As far as I know, when Esperanto was formed, it was intended to be an international language, yet I've never met anyone who can speak it. Also, which languages were thrown into Esperanto and does it use an Indo-European or Slavonic grammar?
2006-07-04 02:28:36 · 5 answers · asked by Hrodulf 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's a self defeating concept really.. for Esperanto to work, everyone would have to learn a new language - Esperanto. Rather than that, why can 't we get the same everyone (minus the ones who already speak it) to learn an existing language like English? Make that the universal language. Or since Chinese (though I'm not sure which dialect) is the language spoken by the most number of people, why not Chinese?
Why go and invent a new language that everyone would have difficulty learning? Duh..
2006-07-04 02:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by k² 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
esperanto was developed by ll zamenhof and shows clear indications of a central european origin (including its basically agglutinative particle grammar) though a large part of its core vocabulary is clearly latin in origin.
it seems to have reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s, and to have been in a steady but genteel decline since then.
ne estu maltrankvile. vivas esperanto.
2006-07-04 09:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by synopsis 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No I can't speak it and I don't ever think it will ever become the international language.
2006-07-04 09:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Сеня 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Esperanto was basically dead on arrival.
2006-07-04 20:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
well ive never heard of it but then again i dont know where u r
2006-07-04 09:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by www.snoozey 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋