2006-11-10 22:21:00 · 12 answers · asked by Zulufel 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Some links for you
Info:
http://www.2-2.se
http://www.esperanto.net/
http://en.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
Esperanto in Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/esperantujo
http://www.flickr.com/groups/esperantajx
Videos in Esperanto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igsp28ngv
http://farbskatol.net/
Music in Esperanto!
http://webjay.org/by/Fajro
http://www.vinilkosmo.com
Radios & Podkasts:
http://radioarkivo.org
http://www.radioverda.com/
http://chitienun.zervic.com/
http://esperan.to/podkasto/
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
A good start page:
http://www.startu.net
2006-11-11 19:24:27 · answer #1 · answered by Fajro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Esperanto is a language, but not of any country or ethnic group: it is a neutral, international language.
Origins
The basic rules and words of Esperanto were proposed by L. L. Zamenhof at the end of the 19th century. Within a few years, people started learning it and formed a worldwide community. Since then, Esperanto has been in use (and freely evolving) just like any other language.
Characteristics
Esperanto has a very regular structure. Words are often made from many other roots, and in this way the number of words which one must memorise is made much smaller. The language is phonetic, and the rules of pronunciation are very simple, so that everyone knows how to pronounce a written worde and vice-versa. All this make the learning of the language relatively easy.
Most Esperanto roots are similar to words from Romance, Germanic or Slavic languages. However, Esperanto is not merely a "pot-pourri" of those languages, but a true and independent language in itself - structurally more similar, furthermore, to non-European languages than to European ones.
Using Esperanto
Esperanto is most useful for neutral communication. That means that communication through Esperanto does not give advantages to the members of any particular people or culture, but provides an ethos of equality of rights, tolerance and true internationalism. This can be seen in many diverse situations: international meetings, books, magazines, music, the Internet of course, and often also in private and family life.
Young people can have very meaningful experiences through Esperanto: being hosted free of charge in the homes of people in other countries and making contact with their culture without barriers; enjoying international festivals and training at interesting seminars; becoming acquainted with and learning more foreign languages; and becoming active and taking an interest in TEJO, as the case should arise.
2006-11-11 15:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Esperanto is the leader among several constructed languages developed in Europe during the latter half of the 19th century. There are many opinions about its usefulness.
Unlike most of the languages developed during this time, Esperanto is not a regularized national language. For example, Volapuk is a regularized German, Interlingua is a regularized Latin. Esperanto on the other hand is mainly based on Latin (about 60%) but also drew heavily on other European languages taking about 25% from Germanic languages (German, Dutch, English) about 10% from Slavic languages (Polish, Russian) and the remaining 5% from other languages (Yidish, Greek).
Many people will tell you that nobody speaks Esperanto, therefore it is useless to learn, but I have found the opposite to be true. Being an English speaking North American, I made it to 40 years old knowing only one language. I began learning Esperanto as an experiment to see if I could possibly learn a foreign language. Since then, I've learned Spanish, and German, and studied Polish and Mandarin Chinese. Even though I had no plans to actually use
Esperanto, I became enthralled with the world-wide culture of Esperanto and it is now my favorite of all the languages. It is beautiful in it's simplicity, and it's elegance. It is an extremely poetic and lyrical language. Literature, music, poetry all exist in both translated and original works in Esperanto.
And it is indeed much easier to learn than any "natural" language. I reached a proficiency in about 2 months (studying from a book during my lunch hours at work) that I was able to write simple but meaningful e-mails in the language. Within 2 years I was fluent and reading novels in it. I've studied Spanish and German much longer and have not reached the same level of fluency in either of them.
2006-11-11 08:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Esperanto is an neutral, logical, international language that is now enjoying a renassaince, thanks in part to the Internet and to the trend toward globalized societies. Its time has finally come.
No longer the hobby of a few enthusiasts with a passion for languages, Esperanto has proven to be a valuable tool in many fields, including science and technology.
As a professional translator, I use Esperanto as a bridge between unusual language pairs.
I am also the (paid) coordinator of an Esperanto Kids Club in California. Kids love its logical structure!
As you can see, my small time investment to learn it last year is paying handsome dividends. Plus, I have friends around the world who are as welcome in my home as I am in theirs!
Amike Via,
Mar Kardenas
www.grupoamikema.org
2006-11-13 14:55:21 · answer #4 · answered by grupoamikema 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Esperanto, artificial language created by Polish oculist (eye doctor) Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof. The language was named after Zamenhof’s pseudonym, Esperanto, meaning "one who hopes," and it was originally published in 1887. Many people became aware of Esperanto toward the beginning of the 20th century, and it has become a synonym for “artificial international language” (see International Language). A considerable amount of literature has been written in Esperanto, mostly translated fiction.
2006-11-11 06:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by Scabius Fretful 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Esperanto is a planned, invented language which has a simple, straightforward structure and essentially no irregularities. It is therefore much easier to learn than natural languages. The goal of Esperantists is that everyone in the world will continue to speak their native language and learn Esperanto in order to communicate with anyone outside of their own language community. Nobody speaks it naturally. It was invented by Dr Ludiviko Zamenhof, who first published the results of his studies in building up this international (but utterly artificial) language in 1887.
2006-11-11 11:14:17 · answer #6 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Esperanto is the official language of the country in which I was born)
2006-11-11 13:58:39 · answer #7 · answered by .:Nellie:. 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Was supposed to be THE international language, and the inventors tried to invent a language that was easy to learn, no silly grammatical rules, so that everyone in the world would be able to speak it. It is still a minority language.
2006-11-11 07:08:21 · answer #8 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An artificial language, created with the idea that it could become a universal means of communication. More info here:
http://esperanto.net/info/index_en.html
2006-11-11 06:26:41 · answer #9 · answered by mad 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A made-up language that everyone in the world was supposed to be able to learn so we had a universal language but it never really took off.
2006-11-11 10:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by Dotty 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋