Where is Esperanto used?
People use Esperanto every day in various ways: when travelling, at international conferences, on the Internet, for work, or in family life. “I use Serbian with my children, English for my studies, Swedish in society, and Esperanto at work and with my husband. All languages have their pros and cons. Of the four languages I use every day, Esperanto is the one in which I feel most comfortable.” Sonja Petrović Lundberg, coordinator of www.lernu.net Normally Esperanto is used between people who don’t have the same mother tongue. When used in this way, Esperanto acts as a “bridge language” between people from different language backgrounds. That’s Esperanto’s strength – it works well as a bridge or a sort of glue, bringing people together across national borders. One way to use Esperanto is to go to an international Esperanto event, where people from various countries get together. Many Esperanto speakers enjoy attending such gatherings where they can chat, swap ideas, sing, dance, and go o
