

However, there is a social hierarchy of associations: There is no governmental system in Esperantujo because it is not a true state. See also: Universal Esperanto Association, World Esperanto Youth Organization, and Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda Judging by the members of the World Esperanto Association, the countries with the most Esperanto speakers are (in descending order): Brazil, Germany, Japan, France, the United States, China, Italy. These are places and objects - such as streets, memorials, public spaces, buildings, vehicles, or even geographic features - that are named after, or otherwise linked to the language, its creator L. Zamenhof-Esperanto objects can be found all over the world.

The Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages, a department of the Austrian National Library, is a museum for Esperanto and other constructed languages, located in Vienna.The Château de Grésillon (Esperanto: Kastelo Greziljono) in France is owned by the non-profit organization "Cultural House of Esperanto" ( Kulturdomo de Esperanto), which hosts various Esperanto events in the summer and during French school holidays.There are bilingual signs and pointers, in both German and Esperanto. The German city Herzberg am Harz is home to the Interkultura Centro Herzberg, and, since 12 July 2006, advertises itself as "Esperanto city" (Esperanto: Esperanto-urbo, German: Esperanto-Stadt).

Zamenhof (the creator of Esperanto), and very much the place which inspired him to create an international auxiliary language and facilitate communication across language barriers. Īlthough Esperantujo does not have its own official territory, a number of places around the world are owned by Esperanto organizations or are otherwise permanently connected to the Esperanto language and its community: Sometimes it is said that it is everywhere where Esperanto speakers are connected. See also: Pasporta Servo and Zamenhof-Esperanto objectĮsperantujo includes any physical place where Esperanto speakers meet, such as Esperanto gatherings or virtual networks. Esperanto Civito always uses the name Esperantujo (introduced by Hector Hodler in 1908), which itself is defined according to their interpretation of raumism, and the meaning, therefore, may differ from the traditional Esperanto understanding of the word Esperantujo.Ī language learning partner application called Amikumu has been launched in 2017, allowing Esperanto speakers to find each other. In Europe on 2 June 2001 a number of organizations (they prefer to call themselves establishments) founded the Esperanta Civito, which "aims to be a subject of international law" and "aims to consolidate the relations between the Esperantists who feel themselves belonging to the diaspora language group which does not belong to any country". The state island stood in the Adriatic Sea near Italy. ĭuring the 1960s came a new effort of creating an Esperanto state, which this time was called Republic of Rose Island. What became of it is unclear, and Neutral Moresnet was annexed to Belgium in the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Wilhelm Molly attempted to create an Esperanto state in the Prussian-Belgian condominium of Neutral Moresnet, known as "Amikejo" (place of friendship). Francio instead of Francujo), and recently the form Esperantio has been used, among others, in the Pasporta Servo and the Esperanto Citizens' Community. However, that would convey the idea of the physical body of people, whereas using the name of the language as the basis of the word gives it the more abstract connotation of a cultural sphere.Ĭurrently, names of nation states are often formed with the suffix -io (traditionally reserved for deriving country names from geographic features - e.g. The term analogous to Francujo would be Esperantistujo (Esperantist-nation). For example, "France" was Francujo, from franco (a Frenchman).
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In Esperanto, the names of countries were traditionally formed from the ethnic name of their inhabitants plus the suffix -ujo. The word is formed analogously to country names. 5.5 Esperanto speakers and Esperantists.
