Modern day Esperanto speakers have seized Zamnehof’s dream. On
the 16th of July 2013, a group of 1,000 campaigners gathered in
Iceland to discuss how they could spread awareness and boost the reputation of
Esperanto.
But, is Esperanto the future of international communications?
If any language becomes universal, I believe that Esperanto is as good as any.
I say this because it is very similar to a range of different languages and is
very easy to learn because of its’ regularity. Also, Esperanto already has a
great reputation as ‘the international language’, therefore everyone who
believes in a global language will automatically turn to Esperanto.
I do not think that Esperanto should wipe out all minority
languages or that Esperanto should become the only language since separate
languages define our culture and history. But that in an ever changing world an
international language would be helpful. It will allow people to travel all
over the world without worrying about the language barriers and will aid both
business and politics.
As quoted by James R. Piton, Brazil in a reply to a
magazine:
'Learning any language
improves one's career, as probably one can get more informed, get more skills
in one's own language and so on. But reaching a deep knowledge of Esperanto is
not as time consuming as for national languages, so the development of relationships
to others in the same professional field is easier and more productive. I speak
to my children only in Esperanto. They are six and four years old and bilingual
in Portuguese and Esperanto. Our aim, for my Esperanto-speaking wife and me, is
to give them some resources to easily learn more languages, but especially to
become open-minded to cultural diversity in the world. That is commonly
overridden by the international use of English. Esperanto is a sort of
"linguistic handshaking", as some writer brightly defined it.'
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