Aug 24

This year I found out about Esperanto, the international and neutral language, which is also the world’s easiest to learn. It encourages open cultural exchange without preference to any particular speaker. I very much liked the idea, but I wanted to see if it really worked! So, I signed up to the first international Summer Esperanto Study program in Slovakia, which was organized by Lernu ; a website for learning Esperanto for free. I saw an international community that I never knew existed. I found out that Esperanto isn’t just a language; it’s people and ideas that work together. I hope that this video shows exactly why this was only the first of many Esperanto events that I will be going to.

If you would like to see more, there are photos and all the unedited videos on my flickr profile.

If you liked this video, please leave comments! :)

  • Bonegxe Benny...
  • www.irishpolyglot.com - great domain name for blog like this)))
  • I agree with Benny that it is a composite of culture, temperament, history, and linguistics because of it being selected as the axis for the Selten/Pool (e) model study. I also agree w/Pieter that Esperanto is not the world's easiest language mainly because language is not just the use of words, but the utterances of thought and emotion. Way complex.
    Meanwhile, I fell in LOVE with Esperanto thanks to Benny and I shall be there next year.
  • I really love Esperanto, but it isn't the world's easiest language anymore: since Toki Pona a language of only 118 has been developped. (Based upon the semantic fundamentals of all languages.)

    http://www.tokipona.org/
  • Saluton el Latvio!
    Dankon al vi por la filmeto!
  • Bill Chapman
    I have just come back from an international holiday in Plouezec, Brittany, where the only language used was Esperanto. 150 people from Britain, Germany, Russia, Poland all spent a week talking, singing, and learning together usiing this delightful language. It really works, and deserves more than just grass-roots support. 150 people from Britain, Germany, Russia, Poland all spent a week talking, singing, and learning together usiing this delightful language. It really works, and deserves more than just grass-roots support.
  • russ
    Saluton,
    Bona filmeto! Mi volis iri al tiu evento, sed mankis tempo... tro multaj interesaj eventoj okazas en la somero! :)

    Mi feliĉas ke la kunveno tiom plaĉis al vi kiel nova Esperantisto, kaj dankon ke vi tiom bone kaj entuziasme raportis pri ĝi!
    russ (en Pollando)
  • Maith thu! Dankon pro la bonega kaj entuziasmiga filmeto. Mi ĝojas, ke vi malkovris nian lingvon k esperas, ke vi bone progresos. Faoi láthair tá mé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge - ba mhait liom tabhair cuairt ar an nGaeltacht - b'fhéidir an bhliain seo chugainn. Slán as beannacht! Kaj amikajn salutojn!
  • Great Video!
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