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Esperanto and the drums of war
Dominant languages – Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Spanish and English – crush minority tongues. Smaller language communities constantly fight back to assert their rights.
To overcome this cacophony of voices, Zamenhof invented Esperanto in the late 19th century - a non-dominant auxiliary mashup language for community, peace and progress.
But real languages are rooted in time and place. Translators are always the spearhead of local responses to globalizing ambitions.
Esperanto and the drums of war
Dominant languages – Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Spanish and English – crush minority tongues. Smaller language communities constantly fight back to assert their rights.
To overcome this cacophony of voices, Zamenhof invented Esperanto in the late 19th century - a non-dominant auxiliary mashup language for community, peace and progress.
But real languages are rooted in time and place. Translators are always the spearhead of local responses to globalizing ambitions.