Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Esperanto an International Language!



In 1887 Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist who had gain fluence in 15 languages, introduced the offspring of his creativity as an International language which could be learned and understood easily by anyone with any cultural or racial background. Esperanto was the name he gave to the newborn language, which was borrowed from his own title and nickname, Dr. Esperanto. Leaning Esperanto is so easy and flexible that everyone with the knowledge of one Indo-European language can learn it within the least amount of time compared to other languages. It is believed that Leo Tolstoy could master Esperanto wihtin two (2) hours. Yes, IN TWO HOURS. Incredible, isn't it? But, well, he was Tolstoy, a master of Russian language. But, the experinces reveal that an average person with no specific talent in a second language acquisition, can easily master Esperanto within one year, while, what s/he can learn in Three (3) months will suffice to communicate in everday and academic situations. Esperanto consists only of sixteen (16) general rules without any exceptions. And the learner can make the words s/he needs according to the rules and roots without any misunderstandings or inconveniences. The main motto of Esperanto is "PACO" which means "PEACE", and "UNECO" which means "UNITY". And more important is that Esperanto speakers accept one another, from any nationality, race, religion, or class, as one community and one nation under the green flag of Esperanto with its Pentagon Star which alludes to the five continents. They call one another "SAMIDEANO" that can be translated into English as "THOSE WITH THE SAME IDEAS". So, if interested, wait for my next posts on Esperanto.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

where can find esperanto books?

Amanto Jeff said...

Esperanto can be learnt for free if you are interested in networking. Visit out page Esperantujo on Facebook and through that go to our free Esperanto website Lernu.net where you can find many resources and Esperanto friends. :)