Happy Lunar New Year (luna novjaro) everyone! A fresh year in the lunar calendar brings with it the next Chinese Zodiac animal. For 2018, it’s the year of the dog (jaro de la hundo), which is associated with loyalty and courage. Here are the twelve Zodiac animals and there Esperanto … [Read more...]
Learning Another Language as a New Year’s Resolution
For many people the start of a new year brings with it the urge to better themselves. This could be joining the gym, eating healthier or learning a new language. Why learn a new language? It’s true that many people throughout the world speak English, especially in tourist areas. However, according to Ethnologue the language only has an estimated 980 million speakers. So only … [Read more...]
Where is Esperanto Spoken?
Unlike most languages, Esperanto isn’t spoken in a particular country. Instead, it’s spoken across the world by an estimated 1-2 million speakers. There hasn’t been a worldwide language census, so the number of speakers in each country isn’t known. However, we do know that a significant amount of Esperanto speakers can be found in the USA, Central Europe, Eastern Europe and … [Read more...]
Does Esperanto Have Native Speakers?
A common myth about Esperanto is that it doesn’t have any native speakers. After all, why would a constructed language that isn’t the official language of a country have any? However, it’s simply not true. Esperanto has an estimated 2000 native speakers (denaskuloj) throughout the world. In many cases their parents met at an Esperanto event such as the World Esperanto … [Read more...]
Amikumu
Amikumu is a free mobile app that helps you find nearby Esperanto speakers (or other languages). Its name means “do the friend thing” in Esperanto. To use the app, you first need to create an account with the following details: A name A profile picture A short bio The languages you speak and at what proficiency. The list of languages is extensive and includes … [Read more...]