Author of a textbook on Esperanto, TV presenter Abdurakhman Yunusov, in a conversation with socialbites.ca on Zamenhof Day, congratulated Russians on the upcoming New Year in the international language.
“Karaj amikoj, mi kore gratulas vin ve deziras al viliĉan Novan jaron! Anyway, glad to have you! Amike, Abduraĥman Junusov, representative of the Universal Esperanto-asocio delegito, Russian Esperantista Association,” said Yunusov.
On December 15, Esperantists around the world celebrate Zamenhof Day, the anniversary of the birth of Ludwig Zamenhof, the creator of the Esperanto language. The holiday began to be celebrated in the 20s of the last century.
Esperanto is an artificial language that can be spoken by people from different nations. According to Zamenhof’s idea, Esperanto would become a language that was easy to learn and understandable to everyone. In the 20s of the 20th century, Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the communist movement, proposed the use of Esperanto as the “language of the world revolution.” In 1954, UNESCO recognized the cultural value of this language.
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