{"id":376,"date":"2010-06-24T21:20:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T21:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=376"},"modified":"2010-06-24T21:22:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T21:22:06","slug":"e-s-p-e-r-a-n-t-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/e-s-p-e-r-a-n-t-o\/","title":{"rendered":"E-S-P-E-R-A-N-T-O"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you already know, Esperanto is an\u00a0<strong>international auxiliary language<\/strong>. Such languages are very similar to but not necessarily congruously connected to <strong>pidgin languages<\/strong> like Haitian Creole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pidgin languages<\/strong> are\u00a0simplified means of communication that develop as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly employed in situations like trade, or where both groups speak languages unique to the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common tongue). This is very similar to the concept of a <strong>lingua franca<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;auxiliary&#8221; implies that it is intended to be an additional language for the people of the world, rather than to replace their native languages. What are your reasons for loving an auxiliary language such as Esperanto? What is your native language and how does learning Esperanto help you communicate with others?<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to share your comments below and on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.esperanto?v=app_57675755167#!\/learn.esperanto?v=wall\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>. We&#8217;d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you already know, Esperanto is an\u00a0international auxiliary language. Such languages are very similar to but not necessarily congruously connected to pidgin languages like Haitian Creole. Pidgin languages are\u00a0simplified means of communication that develop as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/e-s-p-e-r-a-n-t-o\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}