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Some people believe Esperanto is dead, not a real language, or not worth learning. If they took the time to learn it, they wouldn't feel that way. People can read current books and talk to other people in Esperanto. A few couples who understood each other only in Esperanto have fallen in love and raised children who learned the language as a first tongue. Languages just don't get any more real than that. Of course, whether any language is worth learning depends on your motivations. Created before the age of astronauts, electronics, and the Internet, Esperanto would have quickly become useless if its users couldn't adapt it to talk about new concepts and inventions. Today, you can read books, magazines, and web sites in Esperanto. You can use it to talk to people in other countries, either by travelling to meet them in person or to correspond with pen pals. You can hear radio broadcasts in the language on shortwave and via the Internet. There are Esperanto chat rooms. Esperanto has come a long way since its original speaker offered it to the world. |
