tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165706954654611656.post542905054096827662..comments2023-10-28T11:34:22.126+01:00Comments on The Daily Salty: Rescuing Endangered Languages Means Saving IdeasBhaskar Dasguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721713377182756385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165706954654611656.post-82969480982253146862011-09-13T20:46:59.622+01:002011-09-13T20:46:59.622+01:00Bill
this post is a letter to my son. I suggested...Bill<br /><br />this post is a letter to my son. I suggested him to look up esperanto because I wanted to give him an example of a language which was created and is flourishing. <br /><br />Hope that explains it.Bhaskar Dasguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721713377182756385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165706954654611656.post-37415565462569015802011-09-13T08:24:01.316+01:002011-09-13T08:24:01.316+01:00I'm not sure what to make of your mysterious c...I'm not sure what to make of your mysterious comment,"Look up the history of Esperanto as a language". The movement for Esperanto is a grass-roots movement in favour of a common second language. There is a downside to Esperanto. Esperanto has no country, or government or real money behind it.<br /><br />Based on the efforts of ordinary people, Esperanto has become a remarkable success story. You might be surprised to learn that Esperanto has an extensive indigenous culture and an original literature to rival that of many ethnic tongues. Naturally it didn't start out that way, but when you have such a large community speaking a common language for such a long time, it's probably inevitable that culture will emerge. People around the world use Esperanto every day for everything from childrearing to religious worship to technical manuals to erotica.Bill Chapmannoreply@blogger.com