tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703878848921525344.post1910780335585300185..comments2023-06-20T07:39:42.436-06:00Comments on Anthropologist in the Attic: Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language Episode # 5 Life and Death - previewC'est Moi - Selinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069309232484921279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703878848921525344.post-41824486331992092892010-01-13T08:50:21.196-07:002010-01-13T08:50:21.196-07:00It's unfortunate that only a few people know t...It's unfortunate that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language.<br /><br />After a short period of 122 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 22nd most used language in Wikipedia, and a language choice of Google, Skype, Firefox, Wordpress and Facebook.<br /><br />Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include World Chess Champion Susan Polger, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet.<br /><br />Further arguments can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.<br /><br />A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.netBrian Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17619597021388228806noreply@blogger.com