{"id":71,"date":"2009-07-21T00:50:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T04:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=71"},"modified":"2009-07-21T00:50:18","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T04:50:18","slug":"further-criticism-esperanto-and-language-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/further-criticism-esperanto-and-language-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Further Criticism: Esperanto and Language Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an interesting critique of the Esperanto movement! This essay<\/a> by Christopher Culver examines the seemingly self-contradictory Esperanto agenda. Give it a look if you have the opportunity. While I do not think Mr. Culver’s criticism provides an entirely accurate assessment of the state of the Esperanto movement, his opinions caution us not to allow the Esperanto community go as astray as he suggests!<\/p>\n

I think that Mr. Culver’s single biggest misstep is that he assumes Esperanto is intended to replace existing languages. I always figured that the goal of Esperanto was to be an international second language, so that one could retain his or her first language, yet still be able to converse with the rest of the world. With this as the case, Esperanto shouldn’t subsume existing languages – it should instead provide an environment where it isn’t a bad thing to keep speaking one’s native tongue.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, such is my opinion. What do you all think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an interesting critique of the Esperanto movement! This essay by Christopher Culver examines the seemingly self-contradictory Esperanto agenda. Give it a look if you have the opportunity. While I do not think Mr. Culver’s criticism provides an entirely accurate assessment of the state of the Esperanto movement, his opinions caution us not to allow…<\/p>\n

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