Esperantist
Esperantist describes on the one hand "a connoisseur of Esperanto ", but also a "follower of Esperanto".
History and definition
Very soon after Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof published the planned language Esperanto in 1887, its followers began to call themselves Esperantists . That was the name of the first Esperanto magazine, published from 1889, La Esperantisto (German Der Esperantist ). In a "Declaration on the essence of Esperantism" ("Declaration on the essence of Esperantism") adopted at the 1st Esperanto World Congress in 1905 in Boulogne-sur-Mer , the word in the fifth paragraph is defined as follows:
“Esperantist is any person who has mastered and used the Esperanto language, regardless of the purposes for which it is used. Membership in any active Esperantist society is recommended to every Esperantist, but not mandatory. "
The ending -ist suggests that it is a supporter of a certain ideology, a certain cultural or language-political endeavor. In this case, "Esperantist" refers to the "Esperantism" that appears in the title of the Boulogne Declaration (1905) and is defined in the first paragraph:
“Esperantism is the endeavor to spread around the world the use of a neutral human language which, 'without pushing itself into the inner life of the peoples and in no way with the aim of pushing out the existing national languages', makes people different Nations would be able to communicate with one another. "
Therefore, the alternative term "Esperanto speaker" (Esperanto-parolanto) emerged, which avoids this connotation and which expressly only denotes belonging to the Esperanto language community . The term Esperantism is unusual today; one speaks more of the Esperanto movement .
"Interna ideo" (inner idea)
The founder of the language, Zamenhof, also associated an "inner idea" (interna ideo) with Esperanto . At the 8th Esperanto World Congress in Krakow in 1912 he said :
“The inner idea of Esperanto - which is in no way binding for the individual Esperantist, but which, as you know, prevails at Esperanto congresses and must always prevail - is: to tear down the walls between the peoples and the people on a neutral linguistic basis to get used to the fact that each of them should regard his neighbor as human and brother. "
Alessandra Madella presented the historical development of interna ideo .
Web links
- World Esperanto Federation UEA - largest world umbrella organization of Esperanto speakers
Individual evidence
- ^ The foreign dictionary (= Duden . Volume 5 ). 10th updated edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim a. a. 2010, ISBN 978-3-411-04060-5 , pp. 308 f . "In contrast, someone who deals scientifically with Esperanto is called an ' Esperantologist '."
- ↑ Esperantist. Duden; last viewed on February 12, 2019
- ↑ "Esperantisto estas nomata ĉiu persono, kiu scias kaj uzas la ling from Esperanto tute egale por kiaj celoj li ĝin uzas. Apartenado al ia aktiva societo Esperantista por ĉiu Esperantisto estas rekomendinda, sed ne deviga. ” Bulonja“ Deklaracio pri la Esenco de la Esperantismo ” , paragraph no. 5, on Wikisource
- ↑ “La Esperantismo estas penado disvastigi en la tuta mondo la uzadon de lingvo neŭtrale homa, kiu 'ne entrudante sin en la internan vivon de la popoloj kaj neniom celante elpuŝi la ekzistantajn lingvojn naciajnojnojnacio mu la al la homa inter si ". Boulogne Declaration, 1905 , Paragraph No. 1, (Wikisource).
- ↑ "La interna ideo de Esperanto, kiu havas absolute nenian devigon por ĉiu esperantisto aparta, sed kiu, kiel vi scias, plene regas kaj ĉiam devas regi en la esperantaj kongresoj, estas: sur neadiŭtrala lingva fundamento forigi la murojn inter la gentigoj kaj alk la homojn, ke ĉiu el ili vidu en sia proksimulo only homon kaj fraton. “ Parolado antaŭ la Oka Kongreso Esperantista en Krakow en la 11a de aŭgusto 1912
- ↑ Alessandra Madella: 'The Light Cloak of the Saint:' The Changing Rhetorical Situations of Esperanto's “Internal Idea” and its Relevance to Contemporary Problems. Poroi 14, Iss. 2 (2019): Article 4. https://doi.org/10.13008/2151-2957.1278