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Indeed. Next up: Why doesn't the world speak Esperanto?
by ryanv 18y ago
Indeed. Next up: Why doesn't the world speak Esperanto?
- tokenadult 18y agoWhy doesn't the world speak Esperanto? That question is well answered by Justin Rye's FAQ about Esperanto: http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/ranto/ http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/ranto/ The short answer is that Esperanto is much harder to learn than Esperantists claim it is, and thus it has never had many speakers, and thus it provides lousy return on investment for learning it. The total number of all Esperanto speakers in the whole wide world (at any given level of proficiency you care to define) is less than the number of new speakers added by English or Chinese in a single year. There will always be much better return on investment of time, money, and effort to learning any of the top dozen or so natural languages than to learning Esperanto. And that's why Esperanto is the language for which tomorrow never comes as to it being widely used as an auxiliary international language. Studying Esperanto is a fine hobby, and one I have engaged in, but it is a poor solution to the practical problem of communicating with more people who don't know your native language. I say this as a person who has learned multiple languages from multiple language families.
- bitwize 18y agoIt's promoted by Esperanto Corporation, a front for Shadowloo. "Of COURSE!"