Bonvenon al ĉi tiu bloga afiŝo pri Esperanto-Tago!
This means: “Welcome to this blog post about Esperanto Day!"
Esperanto Day is July 26 each year. What is Esperanto? It’s a language invented in the nineteenth century which became the most-spoken artificial language in the world. The word esperanto means “one who hopes.” A man named L. L. Zamenhof wanted to help build mutual understanding among the people of the world, and created a language belonging to everyone to help accomplish this. He published the Unua Libro (First Book), which was an introduction to the language, on July 26 in 1887.
Why Learn Esperanto?
First and foremost, it’s fun, and was designed to be as easy as possible to learn. Esperanto follows regular rules and patterns. For example, each letter in its alphabet always makes the same sound. Also, all nouns end in “o,” all adjectives in “a,” and all adverbs in “e.”
Zamenhof based Esperanto on many languages. If you know English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, or Latin, you already know some Esperanto. Many Esperanto words are based on English words. For example, the word for “sun” is “suno,” and the word for “bird” is “birdo.”
Esperanto Culture
Esperanto has developed its own culture and literature. Each summer, the World Esperanto Congress convenes somewhere in the world for enthusiasts to meet and practice the language. Thousands of books and other publications have been produced in Esperanto over the years, and there have even been movies made in Esperanto. One of them, Incubus from 1966, starred William Shatner.
Learning Esperanto
It’s unknown how many people worldwide know some Esperanto, but in our interconnected world there are many opportunities to learn the language and communicate with others who study it.
Below are some resources for learning Esperanto, in addition to SJPL's online platform Pronunciator, which includes lessons for learning the language.
We also have children's ebooks in Esperanto on our LOTE4Kids platform.
Dankon pro legado! Thank you for reading!
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