Esperanto. History of English language presentation.
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This document discusses the history and development of the English language, as well as the constructed language of Esperanto. It notes that English varieties exist as dialects around the world and have developed from influences of other languages and cultures. Esperanto was created in the late 1800s to be a universal second language and promote peace and understanding between speakers of different languages. While only a few thousand consider it their native language, it is estimated that 100,000 to 2 million people have learned Esperanto as a means of international communication.
Esperanto. History of English language presentation.
- 1. History of English Language Contemporary
- 2. Standard English • Linguistic fact (it is not intelligible, to speakers of any other language or it does not have a standard system of spelling) and political wishes decide when a language is considered a language in its own right.
- 3. Language varieties or dialects • Welsh • Scots • Staffordshire, Hertfordshire, Westmorland, London, Liverpool or Newcastle. • North America • Caribbean • Central and South America • Asia • Africa • Oceania
- 4. Esperanto (“one who hopes”) • 1870-80, Unua Libro 1887. • L.L. Zamenhof in Poland. • Russians, Poles, Germans and Jews (each of them spoke their own language and looked on all the others as enemies. • Created as a symbol of peace, harmony or against Russian, English imperialism or any other majority, totalitarian language.
- 5. English words used in Esperanto • haven : port, haven • hotel : hotel • rival : rival • send : to send • special : special • specimen : specimen • team : team • unik : unique • universal : universal
- 6. Sample Text • Dum trosekeco oni preĝis en la temploj, ke la drako-reĝo donu pluvon al la homa mondo • During times of drought, people would pray in the temples that the dragon-king would give rain to the human world
- 7. Esperanto Facts • An international auxiliary language. • Easy-to-learn language to facilitate international understanding. • Fluent speakers: est. 100,000 to 2 million • Native: 200 to 2000. • Important role in several religions, such as Oomoto from Japan and the Baha'i Faith from Iran.