UWSP Esperanto Club

What is Esperanto?

In 1887, Dr. L.L. Zamenhof published Unua Libro, then called "Doctor Esperanto's International Language," which was the birth of a language. Esperanto was designed to be an international auxiliary language, meaning a language to help all with international communication as a second language. The language is consistent, easier than most languages to learn, and made of languages you are already familiar with. It became a symbol of peace, international cooperation, and of hope (the word Esperanto itself means "one who hopes"). Esperanto is now spoken by hundreds of thousands of people, with estimates being as high as 2 million.

Q&A

Why should I learn Esperanto?

Esperanto is simple!

Esperanto does not have grammatical exceptions, word prefixes and suffixes are always the same for each meaning (not the ducks, but oxen, deer, and octipodes nonsense), and each letter is always pronounced the same.

Esperanto is fun!

Make friends, listen to music, watch videos, play games, and read books in Esperanto!

Esperanto is helpful!

Learning Esperanto can help you understand the basics of how a language functions, which can help you learn other languages later on.

What does this club do?

To be determined! I'd like to do lessons, practice while taking walks, being outside, meeting in buildings, playing games, etc. If you would like to influence some of the choices, better to join sooner than later!

Where do we meet?

DUC every Friday at 3:00 PM (15:00) starting 10/11/24. Since we are not an offically recognized club, we cannot make reservations, so we will meet at the enterance of DUC then find any open space we can use.