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In 1878, L. L. Zamenhof considered a revival of Latin to be the solution for the language problem, but after learning it he realized it was obsolete and too difficult for the task. When he learned English, he noted that verb conjugations were unnecessary for comprehension. At this point, he still had the problem of a large vocabulary base until he encountered two signs labelled svejcarskaja (porter's lodge-- place of the porter) and konditorskaja (confectioner's shop-- place of sweets). Then he realized that the proper use of suffixes could greatly decrease the number of words needed in the vocabulary. The vocabulary was chosen to be the most recognizable by the most speakers of the most number of languages.For six years he worked on translations and poetry to see which of his linguistic theories really worked and which needed to be discarded due to being cumbersome or ugly. See Pra-Esperanto. In 1887, he published his Unua Libro (First Book) with a basic introduction to Esperanto. From this base, Esperanto evolved naturally into the language spoken today.
In the early 1920s, there was a proposal for the League of Nations to accept Esperanto as their working language. Ten delegates accepted the proposal with only one voice against, the French delegate, Gabriel Hanotaux. Hanotaux did not like how the French language was losing its position as the international language and saw Esperanto as a threat.
Later, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin murdered many Esperanto speakers because of their anti-nationalisticNationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. Nationalists base nations on various notions of political legitimacy. These can derive from the Romantic theory of " cultural identity", tendencies. Hitler wrote in Mein KampfMein Kampf ( German "My Struggle") is a book written by Adolf Hitler. The first volume, titled Eine Abrechnung ("A reckoning") was published on July 18, 1925; the second volume Die nationalsozialistische Bewegung ("The national-socialistic movement") was that it was created as a universal language to unite the JewishJudaism is the religion and culture of the Jewish people and the first recorded monotheistic faith. The tenets and history of Judaism constitute the historical foundation of many other religions, including Christianity and Islam. Star of David, a common s diasporaThe term diaspora ( Greek διασπορα, a scattering or sowing of seeds) is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands, be. Stalin declared it as "the language of spies."
1 Timeline of Esperanto, with particular focus on Esperanto Youth
- 1859Events January 2 Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette''. February 14 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U. February 16 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr born February 16, 1859 Galesburg, Knox, IL March 26 French amateur astronomer clai: L. L. Zamenhof, the initiator of Esperanto, was born.
- 18871887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). Events January 20 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. January 21 The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed January 26 Battle of Dogali: A: The first grammar book of Esperanto was published
- 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T: World Esperanto organization was established by a 19 year old Esperantist
- 1920: World Esperantist Youth Association (TEJA) was established (and several years later "fell asleep")
- 1938: During the first International Youth Congress (IJK) in Groet, Netherlands, according to a decision of more than 200 hundred participants from 10 countries The World Youth Organization (TJO) was born.
- 1939: The second IJK took place in Tervuren, Belgium
- 1947: TJO became special section of the World Esperanto Organisation (UEA)
- 1948: The organization "Native Esperanto speakers" became part of TJO. The third IJK took place in Ipswich, the United Kingdom and it's taken place every year since then.
- 1952: During the 8th IJK in Ry, Denmark, TJO became TEJO, the World Esperanto Youth Organization). In that period TEJO was going through financial and structural crisis.
- 1956: During the 12th IJK in Büsum, Germany, the committee of TEJO proposed TEJO to become youth section and integrated part of UEA. A period of internal reorganization started.
- 1960: The reorganization process was closed during 16th IJK in Rotterdam, Netherlands. TEJO opened itself to the outside world by starting cooperation with several non-Esperanto YNOs.
- 1963: Kontakto, an international magazine of TEJO, was born. It still comes out six times a year, and it is a magazine in Esperanto, but not about Esperanto.
- 1964: PR became the focus of attention. Several brochures and flyers were published in national languages and special group for contacts with other youth organizations was established.
- 1965: First in a serial of seminars was organized in Ljubljana, ex-Yugoslavia, with the goal to discuss the language problem and exchange experience with different YNOs. Seminars soon also got more practical topics, such as exchange of experiences between generations and other issues of youth work.
- 1966: In the same time with the most successful IJK (more than 900 youngsters participated), TEJO went through a serious financial crisis. TEJO became a correspondent member of the UNESCO?s Commission on International Voluntary Service. In Argentina the "Programme Passport" was launched, which turned into " Pasporta Servo" (a network of Esperanto speakers around the globe willing to host other Esperanto speakers for limited time) several years later
- 1979: TEJO organized its first seminar at EYC-S. It was accepted by the Geneva Informal Meeting , GIM.
- 1983: TEJO Tutmonde , another one of TEJO's magazines, related to the movement itself, was launched.
- 2001: The Wikipedia project in Esperanto was launched resulting in what may be the first general encyclopedia written in an international language. It is now one of the most popular websites in Esperanto.
