Pardonu min…Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?” is Esperanto for “Excuse me, do you speak Esperanto?” While most people will not understand this phrase, the language was created to be a universal tongue. In ...

Most languages develop through centuries of use among groups of people. But some have a different origin: They are invented, from scratch, from one individual’s mind. Familiar examples include the ...

“Saluton!” The greeting rings throughout the Sulzer Regional Library auditorium in Ravenswood as members of the Esperanto Society of Chicago gather for their monthly meeting. They have come to study ...

Nestled amid the sprawl of Redfern’s many terraces is a non-descript redbrick building housing an international secret.

Long seen as a hobby for idealistic eccentrics, the constructed language has had a resurgence in the age of Brexit and Trump. And it’s all centred on a small village near Stoke on Trent In the village ...

One teacher’s mission to promote Esperanto across the island In a quiet classroom of 15 in Limassol, a language once feared by dictators is being brought back to life. Dr Roberto Pigro, a secondary ...