What are the benefits of learning Esperanto?
The reason Esperanto helps is that it keeps you motivated. Its so easy that you have a basic grasp of the language very quickly, which keeps people motivated to to keep going. Once you finish Esperanto, many see that learning languages is interesting and even fun which motivates them to learn another language.
Is Interlingua better than Esperanto?
Esperanto supporters contend that, by its liberal use of affixes and its flexible word-order, is equally as expressive as Interlingua or indeed any natural language, but is more internationally neutral.
Is the Italian language equal to English in Esperanto?
After 50 years of learning and using English, an Italian is still not on a truly equal linguistic footing with an English person. In Esperanto, they are equal from the outset. Write a reply
What is the history of Esperanto?
Dr L.L. Zamenhof knew this in the late 19th Century when he founded “Esperanto“, a constructed language that he hoped would act as a politically neutral lingua franca for the world. The number of speakers of Esperanto today is contested, but estimates vary from as few as 10,000 to up to 2 million globally.
Is there a critical mass of people speaking Esperanto?
Obviously neither English nor Esperanto have reached a critical mass either in terms of competent fluency or in terms of universal acceptance. There are two urban myths however which need to be exploded. Firstly that “everyone speaks English” and secondly “no-one speaks Esperanto” . Neither of these are true but need to be challenged.
Does the EU have the competence to teach Esperanto?
The EU, however, does not have competence in the field of education. This is an area of national competence (and will probably remain so). Coordinated investment in Esperanto is, therefore, unlikely to be forthcoming. The teaching and adoption of English, however, looks set to continue naturally.