is a neutral language when the roots of the words are undeniably European in origin. How is that fair to the Asian language speakers?