In this episode I talk about the international language, or la lingva internacia, otherwise known as Esperanto. I look into it’s history and development, and discuss the language itself.

Here are some native speakers of Esperanto (they do exist) talking in Esperanto:

How Esperanto can help you to learn other languages:

This is an original song in Esperanto:

Music featured in this episode

The Esperanto anthem, La Espero, written by L.L. Zamenhof:

Mwmpwy Porthaethwy / Menai Bridge Fancy

More information about Esperanto:

http://esperanto.net/en/

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/esperanto.htm

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

https://lernu.net/en/esperanto

http://mylanguages.org/learn_esperanto.php

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