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Check out the line-up for the Esperanto in Asia Conference and then mark your calendars, because you can also join on Zoom if you can't be there in person! Don't miss what's sure to be a great event!

Did you know that indigenous communities speak the majority of the world's languages? This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024 is focusing on 'Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact.' Read more here:

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples | United Nations Site on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Here you will find information and related links.

Brandon Sowers represented ESF well in Arusha, Tanzania at the first Universal Congress to be held in Africa!

Varsovio, 1959: Richard Nixon, globvojaĝanto, kaj komunisto eniras Esperanto-Kongresejon

https://esfconnected.org/2024/01/31/richardnixon-1959-varsovio/

Mesaĝo de UEA okaze de la Internacia Tago por Eliminado de Rasa Diskriminacio:

"Ni asertu kaj reasertu, ke ĉiu doktrino de rasa supereco kaj malsupereco estas science falsa, morale kondamnenda, socie maljusta kaj danĝera, kaj devas esti malakceptata."

Mesaĝo de UEA okaze de la Internacia Tago por Eliminado de Rasa Diskriminacio, 21 marto 2024 Parolantoj de la Internacia Lingvo Esperanto troviĝas en ĉiuj partoj de la mondo, inter homoj apartenantaj al multaj popoloj, kulturoj kaj vivmanieroj. Ili estimas la komunajn trajtojn kiuj ebligas…

Esperanto: The artificial language that aimed to unite humanity

Esperanto: The artificial language that aimed to unite humanity A language for the world has been the dream of many thinkers for millennia. Esperanto was created to fill that role. Here is its story.

The State of the World’s 7,168 Living Languages: Today, over 88 million people speak endangered languages. But what constitutes an “endangered” language, and how do we revitalize them?

The State of the World's 7,168 Living Languages Today, 43% of the world's living languages are endangered. This graphic shows the state of all living languages around the world.

Read this tribute (in English and Esperanto) to Ralph L. Harry, a man who devoted his life to diplomacy, human rights, and linguistic equality at the United Nations.

https://esfconnected.org/2023/12/09/ralphlharry-en/

In November, ESF was represented by Brandon Sowers at TAKE (Tut-Amerika Kongreso de Esperanto) in Brasil!

Feliĉan Zamenhof-Tagon!

https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamenhofa_Tago

Today is the International Day of Tolerance. Click the link below to read a message from the Universal Esperanto Association in Esperanto!
https://esperantoporun.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Toleremo-UEA-2023.pdf

Would you have liked to attend the Universal Congress in Torin? Don’t worry! Here, you can read more about the theme of the congress: “Enmigrado - kun-fluo de homaj valoroj,” in simple Esperanto!

https://uea.facila.org/artikoloj/kongresoj-kaj-kunvenoj/enmigrado-la-kongresa-temo-r388/

Hodiaŭ estas Internacia Tradukada Tago! Legu ĉi tiun mesaĝon de la Universala Esperanto-Asocio, kaj informu nin kiel tradukado influas vian vivon!

https://uea.org/gk/1132

Celebrating the power of words on International Literacy Day! Let’s unite to break barriers and empower minds through the magic of reading and writing!

International Literacy Day Based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, the 2005 Convention ultimately provides a new framework for informed, transparent and parti

Did you know that August is Women in Translation Month? celebrates women writers from around the world, writing in languages other than English! Tell us your favorite author, or check out one of the books on this great list and let us know what you think!

www.womenintranslation.org

Thanks in part to ESF, the Esperanto Museum of the Austrian National Library now offers an audio guide in German, English, and Esperanto, detailing the history of the Esperanto movement and people’s relationship to language in general.

https://esfconnected.org/2023/06/30/new-audio-guide/

Grant Goodall, president of ESF, spoke yesterday at the Universal Congress!

Grant Goodall, prezidanto de ESF, parolis hieraŭ ĉe la Universala Kongreso!

The Universal Congress has begun in Italy and Andy Blair and Humphrey Tonkin represented the Esperantic Studies Foundation at the Information Fair!

La Universala Kongreso komenciĝis en Italio kaj Andy Blair kaj Humphrey Tonkin reprezentis la Esperantic Studies Foundation ĉe la Movada Foiro!

En ĉi tiu tago en 1887, L.L. Zamenhof, la fondinto de Esperanto, eldonis la unuan libron en Esperanto: Unua Libro. 136 jarojn poste, ni festas la eniron de Esperanto en la literaturan mondon, kaj la heradaĵon, kiun postlasis Zamenhof. Feliĉan Esperanto-tagon!

On this day in 1887, L.L. Zamenhof, the founder of Esperanto, published the first book in Esperanto: Unua Libro. 136 years later, we celebrate the entrance of Esperanto to the literary world, and the legacy that Zamenhof has left behind. Happy Esperanto Day!

Esperanto appears at the United Nations! Read about it now, in Esperanto!

https://uea.facila.org/artikoloj/kongresoj-kaj-kunvenoj/esperanto-uzata-%C4%89e-un-r372/

With UEA.Facila, you can read interesting news articles while also learning new Esperanto vocabulary! Check out this article and listen to the audio to learn more about Turin, where the Universal Congress will be held in August!

https://uea.facila.org/artikoloj/lega%C4%B5oj/la-verda-virbovo-r370/

Have you ever wished you could understand a foreign language without having to study it? With Interlingua, this could be possible!

https://esfconnected.org/2023/01/31/bbc-interlingua/

The Costa Rican Spanish-language online newspaper Delfino.cr published an article by Professors Jorge Antonio Leoni de León (Computational Linguistics) and Edgar Casasola Murillo (Computer Sciences), in which they discuss the qualities, limitations, dangers, and advantages of ChatGPT.

El medio periodístico costaricense Delfino.cr publicó un artículo de los profesores Jorge Antonio Leoni de León (Lingüística Computacional) y Edgar Casasola Murillo (Ciencias de la Computación), en el que tratan las características, limitaciones, peligros y ventajas de ChatGPT.

https://delfino.cr/2023/03/la-inteligencia-artificial-una-transformacion-profunda-e-irreversible

Research shows that human language may have had a different beginning than we once imagined

https://theconversation.com/when-did-humans-first-start-to-speak-how-language-evolved-in-africa-194372

Lost (and found again) manuscript shows forgotten attempts to spread Esperanto to every corner of the globe.

https://esfconnected.org/2023/04/05/the-esperanto-textbooks-that-never-were/

Provo mapi la fruan Esperanto-movadon malkaŝas riĉan historion de la lingvo en Bohemujo!

https://esfconnected.org/2023/02/20/fruaj-tagoj-bohemujo/

Esperanto culture has been going strong since the inception of the language. Check out this Time Magazine article from July of 1929 to read about Esperantists, congresses, and even budding Esperanto romances!

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,732707-2,00.html

Before Esperanto, Volapük was the first international language to achieve any noticeable success. Learn more about the differences between these two constructed languages https://esfconnected.org/2023/02/06/conlang-excursions-7/