Esperanto Essay

With the globalization, countries do more trade and businesses. As a result of this, countries more closer, so it leads to the emergence of global language. There are some language that people called is global language such as Esperanto, Globish and especially English. But they still unofficial global language. In the article “Esperanto, The Hope of The World” published on 2011, in The Way Forward Conference, Yan Rado states that Esperanto can help the world unite and it should become the world’s second language. On the contrary, in the article “What’s the point of Esperanto”, published on 2011 in The Language Journal, Angla Sola argues that Esperanto cannot replace English as the world’s lingua franca. This essay will critically respond to their arguments.

According to Rado, Esperanto is a neutral language. He explains that Esperanto is used to a common language with a million speakers globally while they are punishing in Germany, Japan and Russia. In the contrast, Sola claims that Esperanto is only historical misfortune held it back. She states that Esperanto supported by china but not many people use it.

Sola and Rado both discuss the spread of Esperanto but have very different opinions about Esperanto. While Rado states that Esperanto is a neutral language, Sola states that Esperanto is only historical misfortune held it back. Rado indicates that there are millions of Esperanto speakers globally. It seems that he just general the number of speakers and also is biased because he is president of “Esperanto Now” group so he have to save and spread this language. In addition, As Sola states, “if [one can] use Esperanto as form, and use it to advance the causes of internationalism and real revolution, then Esperanto may be learned, and should be learned” (David 2003). In fact, if Esperanto used as a real revolution, it can become a global language. Therefore, Esperanto can not be a neutral language.

Sola argues that waste of time to learn Esperanto.