Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof

Name: Dr. Esperanto's International Language — II
Author: Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof

Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

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“Dr. Esperanto's International Language — II”, published in 2006, is a work by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof. It explores elements such as vocabulary, language and international tongue.

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ I need scarcely point out that a lexicon of a modern language is usually a tome of a certain bulk, and the search for any number of words one by one is in itself a most laborious undertaking, not to speak of the different significations attaching to the same word amongst which there is but a bare possibility of the student selecting the right one.
The international vocabulary, owing to the highly synthetic structure of the language, is a mere leaflet, which one might carry in one’s note-book, or the waistcoat-pocket. ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ Since the explanation of the whole grammatical structure of the language is comprised in a few lines—as a glance at the grammar will show—the finding of the required terminations occupies no longer time than the turning up a word in the dictionary. (**7)
I would now direct the attention of my readers to another matter, at first sight a trifling one, but, in truth, of immense importance. Everyone knows the impossibility of communicating intelligibly with a foreigner, by the aid of even the best of dictionaries, if one has no previous acquaintance with the language. ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ In order to find any given word in a dictionary, we must know its derivation, for when words are arranged in sentences, nearly every one of them undergoes some grammatical change. After this alteration, a word often bears not the least resemblance to its primary form, so that without knowing something of the language beforehand, we are able to find hardly any of the words occurring in a given phrase, and even those we do find will give no connected sense. ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ It has now been shown how, by means of the peculiar structure of the international tongue, any one may enter into an intelligible correspondence with another person of a different nationality. The sole drawback, until the language becomes more widely known, is the necessity under which the writer is placed of waiting until the person addressed shall have analysed his thoughts. ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ Such words as are common to the languages of all civilised peoples, together with the so-called “foreign” words, and technical terms, were left unaltered. If a word has a different sound in different languages, that sound has been chosen which is common to at least two or three of the most important European tongues, or which, if found in one language only, has become familiar to other nations. ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ Anything whatever, written in the international tongue, can be translated, without difficulty, by means of the vocabulary alone, no previous study being requisite. The reader may easily convince himself of the truth of this assertion, by experimenting for himself with the specimens of the language appended to this pamphlet. A person of good education will seldom need to refer to the vocabulary ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ Deviations from these rules were only made in exceptional cases, as for the avoidance of homonyms, simplicity of orthography, etc. In this manner, being in communication with a European of fair education, who has never learnt the international tongue, one may make sure of being immediately understood, without the person addressed having to refer continually to the vocabulary.
In order that the reader may prove for himself the truth of all that has been set forth above, a few specimens of the international language are subjoined. (*8)
Patr'o Ni'a. ”

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Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Dr. Esperanto's International Language… (2006)

“ Mi leg'is antaŭ kelk'a'j tag'o'j libr'et'o'n sub la nom'o “Lingv'o inter'naci'a”. La aŭtor'o kred'ig'as, ke per tiu lingv'o oni pov'as est'i kompren'at'a de la tut'a mond'o, se eĉ la adres'it'o ne sol'e ne sci'as la lingv'o'n, sed eĉ ankaŭ ne aŭd'is pri ĝi; oni dev'as sol'e al'don'i al la leter'o mal'grand'a'n foli'et'o'n nom'at'a'n “vort'ar'o”. ”

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