Any guesses for the Esperanto word for "solar system?" Apparently, it's sunsistemo. And there's a Wikipedia - oh, sorry, Vikipedio - page for it. Looking at the page, the language is just this goofy hodge podge of English and the romance languages. Oh, and Js. Lots and lots of Js.
I have had the (dis)pleasure of seeing one of the only feature films ever made using Esperanto. It's called Incubus and it stars a pre-Trek William Shatner. And I think he did more damage to the cause of Esperanto than anyone else - he sounds, well, like an American butchering some strange Spanish dialect, using very American intonations and inflections.
According to the (English) Wikipedia page, Esperanto has anywhere from 10,000 to 2 million speakers, with a few of those actually having been taught from birth. I guess it ain't dead. But, well, it's kinda goofy.
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No, Esperanto has been an remarkable success. Its speakers will be celebrating the language's first 125 years next year. It continues to be used for all sorts of people for all sorts of purposes, and continues to attract new learners. There's nothing goofy about it!
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