Are you understanding the words that are coming out of my mouth?
Posted on January 5th, 2006
Esperanto is a language constructed by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887. Meaning, he made up a whole language, and now it is spoken by anywhere between 100,000 and 2 million people worldwide. However, it is not country or ethnicity specific - it is a language for everyone. It has a funky alphabet : a b c ĉ d e f g Ä h Ä¥ i j ĵ k l m n o p r s Å t u Å v z. Here are some samples:
* Hello: Saluton [sa.ˈlu.ton]
* What is your name?:
Kiel vi nomiÄas? [ˈki.el vi no.ˈmi.ʤas]
Kio estas via nomo? [ˈki.o ˈes.tas ˈvi.a ˈno.mo]
* Thank you: Dankon [ˈdaŋ.kon]
* You’re welcome: Ne dankinde [ˈne daÅ‹.ˈkin.de]
* Please: Bonvolu [bon.ˈvo.lu]
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