I greatly appreciate the time spent on the Esperanto translations of KDE apps. Though I am not anywhere near fluent yet it really helps my studying to be able to immerse myself in this obscure language. I hope to contribute to translations someday if I manage to achieve fluency. Thank you!
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Jank@literature.cafe · 5 pts · 1y
I need to try this! Esperanto was my gateway to really enjoying language learning, though I fell out of it after a while. People greatly underestimate it's value.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y
Never heard of this before. Is it widely used around the world? I know in Europe many people speak English, but do they also know this Esperanto?
TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
It was supposed to be the "universal language". According to Wikipedia, up to 100,000 people speak it globally.
If I remember correctly, it was adopted by the League of Nations, a precursor to NATO, in the early 1900's.
Here's the article if you're interested. I didn't really read through it to fact check myself cause I'm poopin' on break, but there you go.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
daggermoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I'd also like to add Esperanto is the only artificial language with native speakers. Meaning, there are people who speak it as a first language. It has actually been estimated to have as many as 2 million speakers, depending on your source.