20: New Languages for New Worlds: ConLangs and the Case of Esperanto

In this episode we introduce artificial languages: a group of languages spoken, among other places, on Avatar's Pandora, or Tolkien's Middle-Earth. But the first stop of our trip is actually in Eastern Europe, where Esperanto was created in 1887.

In the second part of the episode, we answer questions from two of our listeners, Anna and Joanna.

Tune in and join the language talk!

Show Notes

• Esperanto

  • Esperanto (Wikipedia)
  • 16 Grammar Rules (Wikiversity)
  • 6 Basic Phrases in Esperanto (HiNative)
  • World Esperanto Congress (Universala Esperanto-Asocio, in Esperanto)

• Other Constructed Languages (Wikipedia)

  • Latino sine Flexione
  • Klingon
  • Naʼvi
  • Dothraki
  • Valyrian languages
  • Elvish languages)
  • Toki Pona

• 13 Sentences to Deconstruct a Language

  • How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (The Tim Ferriss blog)