For a long time, English has taken the place of the global language. It is present in commercial negotiations, sciences, technology and even entertainment. However, however, not all people dominate this language or are easy to learn.
However, this problem of universal language has been thought before. In the nineteenth century the idea of creating a planned and neutral language, capable of facilitating communication between different peoples without favoring any specific culture. This language was called Esperanto. Have you heard it?
What is Esperanto
Esperanto is a planned language. This means that it was created on purpose, with rules and vocabulary defined from the beginning. This differs from natural languages, which spontaneously arise over time by the interaction and evolution of speakers.
Although natural languages evolve with cultural, regional and historical changes, a planned language is born ready to fulfill a specific objective. In the case of Esperanto, this goal is to facilitate international communication.
Thus, Esperanto did not develop from a specific village or region. It was created to function as an international auxiliary language.
What is the target of Esperanto?
Esperanto was created with the intention of serving as a second common language for people of different linguistic backgrounds.
The proposal was to offer an assistant, neutral, easy to learn and free of dominant political or cultural associations. In this way, anyone in any country could use it to communicate with one foot with others.
A language elaborated to be easy to learn
Esperanto was created to be easy to learn. Its grammar is simple and has no exceptions. For example, all nouns end in “or” and adjectives in “A”. Adverbs trained from adjectives end in “E”. The verbs do not change according to the person or the number, and the plural is indicated by the suffix “J”.
For example:
- libro (noun): book;
- grow (adjective): large;
- big (a lot, a lot): derived from grow (adjective);
- Libroj (books): plural of libro.
Esperanto vocabulary originates mainly in romance, such as French, Italian and Spanish languages, with smaller influences of Germanic languages, such as German and Slavs, like Russian.
In addition, it is possible to create new words by combining roots with prefixes and suffixes, which decreases the amount of terms that need to be decorated and facilitates communication.
Who created Esperanto?
If Esperanto is a planned language, who was responsible for its creation? The language appeared as the project of a single person: Ll Zamenhof, a Polish doctor and linguist who lived between 1859 and 1917. He grew up in Białystok, a multicultural region where several languages were talked about.
In 1887, he published the book “Uncom book“, In which Esperanto presented to the world. Zamenhof signed the work under the pseudonym” Doktoro Esperanto “, which means” Doctor who has hope. “In the book, he explained the grammatical rules, the basic vocabulary and the principles of the language.
Esperanto movement
Following the publication of the book, Esperanto aroused interest in various parts of the world. This led to the formation of the Esperanto Movement, which gathered people dedicated to learning, promoting and using language.
This movement contributed to the creation of the first communities of the speakers and the organization of the first international meetings.
Does anyone really use this language?
Esperanto did not become the universal language expected. However, he has won a faithful community of speakers from all over the world. It is estimated that there are between 100 and 2 million active speakers of Esperanto in the world, with about 1,000 and 2,000 natives.
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This language today
Esperanto is currently not officially recognized by any country. However, UNESCO has even recommended that the countries consider Esperanto the potential as an international auxiliary language.
Still, your presence still persists. For example, if you are interested in learning this language, free platforms like Duolingo offer courses to study it.
To make an idea, Wikipedia has content in Esperanto. In addition, it is possible to translate words into the language through Google Translator.
