Have you ever wondered why English is so hard? And why is it chosen as an international language? Then maybe I have something interesting for you!

Esperanto is a language which is invented by a man – it is not a natural language like we use everytime. From the start it is designed to be an international language. Some reasons that it is better than English are:

• It is easier (actually very easy) to learn, this alone is enough! All components of the language are structured and follow strict rules. For example, all nouns end with -o. All objects end with -on. All plurals end with -oj. All present verbs end with -as. All past verbs end with -is. All adjectives with -a, and all adverbs with -e. There are no irregular verbs! Also learning vocabulary is very easy. amo = love (noun), ami = to love (verb), amas = loves, amis = loved, amos = will love. Bovo = ox, bovino = cow, bovido = calf (-ino always marks feminine, -ido always marks an offspring). All of these work for every words. How many people waste their precious time to study for TOEFL, IELTS, etc? Those precious times used to learn can be used for something else.
• What do we have to do when USA and Europe fall down, and, for example, China and Japan rise as the world superpower? Do we have to learn Japanese and Chinese, and forget all English lessons? Well, it is not going to happen in near time, but remember the next generation (our children)! Having an international language tied to a nation is not a good idea. You aren’t sure that America will fall? Empires collapse eventually – just like the ancient Roman and Macedonian empire.
• Some people just do not want to learn English … either they’re too proud of their language or they’re too proud of their nationality. (you can view this as a struggle to west capitalism if you want ;) )

Some reasons you don’t want to learn it:

• Well… not so many people in the world actually use it… maybe just a million or something…
• It seems that UNO doesn’t like this kind of language ;)

The language is not dead. The evidence is in Esperanto Wikipedia – Esperanto entries are a lot more than some natural languages. Also you can google Esperanto and see what you get.

To learn the language and for more information you can visit Lernu – online free course (very useful and they have a dictionary too!). You may also want to check Universala Esperanto-Asocio, international association of Esperanto. This article also provide a lot of insight, if you can bear long essays ;)