Esperanto-Wikipedia

Internal and special

As with other national or even at the pluricentric languages ​​there is no country to which the language specific reference would. Of the 186 registered users who spoke Esperanto at least at level eo -3 and specified on the user side their native language, called 38 ( fifth ), the English, the German 35. Thereafter, French, Dutch, Russian and Spanish came (as of March 2008). Among the registered users of the Vikipedio ten Esperanto specified as native language, 54 underestimated their level as native speakers of a comparable (March 2008 ).

In October 2006 there was a controversy over a list of people who have Esperanto as their native language. Some saw it as a violation of the right to privacy. Others, however, such as the Slavic Professor Jouko Lindstedt, who moderates a mailing list for Esperanto as their native language, pointed out that being a native speaker of Esperanto is not a secret in the speech community. He appreciated the personal rights but when in doubt, a higher standing.

History and Statistics

Importance for the language area

The two most important encyclopedic works in Esperanto are the Enciklopedio de Esperanto ( a specialized dictionary, 1934) and Esperanto en perspektivo ( a handbook, 1974). They deal with the language Esperanto and their language community. About other topics describe numerous journals of Esperanto associations and also the ScienCa Revuo, without being able to come to an encyclopedia. Seen in the Vikipedio is the first real encyclopaedia in Esperanto.

An important text donation for the Vikipedio is the Enciklopedio de Esperanto. Some book authors have allowed to use under their provenance overview book on Esperanto, as well as the published in Antwerp socio-political magazine Monato.