The Secret International Language: Esperanto Explained - TLDR News

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Esperanto is a language that was created in the 1800s with the ambition to become a global language a forge world peace. So in this video we track the rise, fall and rise again of this language and explain the current status of this weird but amazing language.
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[@Shalor93]

I'm a little ruffled that the French would actively block other languages from taking their place in international dealings, given that when the were worried about too many people learning French and threatened its status as the tongue of the elite, the French Academy deliberately made it more difficult by inventing more grammar rules. I'm not kidding, this actually happened!

[@AlejandroFlores-vi8tl]

The French are something else

[@siyacer]

French ego moment

[@solsolsolomon]

Damned frog eaters

[@AnaRibeiro]

What the French delegate meant was that the French language should remind the language of the diplomacy, and at that time the status of the French was already threatened by the English language, so he didn't want one more language to be used instead of French in the diplomacy. Maybe if Esperanto would be accepted as an official language in the league of the nations at that time, the addoption of English in diplomacy would have slowed down, who knows? There is a good book on this topic named "the dangerous language", which covers the political side of the Esperanto history in more details. I don't think the French delegate meant in anyways that French should be a language for ordinary people.

[@Flugs0]

Wait, what did they invent? Are those rules still used in French?

It's hard for people who had no previous contact with Esperanto to grasp just how easy it is. Consider this: - There are only 16 rules. - Word order doesn't matter. - There's only one possible sound for any particular letter. - A word's class is marked by its ending, and all words follow the same standard: all nouns end in O, adjectives in A, verbs in S, adverbs in E and so on. That means when you find an unfamiliar word, you know what it is doing there even if you don't immediately grasp the full meaning. - No word gender, no irregular verbs, no cases, no useless variants of any kind. - All words are stressed at the same syllable: the second to last (like es-per-AN-to). Paired with the one-sound-per-letter rule, this makes it impossible to mispronounce anything. Put it all together and you have a language anyone can learn in a matter of weeks instead of months. For people already familiar with another western languages it would be even faster!

[@johano-go]

To be honest, there are way more than 16 rules. It's still just a fraction of how many you would have to learn for other languages (considering that every exception counts as its own rule).

[@erkinalp]

@@johano-go Well, a language cannot get popular when you cannot express the concept of mother and bad directly, and have to resort to fatheress and ungood instead.

[@johano-go]

@@erkinalp I seriously doubt that that is what is holding Esperanto back.

[@SantiagoLopez-fq4eb]

@@johano-go That simply isn't like that. "Malbona" does fully express the concept of bad, because "mal-" shows that. It's just a way to build words easily, not a "B plan" to barely express an nonexistent concept. The same occurs with THE other affixes.

[@bernardkung7306]

@@erkinalp unease unfair, unjust, injustice unhappy uncooked untold unpainted unerring uncharged, discharged undone undecided undivided undeterred unsafe unmet untested unlikely untrustworthy unreasonable unwise ... disavow disappear dismember disallow disunite disable disarray distrust ... irrational irreverent irrespective ... misapply mislaid, misplaced misunderstood ... antiskid anticlockwise antisocial, unsocial ... maladroit malodorous ... invisible inconceivable insecure indelible indisposed, undisposed, indistinct ... ... I trust the point is not... unclear?

[@Sir1us1]

There's a sci-fi book series set in a world where Esperanto is the universal language. I think the author (Harry Harrison) was a fan. The series is "stainless steel rat", in case anyone is interested.

[@paulohagan3309]

I remember reading the series years ago. Absolutely hilarious and highly reccommended.

[@finlayl2505]

It's also briefly featured in Red Dwarf

[@F1ash1ight]

That one small joke made me into an Esperanto nerd! The power of humor knows no bounds. Viva Esperanto!

[@kocicijazycky]

My school's website is in Czech, German, Russian, French and Esperanto, and there is also an Esperanto musem in my town

[@brokkrep]

Where are you from?

[@kocicijazycky]

@@brokkrep Czechia

[@EmotionalSupportCapybara]

@@kocicijazycky kde je to muzeum?

[@EliEli-vf4yy]

@@kocicijazycky what city? I'm moving to Prague in September and would be very interested

[@kocicijazycky]

@@EmotionalSupportCapybara Svitavy, ale nejsem si jistej že to je o Esperantu

[@blufferfish0896]

I’ve been learning this language for a few months now, I know it will almost never turn out to be useful but its very easy and fun to learn, as well as that it will hopefully help as a gateway into other languages!

[@homosapien.a6364]

And also it gives you a large amount of words from different languages I've shocked when I know that polish people use the word Cxu for asking questions as well

[@tijnmoer9136]

@@homosapien.a6364 Zamenhof spoke Polish, so he combined a lot of language elements into Esperanto. ‘Sed’ comes from Latin and ‘kaj’ from the (Ancient) Greek ‘και’ for example. I’ve been learning Esperanto and there are so many examples of little words taken from other European languages.

[@romajimamulo]

I mean, there's talking with nerds from other countries, that's what I use it for

[@prunabluepepper]

I think if it will take in chinese and hindu words, we're good to go.

[@reeserivers]

I got paid several grand to translate a commercial indie video game into Esperanto. Never think any skill is useless.

[@TimwiTerby]

When you described the ease of learning the language, I wish you had included mention of research in this area, which indicates it's about 4 times faster to learn than any natural language, and that natural languages become about twice as easy to learn after you know Esperanto.

[@georgelee2133]

Harder to learn, but of far far more value is Latin. It'll give you a head start in any modern Romance language and provide you a lot of insight into English. It'll also boost your learning of Esperanto.

[@jaceladag]

@@georgelee2133 Learning Latin for the side benefits is hardly worth the time. Sure, if you actually want to read historical documents or the great works of Latin literature it is completely worth it but if your end goal is speaking Spanish or Italian or whatever it's just less hassle to study the language you actually want to learn from the start. Even if the end goal is being a polyglot who can speak multiple Romance languages rather than starting at Latin and branching out from there it's easier to group up the many languages by their similarities and learn going from more similar to least similar to your starting point.

[@georgelee2133]

@@jaceladag which of the Romance languages are you familiar with?

[@TimwiTerby]

@@georgelee2133 I disagree. Very little of the grammatical peculiarities of Latin has survived into the Romance languages. Most of them don't use cases anymore and the verb forms (tense, mood and aspect) have drastically simplified. The only benefit from learning Latin would be the vocabulary, but 90% of that vocabulary is also in Esperanto, so the overall benefit of Esperanto is greater because it doesn't hamper you with the unnecessary grammar details. Furthermore, Esperanto is more accessible for everyday use; Latin doesn't really have a living modern vocabulary that you could use to just talk about your day or your hobbies.

[@georgelee2133]

@@TimwiTerby 90% would you really claim that much? I would say it's less than in English and that's reckoned to be 60-70% Latin vocabulary. Ive seen Esperanto described as a new simplified Latin.

[@jentenevelsteen3656]

my entire family is involved and my dad is fluent in the language and actively helped create the course in duo-lingo for it. I recommend everyone to at least try it once.

[@Riyoshi000]

Nah. It sucks. I’d rather learn elvish. Ugly and idiotic conlang that gets a ridiculous amount of hype because people are silly.

[@Simon-tc1mc]

Cool that's interesting! I wanted to try learning Esperanto but it just feels too pointless. I'm learning German instead because while it may be a lot harder, at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel of all the learning.

[@flannel_punk]

@@Riyoshi000 lol gtfo

[@flannel_punk]

Interesting! Might learn it in the future

[@jentenevelsteen3656]

@@Simon-tc1mc it's true that it isn't widely used around the world but there are a lot of sites and conferences with hundreds of people in nearly every country

[@jorenbosmans8065]

I love Zamenhof's motivation and I still believe not including basic levels of Esperanto in all EU education is a missed opportunity. It would take a few generations before People start to adopt it as the easiest second language, but I believe in it being possible.

[@mukilanru]

Welcome to the Ido language.

[@jasonmaguire7552]

No, stuff that and stuff your stupid communist language.

[@asriel4881]

@@jasonmaguire7552 wth does this have to do with communism?

[@Daleymop]

Saluton! It's wonderful to see Esperanto's fascinating history covered in by such a great KZbin channel. Esperanto's ideals and structure are often the topic of videos, but its rich and crazy history is often overlooked. Thanks guys! Estas mirinde vidi la interesan historion de Esperanto diskutite de tiel mojosa kanalo. La idealoj kaj strukturo de Esperanto estas ofte diskutitaj, sed la interesa kaj freneza historio neniam aperas. Dankon!

[@benjaminmorgan2869]

No way!! I live in Stoke On Trent not far from the Green Star pub and my dad told me about it being the centre for Esperanto and I never believed him until now 😂

[@5koKirilov]

go there and tell us if any of the staff speak it...I might visit it myself when I move to Stoke.

[@IslandlifeIoW]

I studied it back in the late 1980’s. It really helped learning Romance languages afterwards.

[@DukeRustyZX05]

Mi amas Esperanto. I’d love to see more adoption of the language in schools and technology. If Apple and Microsoft would support it, I’d expect adoption to rise more exponentially.

[@ronaldonmg]

Who needs Apple or Microsoft? Firefox and Ubuntu have Esperanto. I just haven't figured out how to type the U-breve in "english, US, with dead keys" yet

[@jasonmaguire7552]

I'm not speaking no corporate language

[@felixroux]

@@jasonmaguire7552 Apple and Microsoft also support English so...

[@mossbanksy]

Dankon pro ĉi tiu filmeto! Mi pensas ke vi sufiĉe bone prezentis la historio de la lingvo ka sia kulturo. Laŭ mia sperto iĝas pli kaj pli esperantistoj ĉiujare. La koronvirusa pandemio havis interesan efekto ĉar ĉiu esperanta evento okazis virtuale, do iu ajn povis partopreni. Pro tio, de la komenco de la pandemio mi faris multe da amikoj tutmonde per Esperanto. Mi partoprenis kongresojn en Argentino kaj Irano, kaj kurson en Slovakio: ĉiuj per la interreto. Esperanto vere estas bonega rimedo por ekkoni homojn el la tuta mondo.

[@Altos_Entretenimentos0955]

*Kaj sia kulturo

[@mrquechop]

Ci ĝuste! Ankaŭ mi, estas tre utila Esperanto, ĉar mi volas koni aliaj homoj de aliaj landoj kaj tio tro ŝatas min, ankaŭ estas tre bona rimedo se oni volas lerni alian lingvon (ĝi funkcias min por lerni la angla). Ni esperas, ke ĉiujare aperas pli da esperantistojn! 🥳

[@donovandownes5064]

3:20 "amikejo" actually means something like "place of friendship"

[@JakubS]

I'm guessing it's the same way that you would add a suffix to a word in Polish to make it a town name

[@1337w0n]

"What's the Esperanto word for 'friend'?" "Amikejo" /*awkward silence wherein a door does not open./*

[@siarhian10]

@@JakubS Zamenhof was a native polish speaker with knowledge of other European languages, and it really shows

[@marekmichalovic8711]

@@1337w0n "Amiko" means friend "-ej-" suffix means "place" "amikejo" means something like "friend place"

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@JakubS Nie, to działa w te soposób: "chleb" (pano) -> "piekarnia" (panejo) ;-)

[@mapache-ehcapam]

That was the most Anglo pronunciation of Esperanto I've ever heard lol

[@devonoknabo2582]

yeah

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Mi auxdis pli acxajn.

[@devonoknabo2582]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 God why are you everywhere I mean I'm kinda everywhere but like you are also everywhere

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@devonoknabo2582 Hehehe, mi ankaŭ vidas vin tre ofte. Tio estas ĉar ni ambaŭ interesas pri Esperanto. Vi tajpis "dio" al "senDIulo" ;-) xDD

[@devonoknabo2582]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 Mi tajpis je "god" ne je"dio"

[@presenttomato1060]

It's great that attention has been paid to this wonderful language! I learnt a bit of it for fun, Thanks TLDR!

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

Mi konsentas. Dankon TLDR!

[@josemendoza62838]

Same. I tried learning if a few years ago, but I became so obsessed I burned myself out

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

@@josemendoza62838 for real? What happened? I have a lot of material. If you need help, just ask.

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

@Luís Andrade Duolingo, but after 4/5 months I found a 2 hours/week course in my city. Mainly for talking. However, not everybody needs the same method.

[@zelevenz1186]

What if in the EU we learned Esperanto as a second language in schools? 🤔 Would it create more unity or not? 🤔🤔

[@mark63424able]

English is already the most popular secondary language in the EU. Trying to introduce yet another language would be counter productive and would defeat the point of Esperanto.

[@zelevenz1186]

@@mark63424able i see the Point you make but not everywhere People speak English (despite being popular). I've been to France (a lot of different places) but only few people there speak English 🤔 same for more rural places in other countries, and even in my hometown there're People who just can't speak/understand English. It's the most popular second language but i don't think it's spoken by enough People at all. Maybe Esperanto could be more effective since it's made to be easy to learn. Here in flanders we learn french as second language in school (not a choice) but most People don't speak french at all. It's to difficult to learn and use.

[@andyblair8682]

There is a political party in the EU pushing for Esperanto for a united Europe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe-Democracy-Esperanto

[@joshuaswart8211]

I would be in favour of this.

[@ronaldonmg]

@@mark63424able the word "popular" would be appropriate if people had a choice, but in reality most children are forced to learn English (can't graduate from secondary school without it), and some companies don't allow their personnel to use other foreign languages. What we have seen is that people who have learned some Esperanto are more inclined to learn other languages, and do so quicker. (wikipedia Propaedeutic_value_of_esperanto). The most sensible policy would be to teach children Esperanto for just one year, and after that teach them several other languages, for several (3-6) years if the student so chooses. There could be very interesting results if you measure their language-competence at the age of 30 or 40...

[@joshuaswart8211]

"Ni devas lerni Esperanto" Even TLDR forgets the accusative. XD

[@siarhian10]

Even denaskuloj I've spoken with don't seem to use it consistently, in my experience :/

[@stefang5639]

@@siarhian10 my language has an accusative ass well, and I sometimes forget it as a native speaker. People make errors when they speak that's nothing special. Even for natives.

[@haythamfaisal8113]

Maybe they are trying to appeal to the Idoists :"D

[@historygaming767]

@@haythamfaisal8113 ya

[@siarhian10]

@@stefang5639 yeah it's a sign of language evolution and it's normal, otherwise English would still have a nominative/accusative system outside of pronouns. I like using the accusative in Esperanto so I can use VSO word order like my welsh and still be understood

[@cypriantubefun]

Dankon por tiun interesan filmon pri Esperanto kaj saluton al ĉiuj esperantistoj!

[@lucarnetrange]

"Dankon pro io", ne "por io".

[@KalisIgnus]

not sure if someone else feels the same way, but i find that images over a text don't really make a very good way to visualize information, such as in 2:00, 2:29 or 9:00, just to give some examples. but overall great videos (:

[@raghuvenkatesan6792]

yes I noticed that too

[@martinwarin3409]

Yeah, -o is not a quadriphtong.

[@stefang5639]

The Esperanto Community from today feels more like a global subculture than the movement it once was. It has quite a vivid scene of KZbinrs, music, books, festivals and local clubs in every bigger city of the world. It is a nice nerdy parallel world that you can dive in, and I enjoy it a lot.

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

Like Scivolemo. What a great channel in Esperanto!!!

[@jonizulo]

Vi tute pravas.

[@jonathanvilario5402]

Knowing how difficult English is, it would be amazing if this was widespreadly used

[@tijnmoer9136]

I just picked up learning Esperanto again a week ago and now this video releases! Thanks for bringing attention to this wonderful language!!

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Bonan ŝancon!

[@tijnmoer9136]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 dankon!

[@jonizulo]

I speak Esperanto myself and I am fairly happy with this video. It should be noted though that not every Esperantist wants Esperanto to become a world language. Some people, called "raŭmistoj" want to strengthen Esperanto culture and see themselves as a language diaspora with a culture worth preserving. The Esperanto community has its own slangs, literature, music and even internet memes. There are even native Esperanto speakers who learn it from thier parents. I have not regretted learning this language, because it's fun and I enjoy talking with other Esperantists and I even make content in Esperanto. Dankon kaj ĝis la revido! :)

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

Ĝis baldaŭ en la Virtuala Kongreso :)

[@jonizuloEO]

@@carlospesqueraalonso4988 Eble mi ĉeestos la retan IJK-n ĉi-jare. Mi jam ĉeestis Retoson.

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

@@jonizuloEO 💚💚💚💚💚

[@PkPvre]

@@jonizuloEO I thought he created it to make it easier for everyone, but then I see all this wacko C with a roof shit >.

[@E4439Qv5]

@@PkPvre Not that wacky. I think it makes a "ch" sound.

[@carsonpiano1]

I speak Esperanto and I would love if TLDR news did another video on the language. It's a wonderful language that has let me easily communicate with people internationally. It has also made understanding and learning European languages a lot easier. Lernu Esperanton!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The last time I was early, French was the global language.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@Deyvi Alfeliĉi? Pardonu min, sed mi ne komprenas la esprimon.

[@timothytikker3834]

There's actually a whole book about persecutions of Esperantists: Ulrich Lins' "La Dangera Lingvo." They also suffered in the Chinese Cultural Recolution, in Romania under Ceaucescu, etc...

[@lvoldum]

An important note: Zamenhof didn't want Esperanto to substitute national languages. He just wanted to create a means for international communication, so that in any conversation no one had the upper hand by using their native language - an even playing field. Grava noto: Zamenhof ne volis ke Esperanto anstataŭigu naciajn lingvojn. Li nur volis krei rimedon por internacia komuniko, por ke en ia ajn konversacio neniu havu avantaĝon uzi sian denaskan lingvon - ebena ludkampo.

[@sandadm]

Esperanto isn’t an easy language though. For people who speak Asian originated languages, Esperanto doesn’t borrow any of their words

[@Fasolko7]

@@sandadmEnglish and French aren't easy for asians either. Even if Esperanto doesn't borrow words from asian languages, it still has free word order and simple rules, making it simple for non-europeans to learn too. There are a ton of chinese and japanese people who speak Esperanto to this day.

[@sandadm]

@@Fasolko7 but English and French aren’t international languages

[@Fasolko7]

@@sandadm French was, and English basically still is

[@carlito6038]

it eats ass. just learn spanish ffs

[@gokulpayyanur1839]

It is a really easy language to learn and making it an International language and teaching it to everyone would be a great way for people from all around the world to communicate with each other

[@drsnova7313]

Esperanto was somewhat featured in the Britisch Scifi-comedy show "Red Dwarf", i.e. in its universe, it became a widely adopted language, and the spaceship was labelled both in Enlish and in esperanto ("Level - Nivelo")

[@Arcboltkonrad13]

Esperanto is such a great language! They've done studies that show that when school children were given 1 year of Esperanto and then two years of French education and compared them to a group that only did French for all 3 years, the Esperanto students knew more French and understood it far better. As one Esperantist said (more or less), "You don't teach a child music by handing them a very large and cumbersome bassoon, you hand them a recorder. French or German or Italian are like the bassoon while Esperanto is the recorder."

[@andyblair8682]

You are right, Esperanto is easier and as a stepping-stone makes learning subsequent languages easier...studies showing this *especially* for students who are not strong language learners. By the "recorder of languages" you mean this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpi2cp6LhKqfqck

[@paulohagan3309]

I remember that up to today, my (forced) study of Latin was helpful in studying further Romance languages.

[@hmidou386]

Yes I had a recorder as young....I never learnt to play it. Recorder is underrated like is esperanto. (Protect your ears while playing recorder thought) I finally learnt recorder this year...after piano.

[@bernardkung7306]

Over here, it was just as likely to be a ukulele --but the same idea, for the same reasons.

[@carlito6038]

except that's a false premise. better for kids to learn actual instruments and not the fucking recorder, they're just cheap

[@ericmatthews1588]

Wow, thank you so much for covering the language. I've been learning it the last 3 years, and must say - the language and Esperanto community are wonderful. I'm even leading a community for film dubs, and book/manga translations, because the language still needs so much more content. If the language interests you, start with Duolingo and then find some online communities on social media. It's worth it.

[@martjanamoon1785]

Hi, I am learning Esperanto for a few month now. Would you mind sharing some links to Esperanto communities or dubs and translations? Multan Dankon! :)

[@kosinusify]

I really like the concept of having an international language being comprised of the features of several big languages. However, there is one problem, which is that it's pretty eurocentric. For someone in Africa or Southeast Asia, it would be much harder to learn Esperanto than for a native German or French speaker, so there's less incentive to learn the language. It could also create discrimination if, say, everyone in Europe adopted it, but the others didn't.

[@sinoroman]

We’re still living in a Eurocentric period. The maps, languages, naming conventions, etc. - they all make Europe the focal point

[@raquetdude]

It seems mostly like a language that will become the norm across Europe rather than it become a global language.

[@AB-gw6uf]

@@sinoroman As a third-worlder I agree. Most third-world countries speak, or at least have an official language which is European by origin. Most government systems, ideological systems, economic and cultural discourse are also European-influenced. Adopting a European language would include the vast majority of the world.

[@akhilkt]

I was about to comment the same.

[@akhilkt]

@@sinoroman Esperanto's stated goal was to smoothen out these language barrier, so that everyone feels equally included (or excluded) in the mainstream. However, adopting esparato and making it mainstream would explicitly exclude a vast majority of global population.

[@zorbaz3940]

Esperanto is a very interesting and beautiful language im interested in learning it inthe future

[@Edliren]

Hi, if you’re looking for online ressources, the Esperanto course is available on Duolingo in english, spanish, portuguese and french, and lernu.net is available in most languages.

[@Guide4Ever]

You won't trust me..

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Lernu.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@Guide4Ever What? I did it for exemple. Mi lernis!

[@gokulpayyanur1839]

It will very difficult for Esperanto to replace English as the global lingua franca and so many people may not want to learn it but I hope in the future it becomes a truly global lingua franca

[@spruelo2675]

3:51 EN: "Amikejo" means "the place of friends" en Esperanto. "Amik" means "friend" and "ej" means "place". The "o" is because its a noun. EO: "Amikejo" signifas "loko de amikoj" en Esperanto. "Amik" estas la radiko por "friend" kaj "ej" signifas '"place". La "o" estas la fino de la substantiva vorto.

[@marcusmagni]

I would like to see Esperanto becoming a major language in Europe and in the world, but I would love seeing Latin do that

[@geniumme2502]

Latin is terribly hard to learn, making it a nightmare as an international language, it's the exact opposite of Esperanto in that regard which is quite literally made to be easy to learn, an absolute requirement for something like this to have any chance for success

[@marcusmagni]

@@geniumme2502 Latin is hard to learn, I know, but not terribly hard, and it has proven his capability to be an international language from the ancient times to the early modern era

[@geniumme2502]

@@marcusmagni from you saying this i can only assume that your native language is german italian spanish french or english. And i can almost certainly say that its not japanese chinese or korean. Latin is as brutal as languages get. It is much harder than learning english or french or chinese - or for that matter esperanto. Latin has also never been a truly global communication language. English and French are both much more proven in that regard. The only reason latin became relevant as a language is that those who spoke it conquered large areas of land and imposed their language, creating a class system based on who was a native speaker and who was not. A very similar mindset to what the church does. Selecting a language as a filtering mechanism has always been a welcome strategy by those trying to distinguish an in from an out group. A mindset drastically in conflict with the very concept of a truly international language.

[@funfoxvlad7309]

@@geniumme2502 for Italians and Romanians its surprisingly easy

[@geniumme2502]

@@funfoxvlad7309 100% agree :)

[@danielwebb8402]

We did it at school in year 7 and 8 (89 -91) but only for a term each.

[@mkl_dvd]

A couple other pop culture uses of Esperanto: *In the movie Blade: Trinity, various signs are in Esperanto, and some background characters speak it. *In the comic book series Saga, Esperanto is used for spellcasting.

[@andyblair8682]

There are a lot of cultural references in movies, books, and music using Esperanto; these are just the better-known ones in English-speaking culture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_in_popular_culture

[@amadeus3165]

I learned Esperanto with a old book I Found at my grandmas Home. It's really easy to learn. A great language.

[@thomaswarriner2344]

Pronounciation was a little off, but I'm so glad you made this video. Multe dankon, mi amiko!

[@mbalicki]

Thank you for such a comprehensive, well researched and positive take on the matter! 🤗 As an Esperantist myself, I’ll be sure to share it with English-speaking Esperanto learners’. 💚 Dankon pro tiom ampleksa, bone esplorita kaj pozitiva aliro al la afero! 🤗 Mi mem estas esperantisto, do mi certe konigos la filmeton al anglalingvaj lernantoj de esperanto.

[@krateproductions4872]

I’m interested in learning this. Any resources/tips for me to use? How much time should I dedicate to learn it?

[@mbalicki]

@@krateproductions4872 As much time as you want, really. 😉 But if you have any previous experience with language learning, soon you’ll discover how much less time is required to learn Esperanto, compared really to any other language. Since you speak English, I’d recommend you to start with the Esperanto course for English speakers on Duolingo (there are also courses for Spanish, French and Portuguese speakers). I also recommend you to join the Facebook group “Duolingo Esperanto Learners”, where you can receive encouragement from other beginners, get recommended learning materials both by other learners and by teachers, and ask a pool of experienced and friendly Esperantists for any help along the way. Bonŝancon dum via lernado! 🤗

[@zionj104]

Great video, but like many videos on the language you didn't mention that Esperanto is an international _auxilliary_ language. Its goal is not to become _the_ tongue for everyone, but a universal _secondary_ tongue.

[@geraldwagner8739]

There was never another intention.

[@DivoLakota]

Same as English. It is also a "secondary", "auxiliary" language for most of the world population (UK, US, etc excepted of course).

[@JoseAlvarez-dl3hm]

@@DivoLakota yes but english is even more so politically and eocnomically attached, it is not neutral and that is a problem too. I think a neutral lenguage would be more suited for a secondary auxiliarity language. I'd like to learn it but it sounds so pointless imho, lol.

[@sohopedeco]

Another group of people that is (or at least used to be) very fond of Esperanto are Kardecist Spiritists. My grandpa could speak Esperanto and he once lodge an Esperanto-speaking French girl in his house.

[@ronaldonmg]

As far as I can tell, that's mainly a brazilian thing. Here in europe, lots of people see christianity and spiritism as mutually exclusive, and/or the idea that you can talk with the dead as ludicrous

[@sohopedeco]

@@ronaldonmg Most Catholic and Evangelical Brazilians think so too, but that's just not true. Allan Kardec's codification mentions Jesus all the freaking time.

[@ronaldonmg]

@@sohopedeco I'm no expert on religion or the bible [and the bible often contradicts itself, see nonstampcollector], but I am pretty sure it warns against "consulting the dead" several times. Some christians believe it's not really the dead but fallen angels masquerading as the dead. I myself suspect that sometimes it's telepathy with someone who isn't dead yet

[@EGMusic12]

Dankon por fari ĉi tiun filmeton! Mi lernas Esperanton per Duolingo.

[@internetman9354]

Thank you for paying attention in this

[@R20966]

"You speak Esperanto captain Rimmer!?". "Ah. Wee wee, amour, ce ce."

[@user-oz8uf6cn6u]

Esperantisto ekde la jaro mil nauxcent okdek tria el Rusio estas cxi tie. Vi bone prezentis la karan lingvon, dankon! Mi deziras al vi prosperon kaj pluajn sukcesojn.

[@BJ-zd2or]

Your speaking esparanto?

[@Squidynx]

@@BJ-zd2or Yeah that’s Esperanto

[@squeaksquawk4255]

According to Google tranlate, this says "An Esperantist since the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-three from Russia has been here. You presented the dear language well, thank you! I wish you prosperity and further success."

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@@BJ-zd2or As a Polish Essperantist I can confirm that. Kiel pola esperantisto, mi povas konfirmi tion.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Saluton, samideano!

[@hontema]

esperantist here, b2-c1 level on the CEFR fluency scale. saluton! because this video is about esperanto and seems to be gaining traction, i will be writing this comment about other related topics, kind of like an FAQ, if you will. (side note here, in the video they say that amikejo means friendship. this is slightly incorrect, the word for friendship is amikeco. amikejo means literally, friend-place. amikeco literally means friendness.) is esperanto worth learning? well, this is a hard question to answer. for me, the answer was yes. the real question is if it is worth learning to *you*. ask yourself: am i interested in this language? in the culture surrounding this language? in the ideology? am i willing to take the time to learn this language (or a language at all)? am i willing to accept that while this is the easiest language, esperanto still has its own flaws that make it harder to learn? am i willing to have conversations with esperanto speakers? am i interested in constructed languages? if you answered no to all of these questions, then esperanto is not for you. this is neither a good nor bad thing, maybe it's just not your thing and you'll find some other hobby that you'll be interested in. will esperanto become a global language? in my opinion, maybe not. the speaking community is constantly growing, but i don't see it being a global language anytime soon, nor do i push for it to be one. that, however, does not necessarily mean that you won't be able to find anyone to talk to. i text people everyday in esperanto, sometimes i even play games in that language. it isn't a global language now, and if it will be, progress will be slow. remember that rome wasn't built in a day, so this slow pace isn't surprising. should i get my friends or family into esperanto? should i raise my children on it? i would be honest and say no, not really. while it is okay to tell people that you are learning this language, trying to get someone into this hobby is usually unsuccessful and forcing someone to learn something that they do not want to know is wrong. raising a child on only esperanto is wrong, too. it is ok to teach your children esperanto, but if you do not teach them any other languages they will suffer when they grow older. where can i find resources to learn esperanto? as the video mentions, duolingo and lernu are great resources. duolingo is great for vocabulary in general, but lernu teaches more immersively, so the lernu course is a lot harder than the duolingo course. lernu has a media library so you can read books, and when you don't know a meaning of a word on the website, it has an onsite dictionary which will try to translate that word. drops is an application which can teach you more specific vocabulary through rote memorization. what youtube channels are great for learning? some channels i recommend are exploring esperanto, he has short films in esperanto, evildea, he has a course in the language and is also a vlogger. i have recommended these channels because their content is beginner friendly. if you watch evildea videos, sometimes there is an option for esperanto closed captions so you can see what he is saying.

[@hontema]

i felt like this comment would be a bit too long, so im adding a continued section. feel free to ask questions in the comments and i will try to answer them. i like radios and podcasts. is there any place to start? i use esperanto-radio.com/ because it takes all the podcasts and stations and combines them into one website. but i recommend the muzaiko podcast, which talks about esperanto news, culture, interviews, and global news. since podcasts do not have video with them, it would be harder to follow along with no visual cues. it is completely normal to feel lost, and i recommended muzaiko specifically because the podcast is split into sections. when you start to get lost, its going to get harder and harder to catch up. but when you hear the muzaiko sound bite, its the start of a new section and you can try to understand what is going on again. if your listening skills are high, i recommend the kernpunkto podcast. it was made by native speakers and they do the podcast as a hobby, they talk about interesting topics, but each episode is quite lengthy. where can i find people to talk to? a quick warning before you find someone to talk to, it is that a surprising amount of people learn the language because they have a mental condition like autism or adhd and learn this language because they feel like this is the easiest. since esperanto is also a global language, sometimes you will see people from countries which do not have your native tongue. this means that when talking to people, remember to try being respectful. some people that you talk to may have big cultural differences so keep that in mind, and be patient with people who are slow because we were all beginners (komencantoj) at one point. also, esperantujo is a bit of a small community, so if you say something bitter (i've done that quite a lot before) people will remember you for that. that aside, you can find people through almost any website. you just have to look for them. i talk on discord, someone i know uses telegram, i used to use zoom and google hangouts when talking to older people. should i use language reforms? if you are learning the language, trying language reforms will completely ruin your progress because you have to unlearn and learn things. if you are already a fluent speaker, do whatever you want, but do not use reforms in front of people and expect them to understand you. i have seen people try to push reforms, and to me they are a bit annoying. some reforms have their own political agenda, some reforms make the language a nightmare to learn.

[@alanguages]

@@hontema Kiom da lingvoj vi parolas? Kiujn lingvojn?

[@hontema]

@@alanguages la angla (denaskulo), la esperanta, la japana (iom), kaj la hispana (iomete)

[@alanguages]

@@hontema Anglan (denaskulo), hispanan (flue) kaj portugalan (konversacie) mi parolas. Esperanton mi devas recenzi denove. Mi volas paroli turkan kaj uzbekan. La aglutinon de esperanto mi uzos helpi al mi.

[@coolpersonwithcake98]

Love this video idea!!

[@hmidou386]

Mi ankau.

[@samueltrusik3251]

Beautiful video my friends! Very interesting.

[@Maia_Cyclist]

We need an Esperanto pin

[@eljuano28]

That is a thing.

[@joshuaswart8211]

@@eljuano28 I think they mean from TLDR.

[@timothytikker3834]

It's a green five-pointed star. I have one.

[@caramida9]

So happy to see more discussions about Esperanto. I've interested in the language. While I heard that it's easy to learn, it misses one of the fundamental elements that you go through when learning a language. The culture aspect. We will need a lot more authentic work created in this language for it to ever have a chance to catch on.

[@andyblair8682]

Actually, the cultural / social aspect is the biggest single thing that, after learning Esperanto on Duolingo, pulled me into the community. It has a vibrant, unique culture, and it is surprisingly omnipresent in the world if you know where to look. There are lots of interesting traditions, customs, humour and music in *Esperantujo*... and being a relatively new culture and community, more created organically every year.

[@AaronNel]

This is exactly the type of content I am super interested in.

[@aimeerivers]

Mi parolas Esperanton!

[@TheGeographyBible]

Great video! I don't know why but I find languages fascinating!

[@MyahM1803]

Esperanto estas la plej bona lingvo por la tuta mondo. Mi eklernis ĝin ekde aprilo de 2020 kaj mi renkontis multe da amikoj per Twitter. Esperantiĝu!!!!!

[@Altos_Entretenimentos0955]

Jes!

[@wandefter]

I might learn this.

[@eljuano28]

Do it.

[@devonoknabo2582]

it's a fun language Ĝi estas amuza lingvo

[@joshuaswart8211]

Try it out on Duolingo!

[@timothytikker3834]

I learned Esperanto after working on German and French for years. I found Esperanto to be vastly easier. After learning it for just over a year, when I attended my first Esperanto class, I found I could actually carry on a real conversation in it, my first conversation being with one of the instructors, a Yugoslav who spoke no English. This was a far cry from the results my first attempts to use French. Esperanto is also really remarkable in how it is at once very flexible, yet also very precise. The language's grammar is not prone to ambiguity; after I have spent time reading in Esperanto, when I return to English I keep stumbling over words and phrases which now seem ambiguous to me!

[@wandefter]

@@timothytikker3834 thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'll definitely learn it one day! ^^

[@francescot5012]

Thanks! There are small pronounciation errors, but you did a good job. "Amikejo" in our language actually means "place of the friends" or "friendly place". The Iranian guy at 4:07 should say "Esperanton", with -n.

[@KhaalixD]

Great video!

[@GuzziHeroV50]

Where I live (Stoke, England), the phrase 'stop speaking Esperanto' used to mean 'I don't understand you'. Also, I used to drive past an Esperanto faculty at the Wedgwood Memorial College in Barlaston.

[@mbalicki]

That’s really funny, considering how easy is Esperanto and how much would an English speaker understand of it. 😅 In Esperanto we say “tio estas volapukaĵo” (lit. ‘that’s Volapük’) when we mean ‘that’s Chinese to me’. We poke fun at Volapük, an earlier international language project, whose one of the main flaws was that all the words were made as short as possible, to the point of losing any resemblance to their origins and thus becoming unrecognisable. 🤷‍♂️ Consequently that of course made the language considerably harder to learn. Maybe you can introduce similar saying in Stoke? 🙂

[@landlordize]

@@mbalicki that's so interesting! Here in Denmark we use "volapyk" to mean nonsense. I had no idea it had that origin.

[@GuzziHeroV50]

@@mbalicki Sometimes we will also say 'Its all Greek to me', I think because the written language of Greek is so different than the Romance and Germanic languages, or we also use the term 'Double-Dutch' to mean that something sounds confusing.

[@andyblair8682]

That's pretty daft, given that Esperanto is literally just about the easiest language there is it learn for most people on the planet.

[@GuzziHeroV50]

@@andyblair8682 I think that since most of us Brits are too ignorant to learn a second language, it's just common for us to deride something that sounds different to us!

[@guff9567]

There's nothing secret about Esperanto.

[@angelsaavedra633]

@Deyvi Damn how many languages do you know?

[@joquliina761]

@Deyvi You write secret messages in the Interntional language?

[@abadyr_]

"secret" = clickbait version of "not widely known"

[@guff9567]

@@abadyr_ Thx

[@homosapien.a6364]

@Deyvi I'm learning esperanto as well and i've never used it as a secret language In fact i use my language that I've created No one would know what I wrote in the whole world but me 👹 Unless if you were an expert in the origins of the words that i've took from 🥴

[@Evildea]

I'm actually an Esperanto KZbinr :D Mi parolas Esperanton :D

[@Evildea]

@Deyvi Mi profunde malŝatas komunismon :)

[@geraldwagner8739]

Mia dio ĉi tie. Kial bonega surprizo. 👍😀

[@mateoproductions2741]

Mi vidas vian videojn.

[@firielcasselius4033]

Saluton al nia Dio :v

[@reeserivers]

Every time he pronounces "Esperanto" as "Esperænto" I die a little inside.

[@danielcowan87]

He's an English native speaker mate, that's how it would be pronounced in his variant of English

[@joshuaswart8211]

That’s actually a very common (and acceptable) pronunciation of the word “Esperanto” while speaking English.

[@dtmt502]

this is why the language never took too many uptights like you

[@firielcasselius4033]

Lol sed, oni povas kompreni lin ankoraŭ.

[@mkb6418]

I haven't learnt it. But it's amazing that I can understand some sentences from it, although never studied it.

[@makizupe4120]

Thank you Thank you This is the only way we can grow Thank you

[@phsb66]

Reading the comments, it's obvious that there are a number of misunderstandings and misconceptions about Esperanto. I'm by no means an expert, but I've been using the language for over 40 years and I've read a lot of books about the author of Esperanto and about Esperanto linguistics, so I hope you'll allow me to point out the following: As a boy, Zamenhof did indeed believe that languages were the main barrier to better inter-ethnic relations, as that was his experience of the situation "as a kid". As an adult, however, he shed this naivety and was fully aware that political and religious beliefs were more destructive to peaceful relations than any language barrier. Still, he believed that having a neutral common second language could help people better discuss and understand these differences. English is not a neutral language: for starters, it's historically linked to global British and American Colonisation and more recently, it's linked to Brexit and Trumpism. If you're interested in the spirit of Esperanto, then look up "homaranismo" - a philosophy of "people belonging to humanity”, which was Zamenhof's answer to his perceived naïveté, and which is deeply instilled in the Esperanto ethos, which is one of the reasons why Esperanto is unique. Although the lexicon (the words) in Esperanto is mainly derived from Græco-Romance roots, albeit with lashings of English, table-spoonfuls of German and a sprinkling of Russian, the morphology (how words are formed) is usually described as having a mix of agglutinative (word elements are stuck together to make new words etc) and isolating (words have little or no inflection) elements, which is actually quite similar to how some Asian languages work. So despite it's eurocentric appearance, a Korean or even a Turkish person would feel more comfortable with the way words are put together. Besides, if people who speak non-european languages have had to learn English in school, then they would recognise a lot of the vocabulary when they come to learn Esperanto. Lastly, Esperanto has been called artificial. I think it's time to bury this term, as it is a living breathing language that has grown and evolved as national languages have. It may have been planned by one person, but this is in no way unique. Modern Hebrew and Modern Indonesian are examples of other planned languages - no one would ever call them artificial. I hope you found this informative without being too patronising (sorry if it has)

[@bernardoesperanto3194]

phsb66 -- Vi tute pravas kaj mi dankas al vi por viaj gravaj atentigoj. As a confirming supplement, here is, how Zamenhof himself explained the specific character of Esperanto in his Unua Libro (1887, Engl. trans. 1889): ---- I (Z) introduced a complete dismemberment of ideas into independent words, so that the whole language consists, not of words in different states of grammatical inflexion, but of unchangeable words. If the reader will turn to one of the pages of this book written in my language, he will perceive that each word always retains its original unalterable form-namely, that under which it appears in the vocabulary. The various grammatical inflexions, the reciprocal relations of the members of a sentence, are expressed by the junction of immutable syllables. But the structure of such a synthetic language being altogether strange to the chief European nations, and consequently difficult for them to become accustomed to, I have adapted this principle of dismemberment to the spirit of the European languages, in such a manner that anyone learning my tongue from grammar alone, without having previously read this introduction-which is quite unnecessary for the learner-will never perceive that the structure of the language differs in any respect from that of his mother-tongue. So, for example, the derivation of frat'in'o, which is in reality a compound of frat “child of the same parents as one’s self”, in “female”, o “an entity”, “that which exists”, i.e., “that which exists as a female child of the same parents as one’s self” = “a sister”-is explained by the grammar thus: the root for “brother” is frat, the termination of substantives in the nominative case is o, hence frat'o is the equivalent of “brother”; the feminine gender is formed by the suffix in, hence frat'in'o = “sister”. (The little strokes, between certain letters, are added in accordance with a rule of the grammar, which requires their insertion between each component part of every complete word). Thus the learner experiences no difficulty, and never even imagines that what he calls terminations, suffixes, etc.,-are *complete and independent words* , which always keep their own proper significations, whether placed at the beginning or end of a word, in the middle, or alone. The result of this construction of the language is, that everything written in it can be immediately and perfectly understood by the help of the vocabulary-or even almost without it-by anyone who has not only not learnt the language before, but even has never heard of its very existence.

[@mrvwbug4423]

Always wondered what the story behind it was. Interestingly Esperanto is one of the languages that the US government provides government forms in, you can get many US government forms in Esperanto if you want.

[@bernardoesperanto3194]

mrvwbug -- "you can get many US government forms in Esperanto" - Interesting! Are some of them available in the internet?

[@RafaelW8]

Lol, I am already fluent in 3 of the 5 languages that Esperanto consists of, and learning a 4th.

[@hermanmortensen4389]

Cool

[@DanTheCaptain]

I love the idea of Esperanto and can speak a bit of it. I even bought a little Esperanto flag to hang with my other flags in my room haha. While I don’t think the language the language will be as successful as it once was because English has obviously fulfilled that role, I do see a very bright future for it. Especially with it growing international presence! It’s also interesting to learn that Hungary was one of many countries who actually experimented with teaching the language in schools back in the 70’s and 80’s.

[@markymarc7833]

My understanding is that it's mandatory to have learnt a second language in order to be admitted to university in Hungary, and that Esperanto is still accepted for this purpose.

[@EmpererDevian]

I first learned about Esperanto when I was young and began building my D&D world (which I’ve recently finished :) and the name of the world was originally Esperanto. I changed my worlds name, but my fascination with Esperanto has only grown and I think it’d be a great global language.

[@shaneokeigan6150]

Mi dankas vin, TLDR, ke vi faris tian bonan videon. Vivu Esperanto! Ankaux, cxi tiuj komentoj estas mirinda rimedo por trovi bonegan Esperantan enhavon. Mi dankas cxiujn!

[@newshot3191]

I will try it and if I like the language, I'll definitely learn it.

[@user-iw9ln6ld7c]

Yes you can!

[@Joekool88]

There was an anime that used Esperanto once [Rahxephon]

[@AtlanticGiantPumpkin]

This is by far the best video on Esperanto I’ve ever seen. People talk about how it was created, but rarely do people talk about the struggles it went through while still emerging from the other side. I knew about its place in the Holocaust, but I didn’t know the rest! I’m showing this to everyone.

[@mukilanru]

Welcome to the Ido language.

[@rcm926]

As someone from there, this video is the last place I expected to hear Stoke mentioned. I honestly had no idea it was centred here in this country.

[@matthewb3113]

The concept is great and useful. The world though found a common language with English. (Not saying English is superior or better). Yet, learning different languages is important, and should begin early in school.

[@NoobyDoobs]

Prior to english, the lingua franca was french tho. English simply took the position from french.

[@lucarnetrange]

English has awkward prononciation, irregular verbs, ambiguous words, etc. The world should be learning and using Esperanto.

[@pleasestaysafe2787]

Thank you so much for doing this video. I just recently learned about the language Esperanto, because of its flag. Somebody somewhere on the internet had it so I looked it up to see what it was. I'm American and lately there has been a lot of far wing groups declaring their existence with different flags. So imagine my relief when I found out the flag represented the universal language whose Creator just wanted to get along.

[@andyblair8682]

Counter those extremist, intolerant groups by learning Esperanto yourself and linking hands with like-minded folks in the USA and worldwide. Nothing speaks louder than action, and building the world we want for future generations takes effort. I guarantee you that you will be pleasantly surprised by the welcoming community that is there...almost everywhere, under the surface...of good-hearted people you will meet in Esperantujo. I leaned Esperanto on Duolingo in just 5 months last year, and it ended up being life-changing. It opened up vistas of humanity that were inaccessible just months before.

[@cosmiccentaur]

I feel like Esperanto could be a replacement for English as an international language in things like business and the like, and not necessarily a language that replaced every language.

[@lihuenbartoli7895]

that's the idea. to be an international language for international purposes, not to obliterate other languages. it's just an extra tool

[@andyblair8682]

It was created as an *international auxiliary language* in fact...not to replace or supplant anyone's natural language, but the be a second language to everyone. In fact this is an idea whose time has come since smaller languages are disappearing at an alarming rate now, due to cultural imperialism / colonialism. Smaller languages and cultures are something that Esperanto, should it become more widespread, could help save.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

The original idea of Zamenhof was similar to yours ;-) La orginala ideo de Zamenhof similis al via.

[@rudraveermandal3474]

'Secret International Language' Reality: Europe Language

[@firielcasselius4033]

Mi lernis Esperanton per Duolingo ĉirkaŭ 2018, kaj mi sendube ne bedaŭras pri tio :) Mi havas multajn novajn amikojn, kiuj helpas min eĉ pri laboro kaj lernado de aliaj temoj.

[@TheBartianObserver]

Greetings from Białystok. 😉 Now, high time to set back to studying for my finals. 😏

[@andyblair8682]

Also, learn Esperanto sometime after your finals. You are lucky to be in

[@AnaRibeiro]

Thanks for this video! Esperanto is a really important part of my life! It was the first foreign language I learned as a teen, first I learned Esperanto, then French, then English and then German (my native language is Portuguese). Later on my life I end up living in Germany, and getting a job because I could speak English, but Esperanto is a huge part of my life because I have so many friends I made in the community, I traveled the world using the language (with Pasporta servo and other tools to find local speakers in many countries that I went, they are many times willing to receive you! And I also received many esperantists in my home in Berlin), and so on! French on the other hand wasn't that useful in my life, other than a few words exchanged in a few times I've been to France, it didn't bring much more, I even forgot most of what I learned! Koran dankon denove pro montri Esperanto en tiu ĉi mojosa kanalo!

[@skeletonkeysproductionskp]

Thanks for this video, very Big Brain as I learned something new, eeeeey!

[@rosa1848]

I am currently learning Esperanto and I think I have learnt more in 7 days than I did after 2 years of Japanese in school Mi lernas esperanton, kaj mi pensas ke mi lernis pli esperaton malantaŭ ok tagoj ol mi lernas en du jaroj de la japanan en lernejo

[@mukilanru]

Welcome to the Ido language.

[@Bolsonaro_em_Haia]

I never quite managed to learn Esperanto, but it is a meritorious language with a noble goal. I may give it another try now.

[@andyblair8682]

I learned it on Duolingo last year in about 5 months...to B1/B2 level fluency. About 15 minutes a day only. Which is *incredible* if you think about it, as I am *not* a gifted language learner at all (I did poorly in French in school, and am abysmal at grammar in any language) and it would be impossible to reach this with any other language. Now I speak to people around the world in Esperanto just about every day, so it is more useful than I thought it would be.

[@dealitis946]

My mother is from Neutral Moresnet and until 30 years ago you could still learn esperanto at secondery school if you wanted to

[@geraldwagner8739]

I love the history of Neutral Moresnet (today Kelmis in Belgium). I read a book about it that was so funny that I had to laugh all the time.

[@paulohagan3309]

Until today, I never heard about the Belgian connection. A pity the Belgian government never pushed to make it an official language. It might have solved a lot of problems between the Flemish and Walloons. Then maybe just maybe, the Benelux countries might have adopted it and then finally the EU. Esperanto's position might be a lot better today than it is.

[@Maxim_Kuzin]

Dankon por la video, kamaradoj! Mi esperas, ke nia granda lingvo prosperos kaj Eŭropo parolu Esperanton!

[@theconqueringram5295]

Esperanto has a fascinating history.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Ja :-D

[@spruelo2675]

Its because the language is fascinating. Learn Esperanto!

[@1337w0n]

"Stalin clearly reversed his position on Esperanto." Not surprising, when you consider how he reversed his views on communism.

[@ep5019]

oh ffs "but that wasnt real communism" theres a place in hell for you

[@rcm926]

@@ep5019 Chill out, he's making a joke.

[@alex-sv8ru]

@@ep5019 Ok then. It was real communism and it was glorious.

[@ep5019]

@@alex-sv8ru Truly, Still not as good as Tsarism though

[@seyamrahman1002]

@@ep5019 the peasants ruled by Nicholas II would disagree

[@jolesho1887]

Thanks for this video. I still learned something new and I am a fluent Esperanto Speaker. Dankon por la video. Mi eĉ lernis ion novan kaj mi flue parolas Esperanton.

[@aubs400]

I personally don't like the lack of Celtic features and obvious biases on the part of the creator. However, the idea in of itself is noble, and the fact it's continuing is testament to our innate and wonderful ability to learn languages.

[@danielcowan87]

Very very biased

[@czechistan_zindabad]

You could say the same for any other language family besides Romance and Germanic and Slavic

[@shivermetimbers6128]

Minor correction: friendship is "amikeco". Amikejo would translate into something like "a place for friends" I think 🤔

[@geraldwagner8739]

This is right!

[@Mrs.THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

Well, we have been using a lot of Greek words in science, politics etc

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

@Gorilla Gorilla I cant read that.

[@svantenelander7131]

Tre bona filmeto! Dankon pro montri tiu ĉi bela lingvo.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Sorry Khomeini, looks like everyone is just going to learn English now

[@tomasvrabec1845]

Should probably learn it. I am already fluent in English and Polish is understandable. It would be a nice gateway towards better Polish whilst giving me some basis of French an German.

[@mbalicki]

If that’s your long-term goal in language learning, I’d definitely recommend you giving Esperanto a try. 🙂

[@oliver7901]

"Secret"?? Esperanto is easily the best-known and most widely-spoken constructed language by miles! I remember it on the BBC TV series Red Dwarf when I was a kid! Hardly a secret.

[@MrEdnooki]

Speak for yourself this is the first time im hearing of it

[@zothOne]

Less than two million people speak the language dude. A language that no one knows is as useless as a beautiful symphony that can't be heard by the human sound spectrum.

[@Inazarab]

It may be the most widely spoken constructed language but few people even know what a constructed language is.

[@siarhian10]

Laŭŝajne estas rano en mia bideo

[@XMysticHerox]

@@zothOne Few speak it but lots of people know about it. It´s not secret at all. It´s common fun fact stuff that gets mentioned all the time.

[@GabrielErixon]

Mi dankas vin pro ĉi tiu filmeto.

[@hublanderuk]

I first heard of Esperanto as a kid in the Sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf when I was a kid. Did not know the history behind it. Thanks for the lesson and where the comedy from people failing to learn it. 😄