This prompted me to look up whether Esperanto is growing or declining. These numbers seem optimistic:
UEA members over the last 100 years (Universal Esperanto Association)
Number of participants in popular Esperanto meetings in Germany:
Also according to Duolingo there are 1.2million people learning Esperanto, which is up from 1million in 2018.
Given these things the vibe I get is that it is a growing language worthy of some optimism.
2025 will be the year of Esperanto
Kaj la linuksa surtablo!
a growing language worthy of some optimism.
Worthy of some espero, even?
how’s lojban doing?
How is Lojban doing?
xlali
You say xlali, but in my experience furry imageboards can’t seem to get enough of its n— [my mouth is covered and I’m dragged away by the Overused Joke Police; muffled sounds of struggle]
.i mi na djuno ti poi ke’a se xamsku
.i e’o ri se xamsku ko
.i la .lojban. caca’o renvi .i loi so’i lobypli crexalbo cu fanta lo nu no da tavla fo la .lojban
There were some IRC chatrooms for practicing it years ago. Looks like maybe the Discord server is the most active place now?
Hey it’s that funny language Marko speaks in Saga!
CW major spoilers for Saga:
spoiler
used to
The comic book by Brian K. Vaughan?
Ye
someone described it to me as ‘adult star wars’ is that accurate? would you recommend it?
It’s more like… Hmmm… A space soap opera that is really more-ish?
Yes I’d recommend it if you can put up with it trying too hard to be shocking every now and again. CW: There is a lot of gore and T&A but the nudity is not the sexist male gazey kind and the gore is mostly used to show that war is bad. It also deals with PTSD so that might be a hard read for some.
thanks, I’ll probably give it a go, is there a certain issue where it ‘gets good’ if it doesn’t grab me to begin with?
It’s not episodic so you can’t really skip anything.
spoiler
To be fair, the title feels a bit clickbaity, 'cause it really just means that this is the only university in China offering an Esperanto major. There are certainly a much greater number of people in China self-studying Esperanto in their free time, even if they aren’t taking proper classes in an accredited educational institution.
