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2006-06-30 15:33:59 · 12 answers · asked by tomtom 2 in Society & Culture Languages

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Esperanto. It was an "artificial language" intended to become the next universal language. Unfortunately, it never really caught on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

2006-06-30 15:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by answerator 5 · 1 2

No.. but there is one called Esperanto.

Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international language. The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published the Unua Libro in 1887. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding.

Although no country has adopted the language officially, it has enjoyed continuous usage by a community estimated at between 100,000 and 2 million speakers and it is estimated that there are about a thousand native speakers.

Today, Esperanto is employed in world travel, correspondence, cultural exchange, conventions, literature, language instruction, television (Internacia Televido) and radio broadcasting. Some state education systems offer elective courses in Esperanto; there is evidence that learning Esperanto is a useful preparation for later language learning.

2006-06-30 22:37:41 · answer #2 · answered by Kiri 4 · 1 0

yes but it was called esperanto and was primarily made up of russian polish german and french languages and was developed in the 1870s by a man called L. L. Zamenhof The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published the language. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding.
Although no country has adopted the language officially, it has enjoyed continuous usage by a community estimated at between 100,000 and 2 million speakers and it is estimated that there are about a thousand native speakers.

2006-06-30 22:46:21 · answer #3 · answered by Gar 7 · 1 0

There is an *artificial* language called Esperanto. It never caught on much, but there are still some people who speak it. It was created under the mistaken impression that a universal language would bring the world closer together. In fact, if there ever *were* a world language, it would almost immediately branch off into separate dialects that wouldn't be mutually intelligible...

2006-07-02 07:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Yes, it was actually called Esperanto, and was supposed to be a new global language. I think it was constructed during the first half of the 20th century but became realy popular during those idealistic days of the "Common Market" that kinda peaked in the early 70's. They wanted to teach it to kids at school so that we would all eventually be able to communicate easily. It was a good idea in principle, but never really took off. I've not heard of it for a good many years now, obviously went down the pan!

2006-06-30 22:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by pinkmagic 1 · 0 1

Esperanto, its a mixture of several language it man made, there in no country named esperanto

2006-06-30 22:37:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Esparanto I think it is (was). It was made up of 7 different languages I think. I think my dad once had a dictionary of that language.

2006-06-30 22:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by agropelter 3 · 0 1

Yes i believe its called Esperanto.It was/is intended as a universally accepted/understandable language.Im not sure how widely it is spoken,if at all these days.

2006-06-30 22:44:06 · answer #8 · answered by terry 2 · 0 1

ha totally!! bill shatner was in that movie!!!

2006-07-01 00:14:26 · answer #9 · answered by tobykeogh 3 · 0 1

ask bill shatner

2006-06-30 22:56:00 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0 1

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