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All this time I thought it was Klingon.

 

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the cinematic classic "Incubus" starring the one and only William Shatner! It was one of only two feature films shot in Esperanto (with English subtitles).

 

I live in China. Everyone here learns English for intl, communication, not esperanto, lol. I've researched and also studied some esperanto myself. The thing that turns me off to it the most personally is how it has become a cult instead of a tool.

 

Lojban is not Euro-centric. It's grammar is based on predicate logic, and its root words are based on the world's six major languages, weighted by the number of speakers. See Lojban : Lojban

 

It wouldn't hurt to learn Klingon, by the way... Occasionally, there are job postings for clinicians with Klingon language skills to work with clients with mental health diagnoses; if the client refuses to speak anything but Klingon, shall I not try to be culturally sensitive while they are exploring recovery?

 

Yes, English certainly surpasses Esperanto in China by far (why I used the term relative in relation to articles describing Esperantos popularity in China).

As to your second comment (cult), the articles I have read (including a language board) seem to sort of describe the irritation among some with Esperanto speakers as follows:
They tend to be hightly intelligent (academic types, etc) and there are a segment of them that are more concerned with the philosophical aspects of Esperanto to the point that they try to condescendingly shove it down your throat (as one person put it). I seem to recall one Esperantoist point out that the segment that gets over zealous is small and often have not even bothered to become fluent themsleves but get carried away with the high ideals to the point of religious fervor.

Having never met anyone who speaks it, I cannot comment. I suppose that is the point. If the only one I ever met was a fanatic, it might be enough to put me off. Right now I am enjoying reading about all of these attempts to construct languages (Esperanto, Interlingua, Ido, Slovio, Slovianski). Often well meaning. Of course to conspiracy theorists this probably all amounts to an attempt to bring about one world government, etc. One interesting side note is that billionaire George Soros escaped Hungary (?) to attend the world Esperanto conference where he then got political asylum and changed his name to an Esperanto last name. His son is one of about a 1000 or so people who learned Esperanto as a first language. This has led some sites to then feel Obama (due to Soros links) is going to use Esperanto to promote a global perspective (or some such nonesense).

I did enjoy seeing all of the youth in the video on Lernu.net at a European Esperanto Youth Conference. Rather a nice ideal to be able to communicate and get along.

 

The family changed its name in 1936 from Schwartz to Soros, in response to growing anti-semitism with the rise of Fascism. Tivadar liked the new name because it is a palindrome and because it has a meaning. Although the specific meaning is left unstated in Kaufmann's biography, in Hungarian, soros means "next in line, or designated successor and in Esperanto, it means "will soar".[10] His son George was taught to speak Esperanto from birth and is a native Esperanto speaker. George Soros later said that he grew up in a Jewish home, and that his parents were cautious with their religious roots.[11]

George Soros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is the link to the stuff on Soros and Esperanto.

 

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From the looks of it many of the words (many words naturally appear to have ancestory in Latin).

 

You might find it a useful exercise to take a break from other studies, and as a means fight Alzheimer's, if you are genetically predisposed... Or you can work Sudoku or crossword puzzles.