International holidays - Esperanto Day (Esperanto-Tago)

Esperanto Day is a celebration that unites fans of a single language without borders or barriers The holiday is dedicated to the first artificial language in history The developer of the unique language system was ophthalmologist Ludwig Zamenhof He published his first scientific work under the title “Esperanto”, which translates as “hoping” The author could not even imagine that a new, artificially constructed international language would be named after the title of the book During his childhood, Ludwig lived surrounded by adults and children of different nationalities Among them were people from Poland, Lithuania, Russia, etc This created certain difficulties in communication and misunderstandings, which sometimes developed into open violent conflicts To bridge the language gap, the young man decided to invent a special language that would be understandable and accessible to all participants in communication, regardless of nationality He worked on creating the most “tolerant” language of the future for about 10 years However, his father saw some unreliability in what was written and burned the manuscript The records had to be restored from memory, and the book was published in Warsaw This was the first textbook on Esperanto, which was published on July 26, 1887 The textbook described in detail the grammar and vocabulary of the new language, and the entire learning mechanism The author himself spoke fluently in several languages The sound of Esperanto is very unusual, expressive and musical The language is based on Greek, Romance, Latin and Germanic roots Esperanto is absolutely logical and easy to learn Once mastered, learning other languages ​​becomes much easier The publication of the textbook was a success; many figures showed interest in a new approach to traditional communication A specialized Esperanto Academy was created, and already in 1905 Esperantists gathered at the first international congress It is not known for certain how many people speak the universal language According to one version, the number of Esperantists in the global equivalent is about two million The main native speakers are children born in international marriages The key location of Esperanto speakers is the European Union, Japan, America, China and Vietnam In Russia, less than 1 thousand people understand the language None of the states, for obvious reasons, can officially recognize Esperanto However, it is recommended by such influential authorities as the Academy of Sciences (France), UNESCO, etc There is no television in the world that broadcasts in Esperanto However, there are portals with content entirely in artificial language And such giants as Google and Facebook are available in Esperanto versions There are channels on Youtube run by Esperantists The Brazilian film industry has produced two films in Esperanto In some countries there are radio stations that broadcast in Esperanto Radio commentators from Poland, the Vatican, Brazil and China took note of the special language In some international companies, according to corporate regulations, all internal communications between employees are carried out exclusively in Esperanto In the German city of Harz, street signs are written in two languages: national and international The wave of popularity of Esperanto coincided with the revolutionary events of 1917 The Trotskyists wanted to make it the language of revolution throughout the world In Russia, street signs with dubbing in Esperanto, envelopes with inscriptions, and radio broadcasting in an artificial language appeared But subsequently, Esperanto fans were declared enemy spies and traitors During Hitler's time, all Esperanto literature was destroyed There are places on the globe where they know and love this unusual language It is extremely easy to learn - after 5-6 months of lessons you can speak it And three years will be enough to express yourself freely The ease of learning is explained by the simple and memorable vocabulary, as well as the grammar, which is based on only 16 understandable rules