Esperanto Explained

The history of the artificial language Esperanto and the story behind its creator L.L. Zamenhof.
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Thanks to reddit users Abeneezer and Terpomo11 for translation help

[@user-ec2kd8sz3t]

It's hard to say Esperanto "failed". Two million people speak it a hundred years after the creator died. If two million people are just READING your work a century after your death you're either Jesus, Buddah, Muhammad or Shakespeare. If a century from now two million people are SPEAKING and THINKING in a language you made up in your spare time after your 9-5 gig, that's pretty damn successful in my book. Sure Zamenhof didn't achieve his ultimate goal, but his ultimate goal was essentially world peace. That's a pretty high mark to aim for. He made several big strides in that direction and should be applauded and celebrated for what he has achieved, even if it wasn't quite the utopia he had hoped it would develop into.

[@gabe5225]

i hate black people edit: i made this comment 2 years ago and i'm just returning to it. i'm sorry for making this very racist, hateful comment. i do not support hate against the black community. my views on race and racial jokes have changed since the last time i made this comment. thank you and god bless. #BLM!

[@carryonmywaywardsam7513]

There are also freaking native speakers of Esperanto, and it's kinda hard to make a language die, at least quickly, once that's happened.

[@metamod.1880]

I'm pretty sure Muhammad did not write the Qur'an.

[@luciferangelica]

i can think of at least 3 made up languages that probably have more speakers and are less pointless

[@metamod.1880]

@@luciferangelica For example?

[@Kovukingsrod]

After watching this, I really want to learn Esperanto now

[@ABAlphaBeta]

I made a video in it!

[@user-to8cj1rd5z]

did you learn

[@DawahWorldWide3]

Do it because I am!

[@interparoloj]

@@ABAlphaBeta mi faris du))

[@siyacer]

Fidu min, vi ne.

[@nettowaku1252]

Imagine watching Esperanto dubbed anime.

[@obsidianv3]

Shirō Nakamoto it would just be made in esperanto and we would all understand, no subs or dubs

[@Dee8Bee]

I hate dubs 😅. Maybe just Japanese with Esperanto subs?

[@bloodaxe5028]

Esperanto SUBS, no Dubs !

[@yellowcrash10]

There's actually an anime with a song sung in Esperanto. It's called "Patema Inverted".

[@yellowcrash10]

Jacob Locklear That's the only one I know of.

[@APineTree]

Zamenhof sounds like a man too pure for this world.

[@kai8517]

He truly does

[@PanjaRoseGold]

Kodu He was, didn’t deserve his family being wiped out in nazi germany.

[@pikachuisshook2795]

@@PanjaRoseGold I believe he has great-grandchildren alive today

[@interparoloj]

Many his ideas were too early for his time: phonematic alphabet, idea of countries equally belonging to all citizens and not only the 'core nation', many other such things.

[@PanjaRoseGold]

@@pikachuisshook2795 That's right, he has at least one living descendant. Man, that's a nice surprise.

[@bpeeluk]

You can’t fail if you haven’t given up yet! Vivu esperanto!

[@tiagoloprete]

@@niety5914 You can write with an x after the letter to symbolize the accent. Like "Cxu vi parolas esperanton?". By the way... Mi parolas Esperanton! With an -n after the end because it's accusative!

[@user-iw9ln6ld7c]

Vivu Esperanto!

[@laislyra5512]

Saluton, miaj samideuloj :)

[@laislyra5512]

​@@niety5914 You don't need a special keyboard to use the accents. You can just download Tajpi on your computer. Ĉu vi vidas miajn belajn esperantajn ĉapelitajn leterojn? ĤĜŜŬĈĴ (what a show-off) Anyway, I downloaded this software today, and it is so easy that I'm wondering why I didn't do it earlier.

[@theinternationallanguagees9213]

Neil Roberts estus plej bone por diri : vivadu Esperanton. Ad- estas ripetada ago.

[@neilnachum1]

Who are you? This is the best Esperanto presentation, wonderfully professional, includes an accurate historical framework. Excellent sample clips in popular culture. I'd only add points on the hospitality I've received in a hundred cities before and after the creation of Pasporta Servo, a booklet-list (available on-line) of a over a thousand Esperanto speakers that will host you in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Thousands more will guide through the streets of their cities.

[@richetherapperinductionsol9155]

Anne Isopod That genuinely hurt. +1 rep

[@MrGonzalobermudez]

Anne Isopod, Your words seem to be said by someone who has NO IDEA what she is talking about. For what I am seeing from you, you probably haven't investigated this language and movement. So, why bother? If you don't like it, don't learn it. I hope you follow my advice and you won't.

[@cocanutmelk220]

@Anne Isopod That's a bit rude to say when someone has dedicated their life to a life goal. If it's a "snowflake club for people who want to learn a fake language," why is it that someone was able to make a presentation with facts from the world's OWN history? Every language had to start from somewhere, and if it truly is a fake language a group of people wants to learn, then I guess every language is fake as well.

[@davidmacdonald9159]

that's actually a really cool application of the language

[@davidmacdonald9159]

@@MrGonzalobermudez imagine taking pride in something specific when the goal was to eliminate pride as a goal to peace :o.

[@happysmash27]

To be fair, Esperanto hasn't really failed; it still could succeed more in the future, especially with the internet helping it spread.

[@XXRolando2008]

Nahhhh.....

[@ChrisD__]

@@XXRolando2008 Hopefully

[@rilling99]

Yeah, I wouldn't imagine a need for esperanto now. English has become so dominant and widespread that you could go anywhere on earth and find someone who speaks at least a little.

[@samuelross8328]

@@rilling99 Yeah but it means native English speakers tend to never learn another language.

[@rilling99]

Yeah, that's kinda the point of having an internationally shared language.

[@julietasued9023]

i wasn't expecting for the backstory of this language to be so beautiful

[@twihhn]

2:44 I really REALLY want someone to make a website where you can make Esperanto words like this. The exact table on screen is there and you can scroll down the root words to find one you want to try then you just click anything in the different columns to make a word (the English translation being below or next to the word you’re making so you know it’s an actual word). it’d be really fun and would help people make notes and learn the language.

[@SaudBako]

*ChatGPT has entered the chat*

[@40watt53]

@@SaudBako deadass completely unrelated

[@stanleyconnor6898]

I will think about this idea 🤓

[@kiwenmanisuno]

​@@stanleyconnor6898 Please tell me if you make a website for this concept

[@stanleyconnor6898]

@@kiwenmanisuno ok

[@FedericoGobbo]

Congratulations. Being a professor of Esperanto at the University level, I confess I was skeptical when my 15-year old daughter told me that you presented Esperanto adequately. Well, you convinced me: in 11 min and 12 sec, quite a result. I will show it here and there whenever opportune. Gratulojn!

[@FedericoGobbo]

Camille Comtois University of Amsterdam

[@FedericoGobbo]

well there are quite a few families speaking Esperanto now... Vi ne estas sola en la mondo!

[@SaudBako]

@@FedericoGobbo I discovered Esperanto two hours ago, and if your sentence means "You're not alone in the world" then I'm impressed by how easy this is.

[@lucasfranco1758]

​@@SaudBakoI'm not sure but I believe it means "we are not alone in the world". That confuses me a bit as a Spanish speaker since "estás" literally means you are. Anyways, it indeed is a pretty easy language

[@antant5187]

​@@lucasfranco1758no, vi means you (plural and singular)

[@Maxime_K-G]

This could've been something epic. Everybody would be able to speak with each other. Too bad only our scientific measuring units and time zone system are international.

[@thatb1h855]

not even then lmao america is the new france

[@willyorgy4677]

Unfortunately it isn’t used here in the US. I’m one of the few Americans who feels somewhat comfortable using metric. I just wish weather apps would use Kelvin.

[@positivemilkhotel]

“no!!!!!!! you can’t just make a language that only has 16 grammar rules!!!!!!” “haha esperanto iri brrr”

[@henrizak_82]

Yes you can.

[@vanadium723]

@George Geo after a ridiculous amount of time being exposed to foreign language way past the critical age, learning esperanto has been a breath of fresh air. So much less stress about tenses.

[@nelomah]

16 actually sounds like more than what I know hahaha kaj ankau.. estas "iri" ne "iru" :D

[@elia3136]

toki pona has even less :)

[@nelomah]

@@elia3136 have you learned? a while back i read like 4/12 chapters of some blog post that outlined it but i dont remember what happened i think i just lost motivation. maybe im judging too quick but it has to be incredibly vague and ambiguous no? :/

[@milianozuniga-deanda4955]

Before I was "meh" about learning Esperanto, but this video has truly inspired me with the history of the language and backstory of the creator. Thank you! Duolingo, Jen mi venas! (Google...lol!)

[@materialknight]

Mi konsilas ke vi uzu la kurson de "Lernu!" anstataŭ.

[@gustavovillegas5909]

Max Salgado ĝi estas tre facila kaj bona lingvo lerni :D ĉu ne?

[@luciferangelica]

i'll just learn valarian. it'll be more useful

[@waltertaboada9319]

@@luciferangelica omg, don't ruin the moment plz

[@luciferangelica]

@@waltertaboada9319 too late. seriously, like a week late

[@David_636]

I watched this video earlier this year and decided to learn Esperanto. I can now speak Esperanto more proficiently with a few months of study, than Italian, which I took in highschool for 4 years. Dankon multe, Human Interests.

[@killersg.8290]

Well school language teaching is the worst

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@killersg.8290 Ĝi ne instruas vere parolatan lingvon. It doesn't teach you a language that actually used.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Saluton, samideano!

[@detlefkar]

What makes you think that Zamenhof would be disappointed at the present state of Esperanto? When I look at my German-Esperanto dictionary with over 1600 pages and over 160,000 lexical items, it shows that the language has developed considerably from the 800 roots that Zamenhof published. And when you have a Universala Kongreso in China and Korea, it''s a long way from Boulogne sur mer, the location of the first international congress. That is progress!

[@joestephen3756]

Eble vi pravas, sed se li volis, ke Esperanto iĝu la internacian lingvon parolita de la tuta homaro, oni ne renkontis liajn celojn - nur estas estimita 2 milionoj da esperanto-parolantoj tutmonde, el mondloĝantaro de 7 miliardoj. Kompreneble la lingvo estas multe disvolvinta dum la pasinta centjaro kaj en tiu respekto mi pensas ke jes, li estus tre fiera, sed entute, bedaŭrinde ne ŝajnas ke la angla estos anstataŭigita iam ajn baldaŭ...

[@benangel3268]

That was sadly thanks to British prime minister Thatcher and the British Business Business Confederation that killed Esperanto. Most of the other European countries had been pushing for it. Thatcher made a deal with EEC to abolish it.

[@peelosvanessa9825]

@@joestephen3756 sounds a bit to much like Portugees mixed with some French, Dutch and Italian. xD

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@peelosvanessa9825 It's actually a Romance, Germanic and Slavic mix.

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

​@@amadeosendiulo2137its european and it would have been great if it was the common 2nd language in the eu but where not that lucky

[@theinternationallanguagees9213]

For those who don’t know , Esperanto is not meant to replace english. It is an international language , but it’s meant to serve a different function in society.

[@mpgnz73]

What function is it meant to serve if not as a language?

[@MewMewMittenz]

⁠​⁠@@mpgnz73there are multiple functional purposes other than it just being a language. The whole purpose of Esperanto was to help people understand each other and communicate no matter if there was a language barrier

[@mpgnz73]

@@MewMewMittenz You've provided exactly ZERO explanation what other functions Esperanto provides other than as a language.

[@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest]

​@@mpgnz73 I know i'm late, but it's meant to serve as a bridge language to prevent miscommunication and misunderstandings in the international community (like in the UN)

[@nihonium]

great, another channel to watch :D

[@jaojao1768]

nihonium true

[@Dawnfall]

nihonium eyy didnt expect another memer here

[@starfoxdelta]

This is a very odd place for you to appear

[@Swali_B]

I like the fact that Esperanto is used in several works of fiction. Like my personal favorite, Saga, by Brian K. Vaughn. Using it in things like media, fiction, art, and other mediums is how Esperanto stays alive and how more people find out about it and get interested in learning it.

[@willyperez2475]

I think Esperanto should be a Universal Language

[@jamesvanderhoorn1117]

To fart well is to fare well!

[@voltronsupremeFood]

That is what English has become. The universal languange of the world.

[@REEEPROGRAM]

I have a opinion, isn't it kinda weird for one person to only know 1 language? (I'm not making fun, it's just i felt its just weird)

[@user-nf3kz9ee2n]

Well, I think it would work fine for the european universal language. But I don't think it would be that 'universal' for other parts of the world since esperanto is a mixture of european languages.

[@SpeakAanglee]

@@user-nf3kz9ee2n You are right.

[@Hyreia]

It failed because the verb "to do" is fartas.

[@l.k5244]

Mi farto everydayo 😂😂

[@son0of0the0beast]

Thank those Latin roots

[@luislastrasanchez3601]

You too use different verbs for the same thing. Don`t you?

[@magicman3163]

Fart ass

[@arctaisiaxiakta2854]

But then Lojban's 42 is li vore, which distressed most of the people I talked to who didn't speak Lojban

[@laislyra5512]

When you said "I currently have zero subscribers" I was like WTF????? What a professional quality video. Mi feliĉas, ke tio ŝanĝis, kaj nun vi havas pli da abonantoj u.u

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

OvO

[@Oshimimers]

I used to think that Esperanto was spoken in a country named Esperia or something

[@josielpontocom]

And Latin would be a language spoken by latinos, right?

[@wulvershon8948]

Josiel de Assis lmaoo

[@randolpascano9613]

I actually thought it was spoken in Estonia

[@thegreatestshenfan933]

I thought it was a dialect of Spanish

[@user-xd9ks4ik9s]

@@thegreatestshenfan933 it kinda is to be fair

[@willlexie]

How to make Esperanto have more speakers: Make Esperanto as the 7th official language of the United Nations.

[@interparoloj]

Ĉiuj lernas la hispanan ĝuste pro tiu statuso! (ne)

[@redsamson5185]

Interparoloj en Esperanto multaj da homoj en Cxinio kaj Brazilio parolas Esperanten.

[@arcticflower7223]

It should be Interlingua. Esperanto is just a distraction.

[@pickachugamng9455]

why the hell dont they do that?

[@arcticflower7223]

@@pickachugamng9455 They have no reason to. I can think of at least three languages that would be better as the world's primary language.

[@ericspace121]

Wow I never knew how dedicated the man was to humanity. From his writings I truly feel he genuinely cared for all people regardless of who they are or where they come from. It's beautiful.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Jes :-)

[@hugebartlett1884]

Esperanto became my favourite language in 1952 when I discovered it in a Scout badges book. A beautiful language which in-depth studying reveals intriguing aspects of construction. Easy to speak and readily understandable,with a universal vocabulary based mostly on European languages, with Latin roots, common to most languages.

[@holleholtz9185]

They should teach it to Cub Scouts as a "secret code" language I'll bet it'd catch on!!

[@killersg.8290]

Wait… how old r u

[@hugebartlett1884]

Five years to learn a foreign language in schools,just about one year to learn Esperanto. One or two tricky bits of grammar for English speakers,but nothing that can't be mastered. Terrific hobby!

[@killersg.8290]

@@hugebartlett1884 doesn’t take a year to learn Esperanto, just 2 weeks

[@hugebartlett1884]

@@killersg.8290 Granted,but speaking and understanding without hesitation does need practice.

[@NoahNobody]

Great presentation. Bonega prezento.

[@falkland_pinguin]

Is that the Ido flag?

[@NoahNobody]

@@falkland_pinguin Yes/yes/jes :)

[@falkland_pinguin]

@@NoahNobody Nice/bone/pona a :)

[@tumitaa_konsole]

@@NoahNobody me prizas Ido

[@mayhair]

Now your profile picture's the Interlingue flag!

[@trurlCXC]

In Warsaw there's a street called Esperanto. It had always buffled me, 'cause it's a strange way to name a street.

[@kidkangaroo5213]

it's the most based thing to name a street, HANDS DOWN

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Bedaŭrinde ni ne havas tian en Poznano, mi envias. Szkoda, że w Poznaniu takiej nie mamy, zazdroszczę.

In Spain I also found a street called Esperando. It made me very happy.

[@GaryViews]

Esperanto needs a resurgance, so I guess it's time to learn it myself. Thank you for this video.

[@gringo3002]

More like it needs a SURGANCE.

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

​@@gringo3002how do we achueve that it has turned into a nice for language nerds How do we get it big enough so it becoumes a serious language ??

[@gringo3002]

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 Well, I'm working on that one... and a bunch of other things...

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

@@gringo3002 could you teach me esperanto

[@gringo3002]

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 I'm learning Esperanto, right now. I could help you learn Esperanto, which is a little different than teaching. A mistake I often see people making learning a language is putting less effort into learning the written component than the spoken component.

[@nikicao.8238]

I think everyone in the EU should know Esperanto. In my opinion Zamenhof is a genius. I think he should get recognition for his work. Esperanto is beautiful. The grammar is simple. Irregular verbs do not exist. I spend years learning irregular verb forms and there is none here. In Esperanto, everything is mathematically precise. I start by learning Esperanto. Hello everyone!

[@fsremac]

You're welcome

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Honestly it would be nice to have kne neutral 2nd language everyone spoke this would help the world a lot

[@Shindinru]

Your description, from @2:30 to @3:43, is the clearest and most helpful I've ever come across for Esperanto. Big thumbs up.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Problem of Esperanto is how Eurocentric it is. As a Trilingual Asian, I wouldn't call it "easy to learn" by any native East Asian language speakers

[@Thindorama]

despairedboy But the most important aspects of global culture are all European anyway. So any sensible person should already be willing to adapt. I just don’t see what Esperanto has over latin as a future lingua franca. I would go with latin.

[@sh0werp0wer]

Well, a forehand knowledge of the latin alphabet is really the only advantage I can see. Other than the fact that certain words are clearly based off romance language. How hard is it for a native East Asian to learn the latin alphabet? I honestly don't know, but I can't imagine it being that difficult? Some of the Asian alphabets are insanely complex (can you even call them alphabets? Writing systems?)

[@sh0werp0wer]

@@Thindorama What? So you managed to blurt out some thinly veiled white supremacy and then not see what Esperanto has over Latin, when half the point of Esperanto is that it is more than 10 times faster to learn than other European languages. Impressive.

[@Thindorama]

Julian Nikolay Krogh-Fredriksen What’s your point? Algebra is easier to learn than calculus. Doesn’t mean it has the same range. Also, language is also for what already exists and latin beats any other language other than Ancient Greek and English in that department.

[@Thindorama]

Julian Nikolay Krogh-Fredriksen And I don’t see what western culture has to do with race. I’m not white but I’m consummately western. No connection between the two.

[@Dirtfire]

It's not about dropping all barriers, like national and political. It's just dropping barriers to communication.

[@mpgnz73]

Indeed. English is fantastic!

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

@@mpgnz73 english is a national language

[@c44mila45]

@@mpgnz73 English is fantastic, i agree with that. as a native spanish speaker i sometimes find it easy to understand since i don't take any kind of class or course to learn it. Most of the time i write what it makes the most sense to me and that's enough for me to communicate. Tho this process of learning took some years, I'm currently learning Esperanto and it's basic, easy estructure makes it, at least imo, as equally beautiful to english.

[@kiwenmanisuno]

@@mpgnz73 English can take 5 years to become fluent for a Chinese speaker. Compare that to Esperanto, which takes less than a year even for Chinese speakers.

[@lensiax9276]

Started Esperanto club in my community... gonna show this video at first meeting

[@anicordova6736]

I didn't know about Esperanto and now I feel like I should learn it ^^ thank you so much for this video!!

[@chrisyobrotha]

It means so much to me that you made this video. I've cried several times watching it. Such a powerful story. Thank you so much.

[@JfromUK_]

What an excellent video. I had heard bits and pieces about Esperanto but this really tells the story richly. Thank you, mystery stranger (who hopefully has a lot more subscribers now!)

[@PUZZLEcheese]

Damn, I love your videos! They are so informative and create so many "eureka-effects" :)

[@DallyDragon]

I'm just starting to learn Esperanto on Duolingo. This video makes me want to learn it even more. I had no idea about the history of the language until now.

[@esperantooslo]

This is an amazing video Human Interest, the best out there on this topic. Thank you for sharing light into the beautiful backstory of the language and it's creator. We created our company back in 2018 on the foundations of Esperanto, not necessary the language itself but its ultimate goal of unifying people

[@joecolwell7468]

Thank you for presenting a well thought out as well as ,well researched info on this matter. You have helped in my education.

[@joy7367]

lowkey ashamed that my country vetoed espéranto as the league of nations' language

[@drivingwithadouchebagpodca1710]

Merci beaucoup, France!

[@seanoriain3462]

I love France, j'adore la France, but stopping Esperanto must rank as one of the most stupid actions in history.

[@thatb1h855]

mdrrr je suis pas français mais je parle la langue un peu et je n’ai jAmais voulais oublier le français plus avant

[@thatb1h855]

Camille Comtois troooop vrai

[@davidmacdonald9159]

@Camille Comtois whats that like? how often do you get to use esperanto?

[@adrianaminu2115]

Great stuff. Loved the sigh at the beginning.

[@Okzide.]

Awesome content and very well put together, Cant wait to see more videos.

[@RocksRealNice523]

Fantastic video. I'll be keeping an eye on your channel from now on.

[@CATMANJess]

This guy should've won a peace prize for idealism and his attempts to bring everyone together through language

[@grim5808]

A good man with a beautiful dream.

[@brandonboyce6842]

you probably lost your password for your account

[@grim5808]

Brandon Boyce nope

[@ayylmao575]

I hope there will always be more people like Zamenhof around, the world needs them.

[@imusicstl]

Fascinating. Thanks for this! Will definitely be sharing.

[@nothingbutgianttrees1995]

*whisperes in horror* "The French"

[@ReidGarwin]

Hon hon hon!!! >:}]

[@dantescanline]

Wow! Great first video I guess, good luck with the channel!

[@yourinternetboyfriendasmr]

I love learning Esperanto I learn with apps and the textbook: Complete Esperanto I'm not fluent yet in the language but I had a grasp of very basic conversation I still have a lot to learn

[@ricardooliveira9774]

I love learning it too. It's the most fun language I've ever learned.

[@cannedfrootloops7803]

This is, I think, the single best video on Esperanto. It's meticulous, entertaining, and carries its message well.

[@goomee]

I started studying Esperanto on Duolingo last week just for kicks, but I never expected it to be so much fun. I decided to look up the story behind it today and had no idea it was this interesting. Thank you for such a well explained video. Hopefully in a few months I'll be able to type this in Esperanto :D

[@sevenfootball7tv998]

I'll give an advice! Download on your PC Kurso de Esperanto 4, it's the best way to learn esperanto: i use that but i also use Duolingo and i'm learning a lot!!! Now, after 1 week of learning, i would be able to translate your comment.

[@Siberius-]

That was an amazing video. This is some serious promotional material for Esperanto. I would think it's in the interest of Esperantists to spread this video as much as possible. Seems to really understand what Esperanto is and it's motives/message.

[@brandonholt2298]

Hey well done. I hope you keep making more. Liked and subbed of course.

[@40watt53]

This was the video that really convinced me to learn Esperanto. Also it's been a great resource to further educate and convince people; it's worded better than I ever could.

[@benjaminrobertmuirphotogra6173]

Love your channel! Thankyou for sharing!

[@stanleyconnor6898]

Certainly, to spread Esperanto more widely it requires more resources (human and money, in first steps). And this idea must have more purposes, than just simplify communication. For example, the person (or group) who wants increase Esperanto usage all around the world could use Esperanto in poor Africans villages, providing this language through basic education subjects. And, of course, it requires a lot of money and efforts.

[@carsonpiano1]

There are many Esperanto speakers in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo I know there are those who teach Esperanto to orphans.

[@andreystepanovskiy]

@@carsonpiano1 many? Like none

[@carsonpiano1]

@@andreystepanovskiy like you'd know. I've spoken to them. Why are you hating for no reason

[@XanderLeaDaren]

Dankon pro tiu ĉi informiva video ! :-)

[@ashketchup247]

This language needs to be at every college as a humanitarian credit. Go through the philosophy first, learn the roots, learn the rules, practice in class. It would be a really rewarding semester long class.

[@George-iv1hi]

First learning Esperanto opens one's mind to languages. I learnt Esperanto when I was 17. It took me one year to master the whole language. Since then I can speak 6 foreign languages and I understand 12 more.

[@gringo3002]

Every college needs to have a course on the broad concept of constructed languages.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

In my city, Poznań, there are Interlinguistic Studies which are... entirely in Esperanto!

[@kamilbidzinski475]

Such a great video, very engaging and to the point. Got here from the other video, which I found on reddit. Had no idea how noble and profound the creation of Esperanto actually was.

[@tom-m-media]

I don't mean "School should teach Esperanto", but people should put the existence of it with the great person Zamenhof into textbooks as history. I see Esperanto as part of significant works as in art or literature. Actually, Esperanto is fascinating. No grammatical genders in nouns (which change articles or verbs), quite the regular grammar compared to English, and few cases with no exceptions. Being easy to learn is a big thing. Some of the disappointing things are the necessity of the definite article, and that the language is not taught in many other languages and introduced in many schools so it hasn't been so popular like English.

[@Bjokac]

0:05 mi komprenis nenion hahaha la akcentado multe tro fortas. Bona video, krome.

[@virgilschmidt1599]

vi pravas

[@sluluy]

mi ne komprenis nenion ankaû, cxar lia akcento angla influas la prononco tro multe xD

[@wokeeye6441]

Volo potius omnes denuo latine loquerint

[@microwavetacos8142]

Let me guess “krome” is “though”, right?

[@microwavetacos8142]

Cause I can see Influence of Russian here

[@easteregg8699]

that end notice about your zero subs made me subscribe :D nice channel, keep it up!

[@theo-cb3pv]

You are a genius this video is amazing... You have told me everything I wanted and needed to know thank you

[@seanoriain3462]

Well done! Excellent explanation. Esperanto is a 22nd Century idea which appeared in the 19th Century - several centuries ahead of its time.

[@sordiddreams9216]

Thank you for this, an amazingly well-made and incredibly inspiring video.

[@1mamaplum]

Amazing vid thank you for the eloquent info!

[@aaronjames4444]

this was very informative and well made. thanks you very much, new subscriber

[@LysLovesAlpacas]

i didn’t know all the background behind esperanto, i actually found it by searching up the world’s most simple languages and saw a little bit of this info and then decided i would like to try to learn it one day. that was a few months ago and i just started today and looked up this video. so heartbreaking how his life ended and how his work was demonized. 💔 but anything is possible with the internet, the more we spread the idea of esperanto - the more his dream can be achieved. i’m an american english speaker and i personally don’t feel comfortable how a lot of english speakers try to force other people to stop using their own languages and learn english. i love the idea of esperanto as an international language so nobody feels forced to “give up” their own language since english is considered the world language. i’m gonna start with esperanto then hopefully move onto spanish one day.

[@qwasd0r]

THANKS FRANCE

[@wulvershon8948]

Not Affiliated sarcasm 😒

[@embs5803]

@Not Affiliated they shutdown Esperanto being the language of the league of nations

[@laislyra5512]

French isn't the most spoken language now hahahah They must be thinking "oh damn I should've signed the agreement"

[@seanoriain3462]

Thanks France, for stopping Esperanto and supporting the nationalism that led directly to World War II and 60 million dead. Much better than Esperanto, clearly!

[@cxarhomell5867]

Janus C wasn’t it Spanish or English?

[@luisenachtwald6659]

Thank you for this interesting and well designed video!

[@teeI0ck]

showing an accurate and deep understanding; great perceptive. 💡 Muito obrigado for all the insightful information. 🤝

[@silverstar8868]

I found out about this language when I was researching for wanting to make my own and now im fascinated.

[@PatrickHutton]

Esperanto is a fascinating language. A common tongue has no real influence on peace between folk. However a common second language for all cultures and countries would be great idea.

[@adrianmedina2629]

We already have that! English

[@Pyovali]

@@adrianmedina2629 But English sucks as lingua franca. It is already associated with existing cultures with hundreds of years of background.

[@adrianmedina2629]

Kohmelo True. It is not fair for other cultures. It would also suck for the people who speak english culturally because it wouldn’t be special anymore.

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

@@Pyovali Still better than yours

[@Pyovali]

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 Nah, my language might be hard for starters but it's easy to master and it's very logical. Same can't be said about English with its ridiculous vocabulary and spelling.

[@jean-dylanquicou2957]

I loved this video ! Mi ŝategis ĉi tiun videon ! Gratulon !

[@AuroraBoBora]

These are some high quality videos, I'm excited!

[@coolbrotherf127]

I studied Latin in school for basically the same reason why some schools teach Esperanto as a building block. I think it was successful, but now I know a dead language and not one spoken by 2mil other speakers. I would personally have picked Esperanto instead of Latin to learn if I could have had a choice.

[@gringo3002]

Learning Latin helps with learning the Romance languages.

[@rauljosegarcia]

Considering that #Esperanto was spoken by only 1 person at one point, it's hard to say that it failed in general. It didn't become what was originally hoped for: a second language for "all" (who need one), but it's not going away anytime soon. #EsperantoVivas #MarkEsperanto

[@inbarlevin4221]

what an amazing video! great job' liked it a lot :D

[@giantandomniscientlevitati8969]

Amazing video, in every way, really. Makes me wanna learn it

[@Peleski]

Kvankam mi konsideras min iomete cinika, la historio de Espiranto tuŝas min. Ni bezonas pli da visionarioj en la 21a jarcento. Although I consider myself somewhat jaded, the story of Espiranto touches me. We need more visionaries in the 21st century.

[@ericbajema577]

Mi lernas Esperanton!

[@byen5971]

Amazing video! Hope to see more

[@SUBPARCADE]

Just learned what esperanto is because of We Love Katamari and had to look it up and wow. I feel like I'm living under a rock but thank you for this video! Definitely going to attempt to learn the language.

[@arnaud7897]

I showed your video in an english presentation and had pretty good grates, thanks :D Mi montris vian filmeton en angla prezento kaj bone sukcesis :D

[@marazification]

That ending was amazing.

[@dalton6108]

I’m sold. I will be a student of Esperanto.

[@verdumante5530]

Very thorough vid. Thanks!

[@johnmurray2760]

I was delighted to find your video lecture. Congratulations. Excellent use of pictures, videos, diagrams. I plan to use your work very soon, because in general you get through Esperanto's history very clearly. You anticipate things a bit where you mention the League of Nations, oddly you omit the present tense -as in your list of endings and 3000 is probably more roots than one needs to get off the ground. As you are concentrating on Esperanto as a 'political' movement, you are of course correct to say that Esperanto has (for the present) 'failed'. Latin and French also 'failed' in that way and who is to say that even English may not be saved from that fate. However Esperanto has certainly not failed to develop into a living language and culture - perhaps your reference to a 32nd position does point to this. KZbin and the net can at last reveal how some of what is going on. Can you repair the error 404 on stock footage at 9:48 (the French horn) or is this maybe my version of Windows 10? One last historical note. Zamenhof tried to float off his turbulent offspring more than once. He deliberately only put 900+ roots into his first publication, telling readers how to create more for themselves from international roots. He was a life-long tobacco / tabako addict but omitted to include it as a root. He had to return to root making with his Universal Vocabulary, but after that avoided creating new 'official' words. He had hoped the 'Fundamento' of 1905 would release him from any leadership role but only finally 'got out' in 1912. He believed from the start that Esperanto had to be a community effort. He was only its initiator. As you make clear, his interests were indeed wider than Esperanto, though his 'humanitivism' is not so easy to grasp. Perhaps he would be pleased (satisfied?) by the development of 'human rights' as a worldwide endeavour.

[@thevideogamingchannel0]

Regarding the second paragraph, that was just a joke of some sort. Do you really think KZbin videos can embed images from the Internet???

[@lahagemo]

TheVideoGamingChannel don’t be too hard on this grandpa, he prolly just didn’t know better 😂💕

[@notisac3149]

Question: How is Esperanto doing today, in the sense of growth? In other words, is its use throughout the world expanding today?

[@foorack]

It is doing quite good, mostly online. English and Spanish Duolingo courses have together 1.5M learners, and a Portugese Esperanto course is about to be released in any moment now. www.duolingo.com/course/eo/en/Learn-Esperanto-Online

[@sltmdrtmtc]

@Anne Isopod What the hell are you talking about? Esperanto has absolutely not "evoloved into many different types" and Esperanto is not "a fake language".

[@yellowcrash10]

Anne Isopod What in the world are you talking about?

[@gringo3002]

It would do better if more people were informed of its existence.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Jes, it is. I use the language everyday in the Internet :-)

[@benhause6467]

Great work man

[@swindlesduskchronicles]

this vid is fantastic. Subbed!

[@kevinearaujo5763]

I wanted to learn Esperanto

[@donnabelleyaba5800]

Download this app 'Duolingo'

[@crnel]

Nenio haltigos vin se vi komencos nun. (Nothing will stop you if you start now.)

[@Leander_]

This was an excellent video, along with your video on colorblindness. I hope you can find your swing in the educational youtube scene and accomplish your goals. Have a good one.

[@defense200x]

great channel, immediately subscribed :)

[@Tirza23]

Very interesting video! Now I want to learn Esperanto :)

[@kirillozeau7933]

Zamenhof was such a remarkable man!

[@abryg8655]

The last time the whole globe was speaking one language the tower of Babel was destroyed. Still, Esperanto is nice idea and fun to learn. The time to acquire it seems amazingly short and if studied at small age it could be very beneficial later for more languages. Zamenhof was a good man with autopic and dangerous idea to bear in mind for the nationalists of Europe. Esperanto will prevail.

[@theupsidedowndill2915]

Really cool idea, im going to work hard and try my best to learn it and I hope others will two so theres more understanding

[@RangelGabriel]

Man, what a great video!!