Espering- universal simple English without grammar !
Espering- universal simpl Inglish vizaut gramatik ! |
 |         en ch sp pt-br hi ru fr de   автор иноязычных страниц OlgaLarit e-o "Espering- the simplest and easiest universal language without grammar based on extremely simplified English." * * * * * * here's Google Translator for this page (into your language and it'll open in new window) Here is how Espering began... In 2011, a young linguist and keen traveler from Moscow, who is currently working in France, came up with the idea of Espering. He was immediately joined by a friend who was a teacher of English in Rouen, France. Soon, six more enthusiasts, friends and fellow travelers joined them from Moscow, Saint Petersburg and America... This core group of eight young specialists (one more linguist, one philologist, two more teachers of English, a teacher of Russian, and a software developer) are still, to varying degrees, committed to the original idea and the project that now involves many more people that have joined this enterprise. From the very beginning- not for the sake of anonymity or some sort of game or pretense (although some elements of a game, a kind of romantic "intrigue", did naturally develop)- everyone agreed that the universal language of Espering should be truly universal, belong to anyone and everyone, and be developed by all, which is exactly what has been happening. Therefore, these books are published under the name of Espering, the universal language. Everything in it is in the name of this language, hence in the name of those that already know about it and all those to whom it is being offered. --------- The initiative group for this Espering project has always been indifferent to websites, forums, Live Journals, etc. on its topic, even to books on the language. All this was the work of outside Espering enthusiasts, mostly young learners of free compute-languages courses. But this group was on the sidelines, preferring the live dissemination of Espering among the population of the planet, in which they did, if not succeed, then noticeably distinguished themselves. According to her estimates, for those 9 years, with the exception of about a month annually, like vacation, etc. - i.e. for 99 months, or 396 weeks, they strictly every evening playfully conducted several-day Espering courses, i.e. 2 courses per week. These are 792 courses, each with an average of 20 students (record: 42 students, and, eager to bring this number to 50, they dragged 6 more passers-by from the street). In addition to these 15.800 actively trained, they everywhere - at gas stations and in roadside cafes and teahouses, in all the villages and towns along the way, in shops and a variety of places, even on the streets - they also talked about Espering and demonstrated its use. That is, over just these 9 years, these about 3,000 days, even if 10 people a day found out+ about the language in some detail, this will already give 30.000 + 15.800 from the courses = at least 45.000 people familiar with this language to varying degrees. Not counting courses and small Espering groups that opened here and there in their wake, which they often found out about later. And if each of these 45.000 shared information about Espering with only two or three acquaintances from his environment, then this figure will jump to 100/000 and higher! Of course, this is 10-20 times fewer people speaking Esperanto (yes, almost everyone knows about it), but in some, admittedly very active 9 years, and not 140 of Esperanto... In addition, over only the those past few years, they have distributed short manuals on the language printed in cheap printing houses along the way, and its fold-out pocket brochure (when it appeared on the website). And later also these 4 books on the language in English (big and pocket Phrasebooks, Dictionaries, "About Espering..."). And here the numbers are absolutely accurate since their money was involved: a total of 5.760 books, i.e. 1.440 copies for each book. Which is not such a slim print run these days, however, the majority of the circulation was for the Phrasebook. And, alas, for the universal language these numbers are... submicroscopic. What exactly is “in our day”? Yeah, this one's from the Internet: "Despite plenty of nay-sayers, the textbook is dead." Our group of Espering enthusiasts at one of the computer-languages courses - it’s true, with wide contacts around the world - undertook to publish all those Espering books, but distributed among the wishing fewer printed copies (yeah, also from cheap printing presses). Since staying in one place, they could only send them by mail or give them out more often (always free!) at meetings, again on the spot. Or once a year in organized meetings of active Espering cheerleaders somewhere in picturesque parts, more often abroad. And thus there are over 2.000 copies... Modest, of course, not to say tiny numbers, but... we’re talking about printed books. And exactly how many books were distributed or downloaded by people from the site and from other sources in digital form pdf - hard to calculate. But once again, little, too little... The fate of a universal language on planet Earth is deplorable... (Our course was disbanded due to the Covid epidemic, which also resulted in the loss of our bankrupt sponsors, and with them the closure of this site, which is now trying to be restored, slightly updated and supplemented, by a few returning enthusiasts, alas, with fewer opportunities. Although, it would seem, what is the purpose of a website on Espering if its books have been published, yeah, opinions have diverged.) ! The long and detailed, and even curious continuation (with the illustrations)- translate in Google and read on the same Russian page (link!): "Как это всё начиналось?" = "How it all began?" Where and When? And how did Espering continue?.. ...And what Espering-2024 looks like ! ...and at this moment, and for the future?!. Columbus' egg... * * * * * * to the TopPrint this page * * * * * * * Language skills for all ! * |