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References to Esperanto, a constructed language, have been made in a number of films and novels. Typically, this is done either to add the exoticness of a foreign language without representing any particular ethnicity, or to avoid going to the trouble of inventing a new language. In science fiction, Esperanto is often used to represent a future in which there is a more universally spoken language than exists today. Image File history File links Flag_of_Esperanto. ... Look up Esperanto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Esperanto is a constructed auxiliary language. ... The creator of Esperanto, L. L. Zamenhof, did not specify phonemic-phonetic correspondences for his language. ... Esperanto is written in a Latin alphabet of twenty-eight letters, upper and lower case. ... The word base of Esperanto was originally defined by Lingvo internacia, published by Zamenhof in 1887. ... The constructed international auxiliary language Esperanto was developed in the 1870s and 80s by L. L. Zamenhof, and first published in 1887. ... L. L. Zamenhof Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer, Ludwik Łazarz) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859 – April 14, 1917) was an eye doctor, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken and successful constructed language in the world. ... Proto-Esperanto (or pra-Esperanto in the language itself) is the modern term for any of the stages in the evolution of L. L. Zamenhofs language project, prior to the publication of his Unua Libro in 1887. ... Unua Libro por Rusoj (first edition, 1887, in Russian) Unua Libro por Angloj (first edition in English, 1888) The Unua Libro (First Book) was the first publication to describe the international language, Esperanto (then called Lingvo Internacia, inter-national language). It was first published in Russian on July 26, 1887... The Declaration of Boulogne (Bulonja Deklaracio) was a document written by L. L. Zamenhof and endorsed by the attendees of the first world congress of Esperanto in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France in 1905. ... The Fundamento de Esperanto (Foundation of Esperanto) is a book by L. L. Zamenhof, published in the spring of 1905. ... The Prague Manifesto (or Manifesto de Prago) is a set of seven widely-shared principles of the Esperanto movement. ... The language Esperanto is often used to access an international culture. ... An Esperantist is a person who participates in the diffusion of Esperanto. ... Esperantujo, also Esperantio, is a term used by speakers of the planned international language Esperanto to refer to the sphere of activity taking place in that language. ... // Feature films There are two feature films known to have been shot exclusively in the constructed language Esperanto. ... Internacia Televido was an internet-based Esperanto-language television station, launched on 5 November 2005. ... La Espero (The Hope) is a poem written by L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), the initiator of the Esperanto language. ... The following Esperanto libraries and collections of works in the Esperanto language are worthy of note: The Montagu Butler Library of Esperanto materials, maintained by the British Esperanto Association, whose collection of 30,000 items is often quoted. ... Since Esperanto is the largest planned language, there are over 25,000 books in Esperanto and the largest Esperanto book service at the World Esperanto Association sells over 4,000 books. ... Music in a variety of styles is written, recorded, and performed in Esperanto, a planned language used for international communication. ... Native Esperanto speakers (in Esperanto denaskuloj) come to be in families in which Esperanto (and usually other languages) is spoken. ... December 15 (Zamenhof Day, Zamenhofa Festo) is the birthday of L. L. Zamenhof, the initiator of Esperanto. ... Junularo Esperantista Brita (JEB) is the organisation for young Esperantists in the British Isles. ... SATEB (Workers’ Esperanto Movement) is the British affiliate of the non-nationalist world organisation SAT (Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda) which is a world-wide worker movement active in socialist, peace, trade union, feminist and environmental issues. ... This is a list of Esperanto organizations. ... Amikeca Reto (Friendship Network) is a directory of people around the world who do not necessarily want to host other Esperanto speakers, but want to work together and exchange ideas with others around the world. ... The Akademio de Esperanto is, according to its website, an independent language institute whose task is to conserve and protect the fundamental principles of the language Esperanto and control its evolution. ... Kurso de Esperanto is a free language course software with 12 units for the constructed language Esperanto. ... Encyclopedia of Esperanto may refer to three different attempts of creating an encyclopedia of all Esperanto topics. ... The Pasporta Servo (Passport Service) is a publication in Esperanto. ... The Breton village of Plouézec has hosted an International Meeting annually since 1997. ... TEJO is the Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, or World Esperanto Youth Organization. ... The World Esperanto Association (in Esperanto UEA: Universala Esperanto-Asocio) is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with members in 119 countries (as of 2000) and in official relations with the United Nations and UNESCO. In addition to individual members, 95 national Esperanto organizations are affiliated to UEA. Its... Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (SAT; in English, World Anational Association) was founded in 1921 by Eugène LANTI. SAT is a world-wide worker movement active in socialist, peace, trade union, feminist and environmental issues. ... The World Congress of Esperanto (in Esperanto: Universala Kongreso de Esperanto) has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run of nearly a hundred years. ... The International Youth Congress of Esperanto or Internacia Junulara Kongreso is the biggest annual meeting of young esperantists in the world and participants usually number around 300 but have been know to have more than 1000 esperanto-speakers from all over the world coming for the entire week. ... The third universal congress of Esperanto was held in 1907 in Cambridge, England. ... Esperanto was conceived as a language of international communication, more precisely as a universal second language. ... Esperantido is the term used within the Esperanto and constructed language communities to describe a language project based on or inspired by Esperanto. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Reformed Esperanto was a reformed version of Esperanto created in 1894. ... Riism (Riismo in Esperanto) is a modification of Esperanto to simplify it, to make it symmetric, and to incorporate non-sexist language and gender-neutral pronouns into it. ... This article attempts to highlight the main differences between Esperanto and Ido, two constructed languages that have a related past but have since parted ways. ... Esperanto and Interlingua are two planned languages which have taken radically different approaches to the problem of providing an International auxiliary language (IAL). ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Novial // Alphabet and Pronunciation Both Esperanto and Novial are written using versions of the Latin alphabet. ... An international auxiliary language (sometimes abbreviated as IAL or auxlang) is a language used (or to be used in the future) for communication between people from different nations who do not share a common native language. ... A constructed or artificial language — known colloquially as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been devised by an individual or small group, instead of having naturally evolved as part of a culture. ... Ido (pronounced ) is a constructed language that was created to become a universal second language for speakers of different linguistic backgrounds, easier to learn than any ethnic language. ... Interlingua is an international auxiliary language (IAL) published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). ... Novial [nov- (new) + IAL, International Auxiliary Language] is a constructed international auxiliary language (IAL) intended to facilitate international communication and friendship, without displacing anyones native language. ... Volapük is a constructed language, created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. ... Signuno alphabet & numerals Signuno is signed Esperanto, derived from Gestuno roots and Esperanto morphology by an anonymous author. ... Anationalism is a term originating from the community of Esperanto speakers. ... Look up Esperanto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A constructed or artificial language — known colloquially as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been devised by an individual or small group, instead of having naturally evolved as part of a culture. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

In English-language media

In Charlie Chaplin's 1940 film The Great Dictator, the signs, posters, and so forth in the ghetto are in Esperanto. [1] Similarly, the movie Blade: Trinity (2004) is set in a generic city which writer/director David S. Goyer nevertheless wanted to represent as bilingual (as many cities are worldwide), so the second language spoken in this nameless city, and visible on most of its signage, is Esperanto. In addition, a character in Blade is seen watching Esperanto-language film Incubus. “Charles Chaplin” redirects here. ... The Great Dictator is a film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background are united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... Blade: Trinity is a 2004 movie, directed by David S. Goyer, which is a motion_picture directorial debut for him. ... David S. Goyer is a comic book writer, screenwriter, and film director. ... Incubus (Esperanto: Inkubo) is a black and white horror film originally released in 1965 and later restored in 2001. ...

In the 1997 movie Gattaca, announcements within the Gattaca building are given in Esperanto. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law with supporting roles played by Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin. ...

In Nickelodeon's cartoon Danny Phantom, the ghost dog Wulf is a character who speaks only Esperanto, however fractured and grammatically incorrect, in the episode. The character Tucker explains to the other main characters what Esperanto is and where it came from, but said that (presumably reflecting its reputation as obscure) nowadays it is mainly "a way for geeks to communicate with other geeks." This article is about the TV channel. ... Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. ... This is a list of fictional villains and ghosts that only serve a purpose on the Nickelodeon cartoon, Danny Phantom. ... Tuckard Tucker Foley is a character in the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. ...

On the British television program Red Dwarf, Esperanto is officially an international language, and all signs on the walls of the ship are written in both English and Esperanto (for example, "Level 147/Nivelo 147"). People are expected to be reasonably fluent in Esperanto; while characters Kryten and Lister appear to be able to speak it (or at least understand it), Rimmer has been trying to learn it for eight years and is still "utterly useless" at it. While this part of the show was prominent in the first two series, it was dropped from series 3 onwards. This article is becoming very long. ...

Another British comedy, The Last Salute, about the Automobile Association, or 'AA in the 1960's showed the unit supervisor as dreaming of the new post-war Great Britain and Europe as being a Worker's Paradise of sorts, with Esperanto as the universal language. Despite there being no evidence of this outside of his own aspirations, he persisted in speaking the language to his long-suffering team at briefing sessions, and to the point of conducting lessons. The Automobile Association (also referred to as The AA) is a British motoring organization. ... AA, A∴A∴, Aa, Aa, aa and aA may refer to: // Aerolíneas Argentinas, an Argentine airline American Airlines, IATA airline code Air America was a CIA front that supplied covert operations during the Vietnam War Ann Arbor Railroad, a railroad connecting Ann Arbor, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio in...

During a "Weekend Update" segment on late night comedy show Saturday Night Live, a point counterpoint debate about violent rock lyrics was held between Mick Jagger (played by Mike Myers) and Keith Richards (played by Mick Jagger). "Mick" notes that "Keith"'s drug induced rambling resembles "...Esperanto or something, or some type of language twins teach each other..." Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch which comments on and parodies current events. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... In music, counterpoint is a texture involving the simultaneous sounding of separate melodies or lines against each other. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ... This article is about the actor. ... Keith Richards (a. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ...

The anime RahXephon makes use of Esperanto for the acronym of TERRA, which stands for "Tereno Empireo Rapidmova Reakcii Armeo." This can be translated as "Earth Empire Rapid Response Army," though a better Esperanto rendition of this name would be "Rapid-Reaga Armeo de la Tera Imperio". The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Original run 21 January 2002 – 10 September 2002 No. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

The Stainless Steel Rat novels by Harry Harrison (an Esperanto speaker) also postulate a future where Esperanto is spoken, and a small fraction of the dialogue is in Esperanto. The language is also used in the setting of Philip José Farmer's Riverworld novels, as well as in stories by Poul Anderson, Mack Reynolds, John Brunner, John Barnes, and other science fiction writers (Harlow 1996). The Stainless Steel Rat refers to a fictional character and the series of novels involving the character. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... Riverworld is a fictional universe and the setting for a series of science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer. ... Poul Anderson portrayed on the cover of a special edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; painting by Kelly Freas. ... Reynolds Mission to Horatius (1968), the first original novel based on the television show Star Trek Mack Reynolds (Dallas McCord Reynolds) (November 11, 1917 - January 30, 1983) was an American science fiction writer. ... John Brunner John Kilian Houston Brunner (September 24, 1934 – August 26, 1995) was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. ... John Barnes (born 1957) is a prolific American science fiction author, whose stories often explore questions of individual moral responsibility within a larger social context. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

In the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Esperanto makes an appearance in the form of a book, N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!, which is written in a coded form of Esperanto. It reappears in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion as The Bible of the Deep Ones, though the text is the same. It is implied that Esperanto is the language of the Sloads. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, also known simply as Morrowind, is a first-person (also playable in third person) computer role-playing game in Bethesda Softworks The Elder Scrolls series. ... The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a game currently under development by Bethesda Softworks for the PC, Xbox 2, and Playstation 3. ... The Sload are a race of sluglike beastmen in the fictional universe of The Elder Scrolls. ...

In the video game Katamari Damacy, the King of All Cosmos character briefly speaks in Esperanto. In the sequel, We ♥ Katamari, his fascination with Esperanto has expanded some. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... Katamari Damacy ) is a Japanese video game designed by Keita Takahashi and published by Namco. ... We ♥ Katamari , Everybody Loves Katamari Damacy) is a video game published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. ...

In the video game The Simpsons Road Rage, the billboard of the First Church of Springfield reads "Services in Esperanto now cancelled". Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... The Simpsons Road Rage is a video game that was released in 2001 by Electronic Arts. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The First Church of Springfield The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism is the Protestant Christian church (presumably some combination of Presbyterianism and Lutheranism) attended by the Simpson family on the animated American television program The Simpsons. ...

In the video game Grand Theft Auto 3 and its sequels, the player can drive a 1970's Cadillac Eldorado nicknamed "Esperanto." It is usually found in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... Grand Theft Auto 3, or GTA 3, is a video game developed by DMA Design, published by Rockstar Games in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2 video game console, May 2002 for Windows-based PCs, and in November 2003 for the Xbox video game console. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury vehicles, part of General Motors, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada. ... The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002. ... The Hispanic world. ...

The introductory video for the video game Final Fantasy XI features choral music with lyrics in Esperanto. According to its composer, Nobuo Uematsu, the choice of language was meant to symbolize the developers' hope that their online game could contribute to cross-cultural communication and cooperation. Unlike many similar massively-multiplayer games which dedicate individual "copies" of their virtual worlds to players of a specific area or primary language, FFXI is deliberately designed to force players in all regions to share worlds. Screenshot of an FMV from Final Fantasy VIII. Full motion video, usually abbreviated as FMV, is a popular term for TV-quality movie or animation in a video game. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... Final Fantasy XI ), also known as Final Fantasy XI: Online or simply Final Fantasy Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in Square Enixs Final Fantasy series. ... Nobuo Uematsu , born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ...

In one episode of the cartoon The Tick, the Tick was abducted by aliens; the interpreter on the ship spoke of its linguistic ability for languages on Earth: The Tick is the name of a series of comic books and an animated TV series created in 1986 by Ben Edlund, following the exploits of a blue-skinned muscular man named The Tick who fights crime in a place simply called The City. He is an absurdist spoof of... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ...

I have trained myself to speak all Earth languages…except of course for Esperanto…you could tell that one was going nowhere fast.

American composer Lou Harrison, who incorporated styles and instruments from many world cultures in his music, used Esperanto titles and/or texts in several of his works. A composer is a person who writes music. ... Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 - February 2, 2003) was an American composer. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organised sounds and silence. ...

In the They Might Be Giants song Alienation's for the Rich, off the albums They Might Be Giants and Then: The Earlier Years, the lyrics mention that The TV's in Esperanto/You know that that's a bitch. They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ...

Sonic Youth releases their SYR releases using foreign language for titles and credits. SYR3 used Esperanto. Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Sonic Youth Recordings is a record label established by the rock band Sonic Youth in 1996. ...

In the Lemony Snicket book The Penultimate Peril, Sunny's way of saying "I don't understand you" is "No habla Esperanto". It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Daniel Handler. ... << The Grim Grotto | The End >> The Penultimate Peril is the twelfth novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. ... Sunny Baudelaire is the youngest of the Baudelaire orphans in the childrens books A Series of Unfortunate Events, along with her brother Klaus and her sister Violet. ...

In the song Uglatto by the band Devo, the lyrics contain the line You a bad tomato, speak Esperanto, making reference to Esperanto. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American Rock group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ...

References

• Harlow, Don. The Esperanto Book. Self-published on the web (1995-96).
• Brownell, Ginamme. "Speaking up for Esperanto". Newsweek, Aug. 11, 2003. p52.