Heroldo de Esperanto - Heroldo de Esperanto Heroldo de Esperanto (Esperanto Herald) is a magazine published in Esperanto. It was founded in 1920 by Teo Jung in Cologne under the name of “Esperanto triumfonta”. It was edited by Jung from 1920 to 1961. In the years before the Second World War it appeared on a weekly basis. It survived until 1936 when it was closed down by the German authorities and its presses confiscated. Jung and his wife left Germany for the Netherlands where he began publishing again. After a break during the war the paper again appeared but this time was published fortnightly. The editorship was held by Ada Fighiera Sikorska from 1962 until 1996. In 1966 the paper was sold to LF-koop in Switzerland and the editorship was undertaken.
Universal Esperanto Association - Universal Esperanto Association The Universal Esperanto Association ('\UEA), or Universala Esperanto-Asocio', is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with members in 119 countries (as of 2000) and official relations with the United Nations and UNESCO. In addition to individual members, 95 national Esperanto organizations are members of UEA. UEA was founded in 1908 and is now headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The UEA has an office at the United Nations building in New York City. The annual World Congress of Esperanto (Universala Kongreso), which attracts 2000-5000 people to a different city each year, is held under the direction of UEA. UEA also publishes books and has the largest mail-order Esperanto bookstore in the world (with over 4000 books, CDs, and other items), maintains an information center.
Universal Congress of Esperanto - Universal Congress of Esperanto The Universal Congress of Esperanto has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run of nearly a hundred years. The Congresses have been held since 1905 every year, with the only exception being the years of the two World Wars. The Universal Esperanto Association has therefore about 100 years of experience in congress organizing. These congresses take place every year and gather on average about 2000 participants (since World War II it has varied from 800 to 6000 depending on the venue). The average number of countries represented is about 60. Some specialized organizations also gather a few hundred participants in their annual meetings. The Universal Congress usually takes place in the last week of July or first week of.
Esperanto - Esperanto Esperanto (eo and epo in ISO 639) is the most widely spoken of the constructed languages. The name derives from the pseudonym (Dr. Esperanto) under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first work on the subject, and literally means "one who hopes". Zamenhof, a Jewish oculist from Bialystok, Poland, published the Unua Libro (first book) of the language in 1887 after working on it for about ten years (see Esperanto history). His intention was to create an easy-to-learn language, to serve as an international auxiliary language, a second language for everyone in the world, rather than to replace all existing languages in the world. Some Esperanto speakers still want this, but most just want to meet foreigners and learn about other countries and cultures. Today,.
Esperanto history - Esperanto history In 1878, L. L. Zamenhof considered a revival of Latin to be the solution for the language problem, but after learning it he realized it was obsolete and too difficult for the task. When he learned English, he noted that verb conjugations were unnecessary for comprehension. At this point, he still had the problem of a large vocabulary base until he encountered two signs labelled ŝvejcarskaja (porter's lodge-- place of the porter) and konditorskaja (confectioner's shop-- place of sweets). Then he realized that the proper use of suffixes could greatly decrease the number of words needed in the vocabulary. The vocabulary was chosen to be the most recognizable by the most speakers of the most number of languages. For six years he worked on.
Esperanto grammar - Esperanto grammar Esperanto is an agglutinative language which has no grammatical genders and limited, regular verb conjugation. Nouns and adjectives have two casess, nominative and accusative, and two numbers, singular and plural; and nouns and adjectives must agree in case and number. The accusative ending can also be used to show the destination of a motion, or to replace certain prepositions when preferred. The accusative allows flexible word order like Russian, Greek, and Latin. Most of its vocabulary is made up of Latin, Greek, English, French, German, and some other Indo-European roots with a few words from Slavic languages. Esperanto has a relatively regular grammar, phonetic alphabet (meaning that all words are pronounced as in written and vice versa), and very logical structure (the same words'.
Esperanto culture - Esperanto culture Esperanto is often used to access an international culture. There are over 25,000 Esperanto books (originals and translations) as well as over a hundred regularly distributed Esperanto magazines. Many Esperanto speakers use the language for free travel throughout the world using the Pasporta Servo. Others like the idea of having pen pals in many countries around the world using services like the Esperanto Pen Pal Service. Every year, hundreds of new titles are published in Esperanto along with music. Also, many Esperanto newspapers and magazines exist. There are full-time broadcasts in Esperanto via the radio-esperanto website; additionally there are radio broadcasts in Esperanto by various stations at certain times of day in certain regions (see AERA). There even exist some Esperanto films. As of.
Esperanto flag - Esperanto flag The Esperanto flag is composed of a green background with a white square in the upper lefthand corner, which in turn contains a green star. The green field symbolizes hope, the white symbolizes peace and neutrality, and the five-pointed star represents the five continents (as traditionally counted). By recommendation of the board of the World Esperanto Association, the flag should have the following proportions. The ratio of the width of the flag to the height of the flag to a side of the white square should 3 to 2 to 1. The ratio of a side of the white square to the radius of a circle enclosing the star should be 10 to 3.5. Some Esperanto speakers consider the traditional flag too nationalistic for.
Esperanto library - Esperanto library The following Esperanto libraries and collections of works in the Esperanto language are worthy of note: The Montagu Butler Library of Esperanto materials, maintained by the British Esperanto Association, whose collection of 30,000 items is often quoted. The National Library of Austria includes an International Esperanto Museum with 25,000 volumes, 2000 museum objects, 2000 autographs and manuscripts, 13,000 photos, 1100 posters and 40,000 flyers. In 1995, a project began to put the catalog online. The database, known as TROVANTO, can be searched from the website of the Austrian National Library. The Universala Esperanto-Asocio maintains the Hector Hodler Library in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The Hodler collection contains around 20,000 books and a vast collection of periodicals. The Center for Documentation and Exploration of the International.
Esperanto Pen Pal Service - Esperanto Pen Pal Service The Esperanto Pen Pal Service is an online service to help speakers of the Esperanto language find Esperanto speaking pen pals around the world. Anyone can list their name, location, Esperanto ability and other details. If someone does not want to be listed, they can still write to someone who is already on the list. External Links Official webpage Penpal service of edukado.net.
Esperanto orthography - Esperanto orthography Esperanto is written in an alphabet of twenty-eight letters. Twenty-two of these are identical in form to letters of the English alphabet (q, w, x, and y being omitted). The remaining six are accented letters, which appear as follows: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ (c, g, h, j, and s with circumflex), and ŭ (u with breve). The full alphabet appears as follows:- a b c ĉ d e f g ĝ h ĥ i j ĵ k l m n o p r s ŝ t u ŭ v z The alphabet is phonetic in that each letter has a consistent sound, although the mapping from phonemes to letters is not always unique because certain letters are pronounced as combinations of other letters.
Esperanto Association of Britain - Esperanto Association of Britain The Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB) is a registered educational charity whose objective is to advance the education of the public in the international language Esperanto. Among its activities it publishes, provides and distributes information about the language and organises educational courses, lectures and conferences. It also provides a comprehensive bookshop with material from around the world. Regular publications include :- Handbook La Brita Esperantisto - a literary magazine in Esperanto Esperanto Update (mainly in English with news of activities related to the language). The offices of EAB are at the Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (previously in Holland Park, London, until financial pressures prompted a move in April 2001), where one of the largest and most important collections of material.
Esperanto music - Esperanto music Musicians and bands Akordo - Akvo - Anjo Amika - Amplifiki - Asorti - Torsten Bendias - Morice Benin - Miĥael Bronŝtejn - Blera Brothers - Bretona Esperanto-Koruso - Ken Clinger - Ĵ. Dan' kaj B. Hor' - DJ Kunar - DJ Njokki - DJ Nucki - Dolchamar - John Douglas - Esperanto Desperado - Ekvinokso - Fantom' - Thierry Faverial - Feri Floro - Flávio Fonseca - Freundeskreis - David Gaines - Ralph Glomp - Georgo Handzlik - Lou Harrison - JoMo - JoMo kaj Liberecanoj - Ĵomart kaj Nataŝa - Kajto - Kaj tiel plu - La Kompanoj - Aaron Koenig - Kore - Kredo - Krio de Morto - La Kuracistoj - Daphne Lawless - Ĵak Lepŭil' - Tarcísio Lima -.
Esperanto literature - Esperanto literature Some of the major figures of Esperanto literature: William Auld Julio Baghy Kazimierz Bein Jorge Camacho Kálmán Kalocsay Mauro Nervi Teodoro Schwartz (or Tivadar Soros, George Soros' father) See also: Esperanto culture.
Esperanto pronunciation - Esperanto pronunciation Below is a list of all of the letters in the Esperanto alphabet and how to pronounce them transliterated into English and SAMPA. a: ah, [a] b: b, [b] c: ts [ts] ĉ: ch, [tS] d: d, [d] e: eh, [e] f: f, [f] g: hard g (as in go), [g] ĝ: j, [dZ] h: h, [h] ĥ: kh (doesn't appear in English), [kx] i: ee, [i] j: y, [j] ĵ: zh [Z] k: k, [k] l: l, [l, L, or 5] m: m, [m] n: n, [n] o: oh, [o] p: p, [p] r: r, [4, r, r\\`, R] s: unvoiced s, [s] ŝ: sh, [S] t: t, [t] u: oo, [u] ŭ: w, [w] v: v, [v] z: z, [z] The pronunciation.
Esperanto film - Esperanto film There are two feature films known to have been shot exclusively in the constructed language Esperanto. Both were shot in the 1960s, and both were long thought lost until recent restorations. The first was the French production Angoroj (Agonies) in 1964, directed by Atelier Mahé. It runs approximately one hour, just shy of feature length, and its story involves murder. After a restoration and home video release (in the PAL format) in Switzerland, the film appears to be once again unavailable. Very little detailed information about Angoroj is available, except that the cast included some proficient Esperantists, including Raymond Schwartz, who was associated with the Esperanto Cabaret in Paris. The second feature was the 1965 Americann production Incubus, a low-budget horror film directed by.
Esperantomobilo - Esperantomobilo The Esperantomobilo is an official project of the Universal Esperanto Association, its American commission, World Esperanto Youth Organization, Esperanto Society of Quebec, Quebec Esperanto Youth Organization and Esperanto at Internet. Its travelling team consists of six Esperanto teachers from the Americas (Chuck Smith, Loren Mitchel and another to be announced) and Russia (Diana Sakayeva, Ksenja Prilepskaya, Oleg Izyumenko) who will be travelling through the Americas by van, teaching Esperanto starting in Boston, June 2004..
Pra-Esperanto - Pra-Esperanto Pra-Esperanto ('primordial Esperanto' in the language itself) is the modern term for any of the various language projects created by L. L. Zamenhof prior to the publication of his Unua Libro de Esperanto. As a child, Zamenhof had the idea to introduce an international language for communication between different language groups. He originally wanted to revive some form of simplified Latin or Greek, but as he grew older he realised that it would be better to create a new language for the purpose. During his teenage years he worked on the project until he thought the language ready for public demonstration. On December 17, 1878 (that is, about one year before the first publication of Volapük), Zamenhof celebrated his birthday and the birth of the language.
Native Esperanto speakers - Native Esperanto speakers Native Esperanto speakers come to be in families in which Esperanto (and usually other languages) are spoken. Often one or both parents choose to use Esperanto as the main language in communicating with the children, who thus acquire the language in the way as other children acquire their native languages. Usually those children become natively bilingual, trilingual, or even more. It also happens that the parents use Esperanto between themselves, but use another language in speaking with the children. Then the children, who wish to understand what the parents are saying between themselves, learn to at least comprehend spoken Esperanto. It is generally imagined that this occurs most often in families in which the parents speak different languages, and meet and fall in love.
Kontakto - Kontakto Kontakto is a magazine in Esperanto published by TEJO and supported by UEA. It started in 1963 though a proposal of the UEA committee by Humphrey Tonkin who became its first editor in chief, providing a magazine touching topics of interest for Esperanto youth. The magazine often used the slogan "In Esperanto, but not about Esperanto." In the early 1980's, Anna Lowenstein became editor. One of her contributions was easy-to-read articles, articles about serious topics written in easy language for beginning students of Esperanto. In 1991, the UEA committee considered no longer publishing the magazine because of its lack of profit, but in the following year Francisco Veuthey became editor and very successfully attracted new subscribers. His issues are generally considered of the highest quality in the magazine's.
