Esperanto is a language. It is neutral because it doesn't belong to any single group of people or country. It is international and mainly useful for communication among people from several countrie...
Esperanto is a language. It is neutral because it doesn't belong to any single group of people or country. It is international and mainly useful for communication among people from several countries. It is egalitarian and easier to learn than national languages. It evolves and flourishes just like other languages, and can be used to express every aspect of human thought and feeling. It is relatively young, pioneered by Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhof in 1887. A unique, rich and living language it is highly esteemed by many people throughout the world. Esperanto is still not very well known, so this is the reason for this film.
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@HailCthulhu I think their point is that Espéranto is the most centralized language in Europe. I'd imagine that having a knowledge of Espéranto would make it easier to understand other languages while traveling around Europe.
That kind of falls short of international, doesn't it? I don't know what definition of "centralized" you're using, but it remains there are a magnitude of lingua francas already available and already spoken in greater numbers. Yet another one is not needed.
It remains not being the magically "easiest" language, and it remains an oxymoron which Esperanto can't even aspire to be thanks to it's Eastern European heritage.
I just started learning Esperanto and so far it's really fun. It's EASY, too! One lesson and I already know how to make present, past and future verbs. Oh, at around :50 the word for Hebrew is written backwards!
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Politically neutral AND international is an oxymoron.
There is nothing to be said about being able to use it while traveling that hasn't already been outdone by any number of languages.
I think their point is that Espéranto is the most centralized language in Europe. I'd imagine that having a knowledge of Espéranto would make it easier to understand other languages while traveling around Europe.
I don't know what definition of "centralized" you're using, but it remains there are a magnitude of lingua francas already available and already spoken in greater numbers. Yet another one is not needed.
It remains not being the magically "easiest" language, and it remains an oxymoron which Esperanto can't even aspire to be thanks to it's Eastern European heritage.