I greatly appreciate the time spent on the Esperanto translations of KDE apps. Though I am not anywhere near fluent yet it really helps my studying to be able to immerse myself in this obscure language. I hope to contribute to translations someday if I manage to achieve fluency. Thank you!

  • Jank@literature.cafe
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    11 days ago

    I need to try this! Esperanto was my gateway to really enjoying language learning, though I fell out of it after a while. People greatly underestimate it’s value.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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    10 days ago

    Never heard of this before. Is it widely used around the world? I know in Europe many people speak English, but do they also know this Esperanto?

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      10 days ago

      It was supposed to be the “universal language”. According to Wikipedia, up to 100,000 people speak it globally.

      If I remember correctly, it was adopted by the League of Nations, a precursor to NATO, in the early 1900’s.

      Here’s the article if you’re interested. I didn’t really read through it to fact check myself cause I’m poopin’ on break, but there you go.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto