E is for Esperanto

<p>Want to learn a language, but also you straight up suck at languages? No problem! Want to couch surf with randos from around the globe? We've got you covered! Want to develop your linguistic learning capabilities and try out the newest hipster craze, all while promoting the ultimate goal of world peace? Sounds like you're the "perfekta kandidato" for the lingua franca of tomorrow (maybe): Esperanto!</p> <p> </p> <p>Sources:</p> <p> </p> <p>Articles:</p> <p><a href='https://zamenhof.info/en/biografio'>https://zamenhof.info/en/biografio</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Foreign Language Training (US Department of State website)</p> <p><a href='https://www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/'>https://www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>About Esperanto (Esperanto USA)</p> <p><a href='https://esperanto-usa.org/esperanto/en'>https://esperanto-usa.org/esperanto/en</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The Sixteen Rules of Esperanto (commented by Don Harlow, 1995)</p> <p>https://babel.ucsc.edu/~hank/105/Esperanto16.pdf</p> <p> </p> <p>Why A Universal Language Will Never Be A Thing (Jason Koebler, Vice, April 2016)</p> <p><a href='https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezpvx4/why-humans-dont-have-a-universal-language'>https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezpvx4/why-humans-dont-have-a-universal-language</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Esperanto (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, August 2019)</p> <p><a href='https://www.britannica.com/topic/Esperanto'>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Esperanto</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Linguistic features of fragrances: The role of grammatical gender and gender associations (Laura J. Speed & Asifa Majid)</p> <p><a href='https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-019-01729-0'>https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-019-01729-0</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Gender Reform in Esperanto (Wikipedia)</p> <p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_reform_in_Esperanto#Gender_in_Esperanto</p> <p> </p> <p>Videos:</p> <p> </p> <p>Learn Esperanto first: Tim Morley at TEDxGranta (TEDxTalks, Apr 2012)</p