Why I DON'T Like Esperanto

I am a hyperpolyglot gigachad alpha male who is so attractive. I speak so many languages that it isn't even fathomable by the average monolingual beta. If you are a monolingual beta, you should be looking forward to my book.

This is my honest take on Esperanto. My opinion is really solid. I am a stable genius.

[steirerbua]

For the world language I suggest Army Slavic. Army Slavic is a language created by the Austro - Hungarian Empire to make communication between the different Slavic people within the Army easier. It consists of about 80 words that are almost exclusively useful for pre WW2 Warfare, which is the simplicity a world language needs.

[ncpig]

I think the international language of the world should be welsh, it has incredibly easy pronunciation, and is already widely spoken by over 100 people!

[Sergio-nbhj]

Cantonese should be the global lingua franca because everyone deserves a chance to shock natives

[tsunamiwatch]

I'm learning Esperanto so when authorities question me or take me to court, they won't have an official translator and have to dismiss the cases

[RockiesCanada]

"English has simple grammar and phonology rules"

So brave of you to say this Mr Simp

[HellerickCF]

As a random Russian in Siberia I feel obliged to say that I am perfectly fine with the Italian pronunciation.

[georgehornsby]

The international language should be Finnish. No-one speaks it as a first language and it's hard enough to learn that anyone who can speak it should be worth talking to.

[betos-]

I had no real problems learning Esperanto as a first foreign language. It didnt take long and gave me a great basis for other languages. Instead of going through trying to understand new concepts, I could just spend a little time learning Esperanto and go "Oh, this concept in this language is like this in Esperanto". I've gotten way more out of Esperanto than French or Spanish. It just depends what you do.

[magnificentcatz]

Let's gather one person from each country in the world who don't speak any other languages than their native one to an inhabited island and let them live there until they develop the ultimate international language

[grillygrilly]

The problem with learning Esperanto is that you have to speak it with the kinds of people who learn Esperanto

[JakeHubbed]

Fun fact: Esperanto is officially called "世界语" (Shìjièyǔ) in China, meaning "World Language"

[MURDERPILLOW.]

This video is the only reason i am learning Esperanto

[thequietfrenchASMR]

The perfect lingua franca would be a mix of the most final boss languages, Polish and Finnish with a little hint of a very niche language like Luxembourgish, topped with some Chinese grammar and Danish pronunciation. Just fantastic.

[eriathdien]

As a Spanish speaker, I support calling Esperanto "Spanish 2" but only after we give it our always useful and supereasy to learn verb conjugations! Esperanto totally needs two imperfect subjunctive forms!

[ducksareanimalstoo]

Challennge for Language Simp:
Create your own Language with these rules
-Grammar should be as simplistic as possible with no gender, conjugations, cases etc. (Like chinese)
-Alphabet should be pictures so it looks cool and not American (Like Korean)
-No homophones or homonyms allowed
-No synonyms allowed
-The alphabet will probably be bigger than korean in order to have more sounds and therefore easier not to create homonyms
-Words are created with the given alphabet by the community where it is tracked which words already exist and which sounds are already taken
-Buy a huge plot of land somewhere
-Only people who pass a standardised language test in made up language is allowed to live there
-Then the language will evolve from there

[professorsilva]

This is what I've done with Esperanto:
- Traveled and was hosted by Esperanto speakers in different countries;
- I hosted Esperanto backpackers from different nationalities in my house and we practiced other languages;
- Been to Esperanto meetings in my town, watched cultural lectures with people from other countries, had some nice exchange with people;
- Been to an international congress with hundreds of people from all continents;
- We spent one week at a hotel with all those people, full immersion, music, cultural events, crazy parties, night clubs, restaurants... everything in Esperanto.
- In the congress, I've seen all sorts of weird people: spiritualists, atheists, gays, vegans, Buddhists, old wise men that look like beggars, Linux users... Esperanto attracts such weirdos! One thing is sure: you won't get bored.
- One night at 3 in the morning we were with a group of Esperantists on the beach "moon bathing"... all naked!

Apart from that, yeah, I'd say learning Esperanto is almost totally useless. If you want a language for your career, studies, for sitting down and wait speakers to walk by... Esperanto is a no. However, you could learn it just as mental gymnastics, like people play chess, knit, spend hundreds of hours on social media and play video games... so why not Esperanto? You need to be some sort of adventurer, backpacker and have a certain degree of detachment to enjoy Esperanto to the fullest.

At the congress, I bought this book "Ili vivis sur la tero" (They lived on Earth - eight years of migration around our planet). It's the amazing story of a couple who circled the planet speaking Esperanto and meeting Esperanto people. They say: When all your belongings for eight years fit in a backpack, you realize that the joy of life is not about what you have, but really about what you are.

So yeah, you have to be a bit crazy to study and enjoy Esperanto and its philosophy.


Some correct information:
- You will find Esperanto groups perhaps in all major cities around the world, much more than for most natural languages with millions of speakers.
- Esperanto is not among the most spoken languages, but it’s definitely among the most studied languages. I’ve conduced some polls in international forums, it ranked among the top 10. We can confirm that with Duolingo, there were times when Esperanto learners were more than a million, more than most of their courses.
- It’s actually against the goal of Esperanto to be the language of a specific place.
- Esperanto looks European on the surface, but it shares similarities with Oriental languages in the structure, as pointed out by linguist Claude Piron.
- China is one of the world’s greatest supporters of Esperanto. Even the official webpage of the Chinese government has an Esperanto version.
- Its rich vocabulary allows it to be used in Science and the most refined Literature. An international language must be able to share world knowledge. But that still makes it easier than natural languages - making new words and concepts is like playing with Lego.
- English hasn’t become international because of its culture, or because of its intrinsic linguistic properties. It has become international for one chief reason: political and military power. (David Crystal, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language).

[anguslazy]

esperanto killed my family and forced me to complete the esperanto course on duolingo and have a 6 hour conversation in esperanto with 10 different people. overall i'd give it a 8/10.

[danic]

As an Esperantophile I completely agree with your opinion, Esperanto has ruined my life. Esperanto took away my wife, my children and most importantly, my will to learn new languages.

[boriskiselev]

I like that you call English "American international language". Totally not biased :D

[andrewsoos]

I learnt Esperanto and discovered I could already read French, which I took up in turn. So, not a wasted venture. Also it has helped in part with my German and Greek. Also living in a new state I met a group by the Esperanto shirt a gentleman was wearing. This gave me an immediate group. Also.. great for sci fi lovers as you can understand obscure comments in Gattaca, Blade 3, Red Dwarf and so on. So for me it has been very positive and easy.