Prago Manifesto (esperanto)

1. DEMOCRACY.

Any system of communication which confers lifelong privileges on some while requiring others to devote years of effort to achieving a lesser degree of competence is fundamentally antidemocratic. While Esperanto, like any language, is not perfect, it far outstrips other languages as a means of egalitarian communication on a world scale.
We maintain that language inequality gives rise to communicative inequality at all levels, including the international level. We are a movement for democratic communication.

2. GLOBAL EDUCATION.

All ethnic languages are bound to certain cultures and nations. For example, the child who learns English learns about the culture, geography and political systems of the English-speaking world, primarily the United States and the United Kingdom. The child who learns Esperanto learns about a world without borders, where every country is home.
We maintain that education in any language is bound to a certain view of the world. We are a movement for global education.

3. EFFECTIVE EDUCATION.

Only a small percentage of foreign-language students attain fluency in the target language. In Esperanto, fluency is attainable even through home study. Various studies have shown that Esperanto is useful as a preparation for learning other languages. It has also been recommended as a core element in courses in language awareness.
We maintain that the difficulties in learning ethnic languages will always be a barrier for many students who would benefit from knowing a second language. We are a movement for effective language learning.

4. MULTILINGUALISM.

The Esperanto community is almost unique as a worldwide community whose members are universally bilingual or multilingual. Every member of the community has made the effort to learn at least one foreign language to a communicative level. In many cases this leads to a love and knowledge of several languages and to broader personal horizons in general.
We maintain that the speakers of all languages, large and small, should have a real chance of learning a second language to a high communicative level. We are a movement for providing that opportunity to all.

5. LANGUAGE RIGHTS.

The unequal distribution of power between languages is a recipe for permanent language insecurity, or outright language oppression, for a large part of the world's population. In the Esperanto community the speakers of languages large and small, official and unofficial meet on equal terms through a mutual willingness to compromise. This balance of language rights and responsibilities provides a benchmark for developing and judging other solutions to language inequality and conflict.
We maintain that the wide variations in power among languages undermine the guarantees, expressed in many international instruments, of equal treatment regardless of language. We are a movement for language rights.

6. LANGUAGE DIVERSITY.

National governments tend to treat the great diversity of languages in the world as a barrier to communication and development. In the Esperanto community, however, language diversity is experienced as a constant and indispensable source of enrichment. Consequently every language, like every biological species, is inherently valuable and worthy of protection and support.
We maintain that communication and development policies which are not based on respect and support for all languages amount to a death sentence for the majority of languages in the world. We are a movement for language diversity.

7. HUMAN EMANCIPATION.

Every language both liberates and imprisons its users, giving them the ability to communicate among themselves but barring them from communication with others. Designed as a universally accessible means of communication, Esperanto is one of the great functional projects for the emancipation of humankind Ñ one which aims to let every individual citizen participate fully in the human community, securely rooted in their local cultural and language identity yet not limited by it.
We maintain that exclusive reliance on national languages inevitable puts up barriers to the freedoms of expression, communication and association. We are a movement for human emancipation.

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• emancipation

[anglaismoyen]

you're a very angry individual and, while i respect your freedom of speech and that you have a right to want me dead for no reason, i suggest you take anger management and counselling. did your daddy abuse you? well, we'll leave your therapist to decide. good luck in your future of swearing at people over the internet, and pray you don't see me in real life.

[anglaismoyen]

i'm going to stop replying you after this because i think you get some kind of sick thrill from it, but i think it's you who is being the 'internet tough guy'. you know, cursing at a LANGUAGE, talking about burning me, and calling my mother (which is a pathetic thing to do, seeing as you don't know her). but seriously, counselling.

[danie1murphy]

Excellent. Sorry you have to deal with the trolls.

[antoruiz05]

amas mian novan ŝatokupon lernanta esperanto

[powerdriller10]

@dannyboy860

"Esperanto eats ass" is said "Esperanto mangxas pugon"

But, Why don´t you, DannyBoy, flex yourself backwards and chew your own ass and shit ??!!

Kial, vi danielo-knabo, ne flexi retroirante gxis vi povas macxi vian pugon kaj merdon ??!!

[powerdriller10]

@dannyboy860

"Fuck Esperanto" is said "FIKU ESPERANTON", or more idiomatically " Esperanto fi ! "

But, why DO NOT  better FUCK YOURSELF, DANYBOY ?! FIKU VIN MEM DANIELO-KNABO!!

[PatrickNiedzielski]

@polemeros, A little study will see that Esperanto is not as European as it may seem on the surface. Look up statative verbs, adverbs of location, and La Tabulo de Korelativoj. Definitely not European features, and they are important fixtures in our grammar.

[polemeros]

And since Mr Stankbad is so sensitive to inequality and privilege, has it escaped his notice that Esperanto is a European language in both grammar and vocabulary and script, thus "privileging" Westerners! Shame! Honta!

[polemeros]

Wow. A new reason to whine about reality. Having natural languages become dominant as means of communication is a form of anti-democratic privilege and inequality and oppression! Utopian nutjobs. Nutjoboij utopiaj!!! LOL.

[Joyride37]

Sounds reminiscent of Italian to me. Why are people saying it's ugly? It's not extremely beautiful, but it's pleasant and rhythmic.

Hasn't anyone ever heard what English used to sound like? Like a bunch of dogs growling (it's softened up over the centuries, but look up Old and Middle English and you'll see what I'm talking about).

[sirach]

Vivu Esperanton! Sed mi ne kredas en demokatio, krom spirita socialismo, kie Dio estas la ĉefpersono. :D

[dannyboy860]

PLEASE..... Someone tell me how to say " FUCK ESPERANTO" in esperanto !!!