imformation about esperanto's language?

Answer 1

You can get some info about Esperanto here:

http://esperanto-usa.org/?q=node/55

Here's a link to a free online Esperanto course:

http://pacujo.net/esperanto/course/

Answer 2

The International Language of Doktoro Esperanto (the original name of the language), was created over 100 years ago by a young man in what is today northern Poland. He began working on the language when he was in (what we would call) High School. He finished his development of the language and published his first book (in Russian) after he completed Medical School.

No one knows for sure how many people in the world today speak Esperanto, but the best guess is about two million people.

I've learned Esperanto, Spanish, and German in addition to my native English, but I use Esperanto more than my 3rd and 4th languages, but I'm also more fluent in it. Esperanto may not be spoken by everyone in any country in the world, but it is spoken by someone in just about every country on earth.

If you want to know more about Esperanto, try this Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

Answer 3

Of the multitude of international languages, few have had the impact that Esperanto has.
Esperanto is the strongest contender as the primary international auxiliary language. In numerous studies conducted over the last century, it has been demonstrated that first mastering Esperanto can lessen significantly the amount of instruction required for a third or forth language, because it clearly demonstrated linguistic theory that is useful in understanding languages. The link below provides details on this phenomena.
The only real benefit that Esperanto has over the other tongues is its ease of absorption, and its clear demonstration of linguistic principles.

I frequently make this next statement, and I live by it.

"If you can't learn Esperanto, you can't learn any language."

At the very least, if you learn Esperanto, which by the way can lead to the enjoyment of meeting new friends and traveling to new places, you'll at least have that under your belt regardless of how far you decide to take any other languages.
It's not uncommon for a student of Esperanto to become fluent inside of a month, maybe less, if you've the desire.

The most depressing aspect of dealing with Esperanto is the constant unsupported claims that it has no value. As with anything else, it's use is dependant on how you decide to use it. With over 2,000,000 speakers in the world, there aren't too many places where you won't find it, you just need to look. The internet is the best place to start. The sites below are the best intitial places to investigate the language and it's history. (Yes, it has a history (119 years) and a culture.)

Where Esperanto stands to make its biggest success is in international communications, primarily at the UN and EU, where each respectively spends in excess of $500 million USD annually on translation services alone.

The only detriment to date of achieving working language status in the UN has come from the French in the 30's and the American's in the 50's who each in turn objected to Esperanto because it would have kept those nations from enjoying the bennefits of having it's language as the primary world tongue.
The possibility of an even handed approach to international relations has never been viewed as a benefit of the party that holds the advantage.

The World Esperanto Association (in Esperanto UEA: Universala Esperanto-Asocio) is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with members in 119 countries (as of 2000) and in official relations with the United Nations and UNESCO. In addition to individual members, 95 national Esperanto organizations are affiliated to UEA.

Research and make your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

Answer 4

www.Lernu.net has a whole section dedicated to just about every english language esperanto course on the web and a description of each. I highly recommend it.

Answer 5

What do you want to know? It's language invented in the 19th century, designed to be easy to learn, wiht no irregular verbs or other complications, and made up of words from a mix of Slavic, Latin and Germanic languages.

It was quite popular at a time, as it was part of an internationalist, anti-war movement, especially after the first world war, but it never really caught on among English-speakers.

Other attempts to create languages that are even simpler on terms of grammar and pronunciation have also been made, I think one was called Interlingua.

Esperanto is still alive and kicking in spite of the monoglot English-speakers (Angloglots?)

Answer 6

esperanto was invented by the polish guy