Interesting thing is that there are many esperanto speakers in China, Japan and Brazil. But, yes, Esperanto is based in european languages.
Kociamorda
joined 2 years ago
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.
I'm learning it too! With my husband - we even had an oath in esperanto on our wedding ;)
I really appreciate the simplicity of Esperanto - it has no exceptions and easy suffixes and no grammatical gender.
By the way, I wonder how and why there are many esperanto speakers in China and Japan (since it's euro-centric).
Saluton!