Will the United States eventually have a language like Esperanto?

Question

you know, Esperanto(?) was supposed to replace all those European languages long time ago- will that happen eventually in America?

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Answer 1

You said that Esperanto was supposed to replace ethnic languages. The opposite is true. Esperanto is meant to be a bridge between people with different native languages, in other words, a second language.
It is believed that Esperanto is the native language of about 1,000 people whose parents were both Esperantists.

Answer 2

I think so. English will remain the language of industry and finance, basically the language of a privileged elite in most parts of the world. This is because it takes about 10 years of study for several hours a day to master English and at least 3 of those years should be spent living in an English speaking country, Nations that speak a Germanic lamguage can learn English more easily than others and programs for teaching it in schools are successful but this seldom happens elsewhere and the time and means for genuinely mastering English are rarely possible for most people. To compensate a crude pidgin called "Globish" is developing but it is woefully inadequate as an international language and could end up contaminating Standard English if it becomes widespread. There are also multiple standards for English and this is unlikely to change or do you think you can convince the British to take up American English? English is a marvelous language but very idiosyncratic and not really well suited to be an international language. Standard Upper class Mexican Spanish would work better but is unlikely to be adopted. Esperanto was designed from the ground up to be such a language and works superlatively well. It is the language the great majority could learn for social interaction while I am quite sure English will remain the language of the elite. Beware when reading about Esperanto on the internet. Overwhelmingly they are discussing the sketchy schematic International Language Project that a certain "Doctor Esperanto" published 130 years ago. Zamernhof realized it was beyond the power of any individual to create and entire language so he simplified dramatically his original concpt and published a skeletal framework on which the users could create a real language. Over all that time. this has happemed and Esperanto is a real language, the equal of any major language in Europe. The Esperanto language of today is a far cry from what was published in the 19th Century and it evolves in accordance with natural linguistic laws though it did start out as a constructed language. Esperanto is a rather vast conceptual world and nobody knows everything about it. For me, it is refreshing to use a language that is a precise and logically rigorous as a Classical language but without the merciless never-ending grammar of one. If you want to genuinely learn the language, understand that real Esperanto is neither simple nor easy, especially the grammar. You will need to put forth as much effort as any other language. The big difference is you will be able to learn it about ten times faster in the beginning. You also meed high quality learning materials and opportunities to practice. You can learn enough for basic communication in about a month. To master the colloquial language will require consistent study and usage for about a year. If you want to learn the language to use in international busines or technology, you need another year. If you want to have full command of the literary language you will need a full additional year and extensive reading in the classical literature of Esperanto. This may sound like a non-trivial commitment and you are right but 2 or 3 years of dedicated study of Esperanto equals 10 or `15 years of a major European language.

Answer 3

From the perspective of a linguist, yes. English as a living language is always evolving. New words and expressions enter the language all the time. The English we know today will be much much different 500 years from now.

Answer 4

Since most of the world is learning English, no. English will absorbe more word because of immigration, then it will be exported by the Internet and satellite TV to other countries. But the bulk of English will stay the same.

Answer 5

I doubt it, people can even speak English right.

Answer 6

yes, soon well all speak english. hopefully