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Jordan: Note on Esperanto Esperanto is obviously interesting as a linguistic object, although professional linguistics at the moment is much concerned about "native-speaker intuitions" and therefore pays little attention to a language used virtually exclusively by non-native speakers (or, for that matter, to ancient languages). In the Esperanto community, however, language diversity is experienced as a constant and indispensable source of enrichment. Designed as a universally accessible means of communication, Esperanto is one of the great functional projects for the emancipation of humankind -- one which aims to let every individual citizen participate fully in the human community, securely rooted in his or her local cultural and language identity yet not limited by it. weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/es/esperant.html   (2642 words)

Esperanto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Esperanto is part of the state educational curriculum of several countries, but is not an official language of any. 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. Esperanto is often used to access an international culture, including a large corpus of original as well as translated literature. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esperanto   (3290 words)

Esperanto and Language Awareness Esperanto's marginal position in the global language order has meant that teachers have often seen their strongest argument as presenting it as a 'modern Latin' for the beginning language learner. Esperanto, because of the extreme productiveness of a small number of rules and morphemes, allows students to freely employ both convergent and divergent forms of reasoning, and thereby stimulates linguistic confidence and linguistic creativity, with all that these may entail for language learning and language use in general. Such odysseys of discovery are part of the accepted background to everyday communication in Esperanto, and point to the language's potential for enabling learners to reevaluate and transform their relationship with the world. esperantic.org /~mfettes/aware.htm   (3432 words)

Sennaciismo, kosmopolitismo, kontraŭnaciismo The present more balanced approach to Esperanto history is commendable as far as it goes, but it still tends to overlook unpleasant features of the Esperanto movement in the recent past and in the present. The implication of much writing on Esperanto history is that although the traditional "neutral" movement did fall from grace during World War I and at the advent of authoritarian and fascist systems in the 30's, it later returned to the progressive outlook that is construed to be its fundamental nature. Although these Esperantists associate Esperanto in various ways with the preservation of threatened languages and ethnic cultures, their explanations of the exact correlation between the two matters - the introduction of Esperanto and the maintenance of ethnic cultures and languages - are usually either vague or implausible. home.arcor.de /gmickle/skk/92flirto_en.html   (1129 words)

EVOLUTION IS PROOF OF LIFE Those who are interested in the evolution of Esperanto are fortunate: the Esperanto community has always produced a huge amount of documents, so that there is no difficulty in researching the developments that more than a century of use has brought about in the language. When recording samples of spontaneous Esperanto speech, I have noted many deviations from the theoretical standard which consisted in applying a conventional Esperanto pattern in cases where this was incorrect according to grammars and dictionaries. Since in both mother tongues the corresponding word is closer to the official Esperanto form, this is a case in which the general structures of the intercultural language proved stronger than the influence of the speaker's native tongue. www.geocities.com /c_piron/12.html   (4383 words)

Achieving the impossible with Esperanto! A special feature by www.languageadvantage.com Esperanto is a public domain planned language, created over a hundred years ago, to help people from different countries and cultures to communicate on equal terms. Esperanto speakers are generally well aware of the linguistic and cultural arrogance of those who pay little attention to local sensitivities when abroad. Esperanto used to be a language that the vast majority of speakers would use primarily in local Esperanto clubs, in letter writing, or passively in reading magazines and newsletters. www.languageadvantage.com /features/esperanto2003.htm   (2500 words)

Can Esperanto Save "Cultural Diversity"? Parts of the Esperanto movement, in particular the World Esperanto Youth Organisation (TEJO), were receptive to an idea that would make them appear a bit more radical to their rebellious contemporaries, while not causing too much contention in their own ranks. He contended that general application of Esperanto under these circumstances would permit such small ethnic groups to dispense more quickly with the major national languages that they are now constrained to use and which threaten their particular identity (such as German in the case of the Wends or French in the case of the Bretons). He does not pretend that Esperanto could "save" small languages that are already close to extinction, but calls for the establishment of "culturally protected regions" for groups such as Wends in Germany, which are too small to establish states of their own. home.arcor.de /gmickle/skk/92kuldiv_en.html   (3527 words)

NASK - Esperanto It is expected that questions of ordinary grammar and usage will be infrequent and may be answered outside of the class structure, although special language usages (such as literary devices, specialized language forms, language development, etc.) may be discussed in relation to the broader themes of the course. Students should also have familiarity with the general outlines of the history of Esperanto, the Esperanto movement, and the international culture of Esperanto speakers. A variety of material from Esperanto literature will be used, and students will be expected to use books in the library collection and resources on-line. www.esperanto.org /nask/cour3000an.php   (552 words)

Esperanto FAQ (Oftaj demandoj) Part 1/2 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. Esperanto's flexible word-order allows speakers from different language families to use the structures with which they are most familiar and still speak perfectly intelligible and grammatically correct Esperanto. In fact, what makes Esperanto a truly "international" language (as distinct from a "world" language like English) is its extraordinary semantic flexibility which allows speakers from different language families to translate their own thought patterns directly into Esperanto and produce something which is perfectly intelligible and grammatically correct. www.faqs.org /faqs/esperanto/faq/part1   (4903 words)

Traduku.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) We, members of the worldwide movement for the promotion of Esperanto, address this Manifesto to all governments, international organizations and people of good will; declare our unshakeable commitment to the objectives set out here; and call on all organizations and individuals to join us in working for these goals. DEMOCRACY Any system of communication which confers lifelong privileges on some while requiring others to devote years of effort to achieving a lesser degree of competence is fundamentally antidemocratic. MULTILINGUALISM The Esperanto community is almost unique as a worldwide community whose members are universally bilingual or multilingual. www.lingvo.org /traduku   (1128 words)

Cabinet Magazine Online - Esperanto: Still Alive and Kicking Nina Katchadourian met her during the the week-long Esperanto Cultural Festival that took place in Helsinki, Finland, during July 2000, to find out about the Esperanto community and the problems and misperceptions facing it. And of course there was a split in the Esperanto movement during the Cold War. Of course there are also people who learn Esperanto who have racist ideas or something, but there are fewer of them Esperantists are usually very tolerant, and this shows in the fact for example that there are many blind people who speak Esperanto. www.cabinetmagazine.org /issues/1/esperanto.php   (2000 words)

ELNA - Prague Manifesto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Any system of communication which confers lifelong privileges on some while requiring others to devote years of effort to achieving a lesser degree of competence is fundamentally antidemocratic. Ni, anoj de la tutmonda movado por la progresigo de Esperanto, direktas ĉi tiun manifeston al ĉiuj registaroj, internaciaj organizoj, kaj homoj de bona volo; deklaras nian intencon firmvole plulabori por la celoj ĉi tie esprimitaj; kaj invitas ĉiun unuopan organizaĵon kaj homon aliĝi al nia strebado. Lanĉita en 1887 kiel projekto de helplingvo por internacia komunikado, kaj rapide evoluinta en vivoplenan, nuancoriĉan lingvon, Esperanto jam de pli ol jarcento funkcias por kunligi homojn trans lingvaj kaj kulturaj baroj. www.esperanto-usa.org /prague.html   (1522 words)

esw3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The Esperanto Society of Washington (ESW) has been around since the turn of the century, when Americans were first becoming intrigued with the utterly modern and fascinating idea of an international language. Over the years, ESW has sponsored a variety of activites to publicize and foster Esperanto in the nation's capital as well as international and intercultural communication in general. Such international encounters, so typical of the Esperanto community, are one of the best fringe benefits of knowing this fascinating language. www.his.com /~wormsong/esw/esw3.html   (282 words)

A New Member of Our Esperanto Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) He established an Esperanto group for students and traveled to Chongqing where he recruited a veteran Esperantist to teach classes at the college. Esperanto associations were established both in the city of Mianyang and in the college. In order for people throughout China to be able to communicate with each other, Putonghua, the dialect of the capital, Beijing, is taught throughout the country in addition to the local dialects. members.aol.com /lasemanto/KChen.htm   (655 words)

Esperanto - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Esperanto is the working language of several non-profit international organizations such as the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, but most others are specifically Esperanto organizations. As a constructed language, Esperanto is not genealogically related to any ethnic tongue. Those who focus on the intrinsic value of the language are commonly called raŭmistoj, from Rauma, Finland, where a declaration on the near-term unlikelihood of the "fina venko" and the value of Esperanto culture was made at the International Youth Congress in 1980, although these categories are not mutually exclusive. www.unipedia.info /Esperanto.html   (3050 words)

Esperanto - the Prague Manifesto Neither the world-wide use of a few national languages, nor advances in communications technology, nor the development of new methods of language teaching is likely to result in a fair and effective language order based on the following principles, which we hold to be essential. The Esperanto community is almost unique as a world-wide community whose members are universally bilingual or multilingual. Designed as a universally accessible means of communication, Esperanto is one of the great functional projects for the emancipation of humankind - one which aims to let every individual citizen participate fully in the human community, securely rooted in his or her local cultural and language identity yet not limited by it. www.cix.co.uk /~antony/Esp/pragman.htm   (788 words)

Bibliography of Esperanto Studies and Interlinguistics Esperanto and Esperantism: symbols and motivations in a movement for linguistic equality. Esperanto and transnational identity: the case of Dr. Zamenhof. Esperanto literature and its reception outside the Esperanto movement. www.esperantic.org /ced/biblio.htm   (417 words)

The Wiens Family Esperanto Page Esperanto is a planned language, first developed by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof in the 1800's. Second, and much more importantly, Esperanto has been driven, from Zamenhof's earliest conceptions, by the internal idea, that people of all nations and languages should be able to communicate with each other. You probably won't be a fluent speaker at the end of the course, but you'll have a good grounding to continue on with other courses, also available on the net or in person. www3.sympatico.ca /bkwiens/esperanto.html   (391 words)

The Esperanto Language Esperanto is probably the most successful of the artificial international languages. The number of Esperanto speakers is estimated at more than 2 million. There is an annual World Esperanto Congress, and over 100 periodicals are published in the language. www.esperanto.com /esper1.html   (256 words)

Russ's Esperanto Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) I started studying Esperanto on 2003-04-11 after I studied Lojban (which is harder and doesn't have many speakers) for just 4 days... Institute of Esperanto has lots of sound files of its sample text; also note the unfortunately hard-to-see red links to vocabulary and exercises at the bottom each lesson page. Esperanto HyperCourse is simple but worth checking out, e.g. russcon.org /esperanto/links.html   (1810 words)

Why We Should Learn Esperanto - World Beyond Borders The third practical reason for learning Esperanto, especially for children in English-speaking and Asian lands, is that Esperanto provides a good way of beginning the study of a language other than your native tongue. As Canadian Esperantist Dr. Stevens Norvell of Nova Scotia rightly notes, Esperanto is "a window to the world." When you are able to read and hear Esperanto, you can use it to become informed about other countries, other cultures, and other viewpoints through books, newspapers, magazines, sound-tapes, videotapes, radio and television broadcasts, web-sites, and web-messages. The second aspect of the moral kind of reason for learning Esperanto is the fact that, as an Esperantist, you are helping to create an evolving harmonious global community. www.worldbeyondborders.org /hwmgtrongloss2.htm   (767 words)

Finding funding for fun tongue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) "Esperanto is one of the most worthwhile and fun courses I have ever taught!", says Suzette Granger of the Simpson Middle School in Leesburg, Virginia. A new course which is in preparation for the WorldWideWeb emphasises using the language, and introducing the student to the Esperanto community. The Esperanto language community is not just a linguistic movement; it encourages international friendships and understanding by means of the neutral international language. www.mintex.demon.co.uk /art/fun.htm   (765 words)

esperanto - Community Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Below is information about the "Esperanto" community on LiveJournal. You may leave the community at any time. This is a community for those who are interested in the international language, Esperanto, and want to speak with people around the world. www.livejournal.com /userinfo.bml?user=esperanto   (326 words)

Course Syllabus - Esperanto Language, Literature and Community - SIT Center for Intercultural Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) This course addresses the needs of advanced students in a variety of areas, including the linguistics of Esperanto; advanced language skills (translating, interpreting, composition, oratory); Esperanto literature; and social, cultural, and political aspects of the Esperanto community. A variety of material from Esperanto literature will be used with an emphasis on Esperanto drama as a vehicle for culture. Performance assessment will be based on participation, completion of homework, and evaluation of written and spoken language ability, including a final essay written in Esperanto. www.sit.edu /esperanto/syllabus_3000.html   (544 words)

Traduku.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Aliaj: de la dana al esperanto per visl. Tajpu frazon en Esperanto, kaj poste premu "traduku" por kruda tradukaĵo en la angla. La kompleta bibliografio de vortaroj kaj terminaroj en Esperanto 1887-2002, Terminaroj lingvo.org /traduku   (1128 words)

Russ's Esperanto Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) If you only go to one site to learn Esperanto, this should be the one. The Esperanto Club of Austin meets every Sunday at 3:00pm at Texpresso (2700 W Anderson, near the Alamo Village movie theater). We usually chat in Esperanto, but also speak English if beginners show up. russcon.place.org /esperanto/links.html   (1810 words)

Scottish Esperanto Bulletin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) It is not, however, parochial; and provides information about events in Britain and in the wider Esperanto community. Members of the Scottish Esperanto Association will receive the Bulletin as part of their membership; supporters will be willingly sent copies on request, but a donation to the treasurer would be appreciated as Esperanto has never received any financial support from the British Government in spite of UNESCO’s recommendation to all its members. If you have material for the Scottish Esperanto Bulletin, please email it to the Editor; plain text will be adequate. www.skotlando.org /Magazines/SEB.htm   (208 words)

Esperanto FAQ: Part 7 Typically, these have 10 lessons and teach a vocabulary of a few hundred words. Each summer, San Francisco State University and the University of Hartford (Connecticut) offer a curriculum of Esperanto courses, in which one may participate at beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels. These are just some of the countries with Esperanto organizations. www.esperanto.net /veb/faq-7.html   (709 words)

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