Esperanto is a language with no nation

Posted by : River Rat
ON : 03/13/2012 : 3:40:15
IN : http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=554328

Esperanto is a language with no nation. It was cooked up by elitists who believed it would unify Europe under one language (something the Germans will probably accomplish ). I think it's a mix of French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, and God knows what else, with fairly simple linguistic rules and none of the exceptions older languages develop. It was developed in a laboratory, basically, and never caught on.

Answer:

1. "nation" is an obsolete concept. We are now living in the global village.
   
2. Instead of "elitists" use "literate people"; this is closer to reality.
3. The aim of Esperanto is not just Europe, but the Global Village.
   
4. " a mix of French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, and God knows what else " chosen at random is English. In Esperanto, the words were chosen to reduce ambiguities, and have a much more narrower meaning. This is why GoogleTranslating from Esperanto gives very good results, compared with translating from English.
   
5. developed in a laboratory : Totally wrong. Esperanto was put in the public domain very early. See the evolution of the vocabulary in http://remush.be/tezauro/PIV.xml
6. never caught on. This is not my perception. Esperanto, caught on very quickly at the outset, but there were 2 world wars that decimated the users. Nevertheless, all those who learned English and Esperanto would confirm that as a second language, Esperanto has no match.