67

I greatly appreciate the time spent on the Esperanto translations of KDE apps. Though I am not anywhere near fluent yet it really helps my studying to be able to immerse myself in this obscure language. I hope to contribute to translations someday if I manage to achieve fluency. Thank you!

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Jank@literature.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

I need to try this! Esperanto was my gateway to really enjoying language learning, though I fell out of it after a while. People greatly underestimate it's value.

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Never heard of this before. Is it widely used around the world? I know in Europe many people speak English, but do they also know this Esperanto?

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It was supposed to be the "universal language". According to Wikipedia, up to 100,000 people speak it globally.

If I remember correctly, it was adopted by the League of Nations, a precursor to NATO, in the early 1900's.

Here's the article if you're interested. I didn't really read through it to fact check myself cause I'm poopin' on break, but there you go.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'd also like to add Esperanto is the only artificial language with native speakers. Meaning, there are people who speak it as a first language. It has actually been estimated to have as many as 2 million speakers, depending on your source.

this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024
67 points (100.0% liked)

KDE

5513 readers
553 users here now

KDE is an international technology team creating user-friendly free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. KDE’s software runs on GNU/Linux, BSD and other operating systems, including Windows.

Plasma 6 Bugs

If you encounter a bug, proceed to https://bugs.kde.org, check whether it has been reported.

If it hasn't, report it yourself.

PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE POSTING HERE.

Developers do not look for reports on social media, so they will not see it and all it does is clutter up the feed.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS