Esperanto...what a thing...?

Question

It was supposed to be a universal languaje (for humans!!) but, does anyone speak or teach it??

I'm making fun of it...i want to know

Answer 1

Mi parolas la internacian lingvon!

Esperanto is a language, but not of any country or ethnic group: it is a neutral, international language.

"it has enjoyed continuous usage by a community estimated at between 100,000 and 2 million speakers."
According to Ethnologue.com, there are "200–2000 who speak Esperanto as a first language."

"Esperanto is considerably easier to learn than national languages, since its design is far simpler and more regular. Also, unlike national languages, Esperanto allows communication on an equal footing between people, with neither having the usual cultural advantage favouring a native speaker.

Esperanto's purpose is not to replace any other language, but to supplement them: Esperanto would be used as a neutral language when speaking with someone who doesn't know one's own language. The use of Esperanto would also protect minority languages, which would have a better chance of survival than in a world dominated by a few powerful languages."

"Several research studies demonstrate that studying Esperanto before another foreign language speeds and improves learning the other language."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaedeutic_value_of_Esperanto


Some links:

Info:
http://www.2-2.se
http://www.esperanto.net/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/esperanto
http://claudepiron.free.fr/articles.htm

Courses:
http://www.lernu.net
http://www.cursodeesperanto.com.br/
http://pacujo.net/esperanto/course/
http://www.institutoesperanto.com.ar/

Quotes:
http://www.amuzulo.net/quotes.html

Wikipedia in esperanto:
http://eo.wikipedia.org

News in esperanto:
http://raporto.info/
http://es.chinabroadcast.cn/gj/
http://www.liberafolio.org/
http://gxangalo.com/

How To Talk Dirty In Esperanto:
http://mindprod.com/esperanto/dirty.html :-P

Answer 2

Hi,

I'm speaking Esperanto quite good. The language just "failed" because no one took it seriously *from the beginning on*. For example, in Hungary there are many people speaking Esperanto, because there it can be taught in schools.

Esperanto is a very good idea, and it can become the world's no. one language, if there are just little efforts made, such as the ability to learn it in schools.

But remind: Esperanto has a future. It is growing. Really.

Hope that's a good answer.

Answer 3

Its a project that pretty much failed. it looks like almost no one is willing to speak this language. Only a few people know it.
You can take courses thanks to internet:
http://fr.lernu.net/
http://esperanto.org/angle/kiel.html

Hope it helps,
Bye