- cross-posted to:
- zapytajszmer
- esperanto
- cross-posted to:
- zapytajszmer
- esperanto
Apparently the language was popular among early 20th century socialist movements because it was of an international character and therefore not associated with any nationality and its use by international socialist organisations wouldn’t show favour to any particular country. It was banned in Nazi Germany and other fascist states because of its association with the left wing, with anti-nationalism, and because its creator was Jewish. It has mostly languished since then but still has around 2 million speakers with about 1,000 native speakers.
The problem with Esperanto is that languages don’t work like that: they’re not created out of thin air. They exist because people speak them>
This language was spoken by even larger population that said 2 millions but the totalitarian regimes of Second World War persecuted esperantists. So I think that Esperanto bypassed this rule. And fact that after a whole century this language is still alive and has even some native speakers is telling.