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Esperanto
Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language. A planned or constructed language is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary has been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved naturally.
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Is Eurasian and Esperanto the same thing?
No. Eurasian means on the border of Europe and Asia, or a country that is both in Europe and Asia. Eg, Russia is a Eurasian country, along with Turkey.
Esperanto is a language spoken by about ~2,000,000 people which is a combination of all the European Languages: French, English, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, etc.
What is 'Bon matina' when translated from Elefen to English?
"Good morning!" is a literal English equivalent of the Elefen phrase Bon matina! The language in question -- which draws upon Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish vocabulary -- also may be abbreviated as lfn and identified as Lingua Franca Nuova. The pronunciation will be "bon ma-tee-na" in Elefen.
Does Mexico have Esperanto enclaves?
There are Esperantists in Mexico, but they do not all live in one neighborhood. They are scattered throughout the country. Mexico is home to the Mexican Esperanto Institute and the Mexican Esperanto Federation.
Pretty useless to compare Klingon with Esperanto. Especially because Esperanto is designed to be an international language, whereas Klingon is not.
Probably less than 10 percent of all educated people have even heard of Esperanto so do not know that, for example, the Esperanto Wikipedia has about 150,000 articles, (which get about 400,000 views per day). By contrast the total number of articles about Klingon in Wikipedia total only 189, and nothing has been added since 2006.
The World Esperanto Association enjoys consultative relations with the United Nations. Does Klingon ?
A pity also that it is not generally known that you may find Esperanto speakers in more than 130 countries. Or that more people in Burundi per head of the population speak Esperanto than in any other country. Thirty schools in Burundi teach Esperanto ; how many teach Klingon?
What are the Esperanto words for slogan and motto?
The Esperanto words for slogan and motto are Tdevizo and moto respectively.
Is Esperanto the universal language?
Esperanto was created with the goal of becoming a universal second language, but it is not currently recognized as such. It is estimated that there are around 2 million speakers worldwide. While it has a dedicated community, it is not widely used in international communication or official settings.
What kind of language is Esperanto?
Esperanto is a constructed international auxiliary language created with the goal of fostering communication and understanding between people from different linguistic backgrounds. It was developed in the late 19th century by L. L. Zamenhof and is characterized by its regular grammar and vocabulary drawn from multiple languages.
Has the Esperanto language been used on any spacecraft ever?
Yes. According to Pale Blue Dot, ISBN 0-7472-1553-7 p.152, by Carl Sagan, the two Voyager spacecrafts each contained "a golden phonograph record encased in a golden, mirrored jacket containing, among other things: greetings in 59 human languages, and one whale language". If you listen to track 3 (UN Greetings) between 2m 16s and 2m 24s you can hear the Esperanto greeting "Ni strebas vivi en paco kun la popoloj de la tuta mondo, de la tuta kosmo" (We strive to live in peace with the peoples of the whole world, of the whole cosmos) by Ralph Harry (see the related link). Listen in the related links.
When was the 63rd Esperanto Congress?
If you are asking when the 63rd Esperanto Congress was, it was in 1978, in Varna, Bulgaria.
How do you say good arfternoon in Esperanto?
Strictly speaking, "Good afternoon" would be "Bonan posttagmezon," but "Bonan tagon" ("Good day") is more common.
