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Esperanto, an international artificial language

Esperanto, an international artificial language. Three aspects. I) A created language II)Esperanto as an ideology III)The esperantist community. A created language. 1) Origins. L.L. Zamenhof. Creator of Esperanto in 1887 Jew from the getto of Bialystok. I) A created language.

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Esperanto, an international artificial language

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  1. Esperanto, an international artificial language

  2. Three aspects • I) A created language • II)Esperanto as an ideology • III)The esperantist community

  3. A created language • 1) Origins

  4. L.L. Zamenhof • Creator of Esperanto in 1887 • Jew from the getto of Bialystok

  5. I) A created language • 2) Characteristics • 16 rules of grammar • Easy to learn • Vocabulary comes from : • 75% Romance and Latin languages • 20% Germanic languages • Rest from Slavic and Greek

  6. Esperanto as an ideology of international communication • 1) Problems of communication at an international level • Great number of languages • Increasing communication and interactions • The need for standardisation of communciation • Natural languages as standard languages

  7. Esperanto as an ideology of international communication • 2) Esperanto as an answer to these problems? • The esperantist ideology • A fair language?

  8. The esperantist community • 1)The esperantists • Number • Geography

  9. The Esperantist Community • 2) Their activities • Culture • International exchanges • Hosting • Meetings • Congress

  10. Sources JANTON, P., L’esperanto, Paris, PUF, 1994 BURNEY, Pierre., Les Langues Internationales, Paris, PUF, 1962 PIRON, Claude, Le Défi des Langues : du Gâchis au bon sens, Paris, L’Harmattan, 1994 www.esperanto.net www.esperanto-usa.org http://donh.best.vwh.net/esperanto.php www.owlnet.rice.edu www.internetworldstats.com

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