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  Some Basic Information about Esperanto -- the International Language
Esperanto is an international language, created to facilitate communication amongst people from different countries.
Zamenhof to be a second language that would allow people who speak different native languages to communicate, yet at the same time to retain their own languages and cultural identities.
The Internet's international nature has made it popular among Esperantists, who too often have had to depend on slow snail mail and expensive phone calls to communicate with some of their friends.
ttt.esperanto.org /us/USEJ/world/index.html   (1181 words)

  
  Esperanto as an international language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esperanto is often accused of being too Euro-centric and lacking the neutrality which many, including its creator Lazar Zamenhof, recognised as being essential to a world language.
Defenders of Esperanto may fall into different camps; some may accept the general issues presented by critics, but still believe that Esperanto can be a good research tool, perhaps for identifying the real difficulties in speaking a foreign language which are not due to irregular spelling, morphology, or syntax.
Esperanto is accused of being inherently sexist, because the generic form of nouns is the same as the male form and different from the female form.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esperanto_as_an_international_language   (2484 words)

  
 Esperanto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esperanto is particularly prevalent in the northern and eastern countries of Europe; in China, Korea, Japan, and Iran within Asia; in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico in the Americas; and in Togo and Madagascar in Africa.
An estimate of the number of Esperanto speakers was made by Sidney S. Culbert, a retired psychology professor of the University of Washington and a longtime Esperantist, who tracked down and tested all Esperanto speakers in sample areas of dozens of countries over a period of twenty years.
It was to serve as an international auxiliary language, that is, as a universal second tongue, not to replace ethnic languages.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esperanto   (3338 words)

  
 ELNA - "The International Language that works"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Esperanto's impressive success as the language of international communication is due to three basic advantages.
Esperanto gives a very "natural" impression in spoken or written use; and, because of its high ratio of vowels to consonants, it is often said to resemble Spanish or Italian.
Esperanto does not aim at replacing the existing national languages; but it overcomes the present linguistic chaos by serving as a neutral instrument of international communication for all.
www.esperanto-usa.org /about_eo.html   (1880 words)

  
 Esperanto language, alphabet and pronunciation
Esperanto is an international auxiliary language devised in 1887 by Dr. Ludovic Lazar Zamenhof (1859-1917), a Jewish Eye Doctor, under the pseudonym of "Doktoro Esperanto".
He originally called the language "La Internacia Lingvo" (The International Language), but it soon became known as Esperanto, which means "the hoping one".
He believed that much of the distrust and misunderstanding between the different ethnic groups was a result of language differences, so he resolved to create an international language which could be used as an neutral lingua franca and could help break down the language barriers.
www.omniglot.com /writing/esperanto.htm   (469 words)

  
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Esperanto is more suited to becoming the international language because its very make-up better complies with the ideal.
Esperanto is intended as a common tongue, limited to communication between cultures with separate locations retaining their unique tongues.
In light of the international culture sweeping the globe, the steps toward a common tongue are perhaps not too far away.
www.esperanto.org.nz /emma.html   (1125 words)

  
 A Brief Introduction to Esperanto
Esperanto is an international language, designed to be everyone's "second tongue." It was developed over a century ago to provide a neutral and easily learned means of communication between people from different language groups.
Esperanto is the medium for several international radio programs, and a multitude of international organizations and meetings.
With national languages such as English or Russian, the second language learner is always at a disadvantage to the native speaker.
www.lodestone.org /users/hoss/esperanto/intro.html   (652 words)

  
 A Key to the Inter-National Language Esperanto
By speaking this relatively easy-to-learn bridge language, people from all backgrounds are able to overcome the language barrier.
Use an Esperanto-English dictionary and refer to this "key" while reading texts in Esperanto to help you unlock the meaning of Esperanto according to the grammatical rules.
Esperanto words consist of an assembly of parts put together in a logical fashion.
www.esperanto-chicago.org /key.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Esperanto1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Esperanto is the international language invented by Dr. L.
Esperanto is a neutral second language which enables all people to communicate with each other as equals, without having the cultural, social, or political underpinnings of a national language.
The idea of a neutral international language appealed to me for philosophical reasons, but it wasn't until about 1979 when I saw a copy of "Teach Yourself Esperanto" by John Cresswell and John Hartley in a Columbus bookstore that I considered trying to learn it.
www.sksmithmusic.com /esperanto/esperanto1.html   (941 words)

  
 How and why to learn Esperanto
Also, Esperanto has been proposed by some (though not all agree) computer linguists to be used to program and interact with a computer on the grounds that it would be easier to teach a man-made language to a man-made computer than to teach it an irregular, exclusionary national language.
Esperanto has received a lot of criticism (much of it undeserved) for the fact that it aims to be neutral, and not allied with any nation.
One could argue (as some opponents of the language have) that each Esperanto speaker inadvertently adds his own mother tongue accent to Esperanto and thus creates an individual dialect of this intended international language, but if the simple pronunciation rules are adhered to, this does not constitute a problem.
www.micheloud.com /FXM/LA/LA/esperanto.htm   (1229 words)

  
 Inside United Nations
Esperanto is spoken by millions, has a wide literature, and can be used to conduct any kind of international activity with dispatch and precision.
Esperanto is the language of the International Academy of Sciences at San Marino.
In 1954 and 1985 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adopted resolutions in favour of the international auxiliary language Esperanto, and in 1994 it approved a financial contribution for a project of international communication among 105 schools in 29 countries in the world.
www.radicalparty.org /esperanto/ins_un.htm   (409 words)

  
 The Esperanto Language
Esperanto is probably the most successful of the artificial international languages.
An easy to learn constructed language spoken by some two million people around the world.
This is a language class taught by Michael Urban who says, "Esperanto is an International Language, created to facilitate communication amongst people from different countries.
www.esperanto.com /esper1.html   (256 words)

  
 Esperanto. International Language. Why I like Esperanto.
Translations into Esperanto, are generally made by native speakers of the language to be translated, given the original flavor to the translation.
Many people would say that Esperanto was created by an Ophthalmologist (Doctor Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof), but Esperanto was born in the mind of a five year young boy.
Eventually he began to search a language to be used as a common language, but soon he realized that existing languages were very difficult to learn.
www.angelfire.com /al2/esperanto   (791 words)

  
 Esperanto - Introduction, Examples and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Esperanto is an international language, invented in 1887 by Ludwig Zamenhof.
All Esperanto verbs end in 'as' in the present tense ('is' for past tense and 'os' for future).
Esperanto develops a large part of its vocabulary from the addition of suffixes: frato (brother), fratino (sister), fratineto (little sister).
www.optimnem.co.uk /articles/esperanto.htm   (300 words)

  
 Esperanto: A Language for the Global Village - Chapter 5
This is the 5th chapter of Esperanto: A Language for the Global Village.
If one of the criteria for selecting a language for international use is that its sounds should be easy to pronounce for everyone, then it will be very difficult to find such a language.
The student of this language learns that a syllable is a group of letters which contains a vowel and that the stress always comes on the syllable which contains the next to the last vowel.
www.esperanto.ie /english/zaft/zaft(5).htm   (2090 words)

  
 Someplace Somewhere - Esperanto: The International Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With Esperanto or a similarly-aimed IAL, I can talk to a Laotian with ease, and she can still go back to Laos and speak Laotian with her people, and no culture is lost there.
Esperanto need not be that language; but I am convinced some IAL is necessary to stop mass cultural and linguistic assimilation/death.
An object is the noun that the verb is being done to.
www.someplacesomewhere.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17364   (2941 words)

  
 About the International Language, ESPERANTO
Esperanto and the UN In October 1966, the UEA presented the Secretary general of the United Nations with a proposal recommending that the UN solve the language problem by supporting the use of the International Language, Esperanto.
Esperanto and You The national Esperanto group in the United States of America is the Esperanto league for North America (ELNA).
By the resolution of December 10th, 1954, the General Conference of UNESCO recognised that the results achieved by Esperanto intellectual exchanges, and in bringing people together are in accordance with the aims and ideals of UNESCO; that is, Esperanto contributes to international cooperation in the fields of education, science, and culture.
webhome.idirect.com /~sukceso/esperant.htm   (2063 words)

  
 The International Language
In this first article I want to take some time explaining exactly what Esperanto is. I have been asked about it many time in the past and I know that it is not easy to leave people with the right impression, so please bear with me if I treat this matter at some length.
It's not a project, it's not a theoretical construct, it's not a model, it really is a living language which has evolved since its first appearance in 1887 and is now as up-to-date and as expressive as any national language.
But a language which has no national or political affiliation and which has been designed to be easy to learn and easy to pronounce properly, no matter where in the world you were born - well, in my book, that's an International Language.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/esperanto/8286   (496 words)

  
 Esperanto-USA | Esperanto: The International Language that Works!
The League seeks to increase understanding of Esperanto and the world language problem.
If you are outside the United States, or would prefer an electronic version of the course, you can sign up for an e-mail version here.
Jorge Camacho, a famous author of original Esperanto works who is often mentioned as the best living Esperanto prose writer, has donated three of his published books to Project Gutenberg.
www.esperanto-usa.org   (864 words)

  
 The International Language: Esperanto
As someone with high ideals, it was his sincere hope that his language would come to serve mankind as a "bridge language" to enable inter-communication between the numerous peoples of this planet who spoke dissimilar languages.
The language itself is a wonder of simplicity which enables the learner to quickly master it.
The Universal Esperanto Association, whose office is in the Netherlands, maintains a volunteer network of Delegates in over 70 countries with specialties in tourism, computers, jurisprudence, educational instruction, among many others, in order to promote contact among Esperantists with special interests.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/9061/eo2.html   (385 words)

  
 Esperanto Documents
Esperanto Documents describe the work, organization, culture and history of the movement for the adoption of the international language Esperanto as a second language for international use.
They are published on an irregular basis by the Universal Esperanto Association under ISSN 0165-2275.
The language problem in science and the role of the international language Esperanto
esperantic.org /ced/eda.htm   (209 words)

  
 The international language Ido - improved Esperanto
A brief history of the two languages is followed by an explanation of the main differences between them.
A text written in Esperanto, with each circumflex replaced by the letter "h" after the letter which should receive the accent.
[Esperanto] Kiel kompreni la lingvon Idon - rapida enkonduko pri Ido por Esperantistoj; pri kiel Ido funkcias kaj kiel ghi diferencas de Esperanto.
members.aol.com /idolinguo   (652 words)

  
 The international language Ido - improved Esperanto
A little information about the language problem and the merits of an invented language, a quick look at how Ido started, and a brief description of its main features.
An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of Ido, showing the ease with which this international language can be acquired.
[English] How to understand the language Ido - a rapid introduction for those who know Esperanto, with a short list of words which differ in the two languages.
idolinguo.org.uk   (834 words)

  
 Free Esperanto Course   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Esperanto is a neutral international language created by L L Zamenhof in the end of the 19th century.
Today the objective of Esperanto is the same as always: to become the one foreign language everybody studies and learns.
While no foreign language is easy to master, Esperanto was intentionally designed to be as easy to learn as possible.
pacujo.net /esperanto/course   (279 words)

  
 What is Esperanto?: Nebraska International-language Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Esperanto was created to serve as a common second language to all of mankind.
Esperanto was developed over many years by Dr. Ludwig L. Zamenhof and published in 1887.
Esperanto can be, and is, used in any way any other language is used.
esperantonebraska.org /?id=kioestas&l=en   (491 words)

  
 Esperanto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is spoken by millions of people around the world, (generally as a second language).
It's much easier to learn to speak Esperanto than most languages, having no irregular verbs, odd infinitives, etc. But it's more than a language - it's a philosophy.
If you learn Esperanto you'll probably get to know a great many idealists who believe in Internationalism, a united world, and the general good of humanity.
www.zyra.org.uk /esperant.htm   (77 words)

  
 Esperanto. International Language. Why I like Esperanto.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There are many pages in the internet written in many languages, including Esperanto.
There are many methods to learn Esperanto from different languages, and there are also many pages in Esperanto good to practice reading.
In July 1887 he published a small book called "International Language" written by Doctor Esperanto.
eeo.8k.com /EoDktA/Esper01a.htm   (878 words)

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