Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Where is George Soros spreading his cash?

This article is wrong about Esperantists wanting to replace national languages with Esperanto but it has a lot of sources on George Soros? I hope to get back to some of the links. Is there any activity that George Soros is involved in that would motivate me to participate in translating a flyer into Esperanto?

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=977

On Soros' escape in 1947 via Esperanto, and the last years of his parents lives:
http://books.google.com/books?id=h2GuJ0xnhFUC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=Soros+goes+to+Esperanto+conference&source=bl&ots=dXGl3TL6uL&sig=oYXh0Yegrv5H9OXmVSSBlh2_noo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CaMIUfeZOImPrgeCnYFQ&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Soros%20goes%20to%20Esperanto%20conference&f=false

Monday, January 28, 2013

Neil in Porto Alegre 2005 Social Forum/J.A. Vergara

Porto Alegro - Brazilo
de la 26a ĝis 31a de januaro 2005


(D-ro Vergara-Ĉilio kaj Neil Blonstejn-Usono/Brazilo - foto de Jozefo Pacheco)

Movie clip specifically  on the 2005 event. 

http://www.wsftv.net/Members/EmilioCid/videos/forumo.wmv/view 

Generally on Esperanto Participation of the World Forums

http://www.wsftv.net/Members/EmilioCid/videos/msf2009.wmv/view

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Two Islands Known for or by Esperanto

One small, natural, usually uninhabited island is named Esperanto. It is among the Shetland Islands, hundred of miles south of continental Argentina.  The wikipedia article suggests ownership for it is disputed  by Chile, Argentina and Britain.

One artificial island off the coast of the city of Rimini, Italy had Esperanto as it's official language.

http://www.visit-rimini.com/blog/when-italy-went-to-war-with-the-esperanto-micro-nation-insulo-de-la-rozoj/

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Benjamin Franklin and Language Planning/Reform

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    I have longed for a 10 page article by Benjamin Frankilin that I read in a linguistics course close to 20 years ago. 

Esperanto discussed in Hebrew

I am sure there are dozens of good articles on Esperanto in Hebrew and wanted to have something on my blog: This one begins calling it an artificial language but terms like auxiliary, planned or a constructed language are now preferable.

אספרנטו


Esperanto
אספרנטו, שפה מלאכותית ומתוכננת, הומצאה ע"י ד"ר לודוויג זמנהוף, רופא עיניים יהודי-פולני, בשנת 1887. האספרנטו נועדה על ידי ממציאה להיות שפה בינלאומית, אשר תשמש כאמצעי אחיד לתקשורת. כבסיס לאספרנטו שימשו השפות הרומניות.  מקור שמה בשם העט "ד"ר אספרנטו" תחתיו פירסם זמנהוף את עבודתו הראשונה בנושא.

שפת האספרנטו מצטיינת בפשטותה; אוצר המלים בשפה כולל כ-10,000 שורשים בלבד, ומצומצם בהרבה מזה של שפות טבעיות מוכרות (לדוגמא כ-200,000 שורשים באנגלית). גם מספר כללי ההגייה וכללי הדקדוק מצומצם למדי, מתוך מטרה להקל את למידת השפה ואכן האספרנטו נחשבת לשפה קלה ללמידה, במיוחד עבור דוברי שפות אירופיות.

מעריכים את מספר הדוברים בשפה ברחבי העולם בכמיליון ושש מאות אלף, אך קיימות גם הערכות שונות נמוכות...




My collection of Hebrew articles on Esperanto mostely dated pre-computer: 1976-1987 or summer of 2000 when I lived in or visited Israel. 

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151344470998964.472447.670528963&type=3

Young Yiddishist Esperantist at Concert?

 I met Leyzer Alec Burko at a Yiddish concert a few days after he published an article on Esperanto.
Ralph Domain attempts to summerize.

http://gxirafo.blogspot.com/2012/11/cu-la-angla-venkos-la-mondon-cu-aliaj.html

A review in Esperanto of Palestinian-conflict

http://solidarekunpalestino.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/154/