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The Creation and Evolution of Esperanto: A Universal Language for Global Understanding
TLDR Esperanto is a constructed language created to promote global understanding and eliminate language barriers. It has a passionate community of speakers worldwide and continues to evolve, with conferences and online resources available to keep the language alive.
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Esperanto is a constructed language that was created by a group of people and has a small but notable community of speakers, including George Soros and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Esperanto was created as a universal language to promote global understanding and eliminate conflicts caused by language barriers, and it gained popularity in the late 19th century, surpassing other constructed languages like Wallopuch.
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L.L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was inspired to create a universal language due to the ethnic violence and conflicts he witnessed growing up in Bialystok, Poland, and believed that a universal language could help bridge the divides between people.
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LL Zamenhof created Esperanto, a universal language that he introduced at his 19th birthday party by handing out pocket dictionaries and grammar charts, along with a hymn that expressed the idea of unity among humanity.
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Esperanto is easier to learn than most other languages, taking about 40 hours of class time, and has no irregular verbs or exceptions to rules, making it a more straightforward and efficient language to learn.
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Esperanto has no irregular verbs and uses affixes to modify the meaning of words, making it easier to learn and avoiding the development of irregular verbs.
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Esperanto uses affixes to modify the meaning of words, such as adding -INO for a female version of something or -EJO for a place, and encourages the creation of new words as long as they follow the rules and make sense.
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Esperanto was created with the goal of uniting the world by removing language and cultural barriers, and although it was originally based on Hillelism, the language quickly evolved to focus on humanitarianism and the idea that we are all humans, leading to the first international Congress of Esperanto in 1905 and the introduction of a simplified version called Edo.
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Esperanto continues to have a passionate community of speakers worldwide, with conferences, teaching apps, and online resources available to keep the language and its ideals alive.
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The first Congress of Esperanto in 1905 introduced the Esperanto flag, called the Verda Stello or Green Star, which became a significant part of the language's branding and identity.
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