Comments on: Klingon, Elvish and Esperanto — Linguist takes a serious look at Invented Languages http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06 Life, the Multiverse and Everything... Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:59:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A.Alajmovic http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06/comment-page-1#comment-52 A.Alajmovic Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:53:29 +0000 http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06#comment-52 thx Brian, by now I really consider learning Esperanto since it is based on intuitional logic. And I certainly believe it can help aquiring new languages, especially the Roman ones. thx Brian, by now I really consider learning Esperanto since it is based on intuitional logic. And I certainly believe it can help aquiring new languages, especially the Roman ones.

]]> By: Brian Barker http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06/comment-page-1#comment-50 Brian Barker Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:38:10 +0000 http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06#comment-50 Concerning Arika Okrent's book. I think that the choice, realistically, for the future global language lies between English and Esperanto rather than an untried project. It's unfortunate, however, that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language. After a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook. Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include George Soros, World Chess Champion Susan Polgar, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet. Further arguments can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva. A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net Concerning Arika Okrent’s book.

I think that the choice, realistically, for the future global language lies between English and Esperanto rather than an untried project.

It’s unfortunate, however, that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language.

After a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook.

Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include George Soros, World Chess Champion Susan Polgar, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet.

Further arguments can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.

A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

]]> By: The Long Tailor http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06/comment-page-1#comment-42 The Long Tailor Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:40:21 +0000 http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06#comment-42 Thx Hoss for the link, it's an Interesting article...as reading through it I did become more interested in the subject, so I guess that the authors goal is fulfilled, at least ;-) Thx Hoss for the link, it’s an Interesting article…as reading through it I did become more interested in the subject, so I guess that the authors goal is fulfilled, at least ;-)

]]> By: Hoss http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06/comment-page-1#comment-41 Hoss Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:31:44 +0000 http://www.alphaverse.com/klingon-elvish-and-esperanto-%e2%80%94-linguist-takes-a-serious-look-at-invented-languages/2009/06#comment-41 If by "serious linguistic inquiry" we mean study by linguists in academia, then Esperanto has been the subject of serious linguistic inquiry for quite a long time—at least a century. For a good starting point, see: http://dok.esperantic.org/ced/espstu.htm If by “serious linguistic inquiry” we mean study by linguists in academia, then Esperanto has been the subject of serious linguistic inquiry for quite a long time—at least a century. For a good starting point, see:

http://dok.esperantic.org/ced/espstu.htm

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