Not so long ago, as a society we started to give more importance to the concept of equality.
Today, we constantly listen or read about gender equality, equal rights, equal opportunities, and many other “equalities”.
This is why this time it may be interesting to tell you a little more about a certain language created for the main purpose of being fully egalitarian.
So, let me introduce you to ESPERANTO.
Personally, I am fascinated about this language and its many particularities.
I hope that after you finish reading this piece you will get captivated as well.
First, I would like to tell you a little more about its history, as its origins lead to Esperanto’s first major difference with respect to other languages we usually know about: the creation of Esperanto was planned beforehand.
Unlike other languages that just emerged naturally from among different cultures, Esperanto was artificially devised in 1887 by a Polish man named Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof.
In its early stages, Esperanto tried to be a simplified version of Latin or Greek, but its creator quickly envisioned the need of developing a whole new language from the scratch.
Zamenhof tried hard to improve its proposal, detecting mistakes and correcting them until he was able to produce a modern and simple language capable of expressing all nuances of human thinking.
At this point I bet many of you are thinking why would someone take the time to create a new language, considering that there are TOO MANY already.
Esperanto is a planned language, devised with the intention to become the second language after the official language of every country. It intends to be an ancillary language for international relations and to simplify global communication between countries.
Also, there are several other important and unique aspects that are specific to this peculiar language.
—- It is neutral.
By neutral I mean that it does not belong to any specific country, but to the world as a whole. This is why Esperanto should not be perceived as trying to replace other languages, but rather as a language that all cultures can use to express themselves in equal terms.
—- It is very easy to learn.
It has a simple and logical grammar, allowing speakers to obtain thousands of words from just a few roots, prefixes and suffixes. It might be said that Esperanto is up to 10 times easier to learn than any other language.
—- It is extremely structured and regular
Its alphabet is phonetic, which means that each letter has only one sound. Also, the stress always goes on the penultimate syllable, and word endings are exactly the same for each word family or type (‘-a’ for adjectives, ‘-o’ for nouns, etc.)
Finally, I just wanted to tell you: Koran dankon pro legado!
Which in Esperanto means “thank you for reading this!”.
THE MOST EGALITARIAN LANGUAGE
Not so long ago, as a society we started to give more importance to the concept of equality.
Today, we constantly listen or read about gender equality, equal rights, equal opportunities, and many other “equalities”.
This is why this time it may be interesting to tell you a little more about a certain language created for the main purpose of being fully egalitarian.
So, let me introduce you to ESPERANTO.
Personally, I am fascinated about this language and its many particularities.
I hope that after you finish reading this piece you will get captivated as well.
First, I would like to tell you a little more about its history, as its origins lead to Esperanto’s first major difference with respect to other languages we usually know about: the creation of Esperanto was planned beforehand.
Unlike other languages that just emerged naturally from among different cultures, Esperanto was artificially devised in 1887 by a Polish man named Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof.
In its early stages, Esperanto tried to be a simplified version of Latin or Greek, but its creator quickly envisioned the need of developing a whole new language from the scratch.
Zamenhof tried hard to improve its proposal, detecting mistakes and correcting them until he was able to produce a modern and simple language capable of expressing all nuances of human thinking.
At this point I bet many of you are thinking why would someone take the time to create a new language, considering that there are TOO MANY already.
Esperanto is a planned language, devised with the intention to become the second language after the official language of every country. It intends to be an ancillary language for international relations and to simplify global communication between countries.
Also, there are several other important and unique aspects that are specific to this peculiar language.
—- It is neutral.
By neutral I mean that it does not belong to any specific country, but to the world as a whole. This is why Esperanto should not be perceived as trying to replace other languages, but rather as a language that all cultures can use to express themselves in equal terms.
—- It is very easy to learn.
It has a simple and logical grammar, allowing speakers to obtain thousands of words from just a few roots, prefixes and suffixes. It might be said that Esperanto is up to 10 times easier to learn than any other language.
—- It is extremely structured and regular
Its alphabet is phonetic, which means that each letter has only one sound. Also, the stress always goes on the penultimate syllable, and word endings are exactly the same for each word family or type (‘-a’ for adjectives, ‘-o’ for nouns, etc.)
Finally, I just wanted to tell you: Koran dankon pro legado!
Which in Esperanto means “thank you for reading this!”.
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