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Esperanto is a universal language, so... do you think these names can be used regardless of background? Also, what do you think of them? These are my favorites:
Brava
Ĉiela
Fajra
Fiera
Kandaĵa
Karesinda
Katida
Lunlumo ("moonlight")
Maraĵa
Miela
Safira
Sprita
Stelara
Tondra
Vespera
Aleksandro
Andreo (Andrew)
Argento ("silver")
Koralo
Ludoviko
Mikelo
Nikolao
(For those who don't know about it: Esperanto is a language that was created by L. L. Zamenhof in the 1880's. It was meant to be a universal/international language that would be easier to learn and more accommodating than English, therefore encouraging more international relations. It's sort of a structured mish-mash of various European languages. Esperanto means "one who hopes".)
ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं
"Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little."
"Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest."
Brava
Ĉiela
Fajra
Fiera
Kandaĵa
Karesinda
Katida
Lunlumo ("moonlight")
Maraĵa
Miela
Safira
Sprita
Stelara
Tondra
Vespera
Aleksandro
Andreo (Andrew)
Argento ("silver")
Koralo
Ludoviko
Mikelo
Nikolao
(For those who don't know about it: Esperanto is a language that was created by L. L. Zamenhof in the 1880's. It was meant to be a universal/international language that would be easier to learn and more accommodating than English, therefore encouraging more international relations. It's sort of a structured mish-mash of various European languages. Esperanto means "one who hopes".)
ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं
"Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little."
"Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest."
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Brava: I don't see this as a name, but as something you would call out at the opera, and pat yourself on the back that you know you are supposed to say brava for a female singer and bravo for a male.
Ĉiela: This isn't bad, but likely to be misunderstood as Celia.
Fajra: I'm not seeing anything attractive about this one.
Fiera: Sounds like a car.
Kandaĵa: Can dodge a. No. A lot of these names couldn't be universal because certain letters don't sound the same in different languages, j being one of them.
Karesinda: This is too much.
Katida: Katydid.
Lunlumo ("moonlight") This sounds like a glow-stick or something.
Maraĵa: Same trouble as Kandaja. Maria or Mariah fits this bill much better.
Miela: Me Ella; you Tarzan.
Safira: Also sounds like a car.
Sprita: Like Sprite, only bubblier?
Stelara: Another car name; Stella would work better.
Tondra: Like tundra. This actually sounds like something that might have been semi-popular among black people in the 1960s US.
Vespera: Another car.
Aleksandro: X is another troublesome letter in different languages. But Alexandro seems like it would have some use.
Andreo (Andrew) Just doesn't work when there's already Andrew and Andre and Andreas.
Argento ("silver") Asia.
Koralo: A corral made of coral?
Ludoviko: Sounds like an old Italian name.
Mikelo: Michelob.
Nikolao: No need when there's already Nicholas and Nicola and Niko and the rest.
Ĉiela: This isn't bad, but likely to be misunderstood as Celia.
Fajra: I'm not seeing anything attractive about this one.
Fiera: Sounds like a car.
Kandaĵa: Can dodge a. No. A lot of these names couldn't be universal because certain letters don't sound the same in different languages, j being one of them.
Karesinda: This is too much.
Katida: Katydid.
Lunlumo ("moonlight") This sounds like a glow-stick or something.
Maraĵa: Same trouble as Kandaja. Maria or Mariah fits this bill much better.
Miela: Me Ella; you Tarzan.
Safira: Also sounds like a car.
Sprita: Like Sprite, only bubblier?
Stelara: Another car name; Stella would work better.
Tondra: Like tundra. This actually sounds like something that might have been semi-popular among black people in the 1960s US.
Vespera: Another car.
Aleksandro: X is another troublesome letter in different languages. But Alexandro seems like it would have some use.
Andreo (Andrew) Just doesn't work when there's already Andrew and Andre and Andreas.
Argento ("silver") Asia.
Koralo: A corral made of coral?
Ludoviko: Sounds like an old Italian name.
Mikelo: Michelob.
Nikolao: No need when there's already Nicholas and Nicola and Niko and the rest.
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Hi !!!
Esperanto always makes me laughing. I'm studying languages so I know what it is.
How people used to hope that an artificial language could work? It's impossible! Languages are History, languages are Communication, languages are..a Million little changes brought by Chaos, by People themselves!
You can plan a new alphabet, you can stardardize a Pidgin or a minor language creating a new lexicon. But also mixed languages were born by Contact, not in a "laboratory".
Languages are the Soul of the Humankind. You can't create any International language that has not any history behind it.
Sorry...I love languages and I know the hope behind Esperanto. But this trying was so naif!
About names:
I like:
Koralo (m)
Argento (m)
Fiera
Karesinda
Safira
Stelara
Tondra
Vespera
Esperanto always makes me laughing. I'm studying languages so I know what it is.
How people used to hope that an artificial language could work? It's impossible! Languages are History, languages are Communication, languages are..a Million little changes brought by Chaos, by People themselves!
You can plan a new alphabet, you can stardardize a Pidgin or a minor language creating a new lexicon. But also mixed languages were born by Contact, not in a "laboratory".
Languages are the Soul of the Humankind. You can't create any International language that has not any history behind it.
Sorry...I love languages and I know the hope behind Esperanto. But this trying was so naif!
About names:
I like:
Koralo (m)
Argento (m)
Fiera
Karesinda
Safira
Stelara
Tondra
Vespera
This message was edited 5/29/2019, 7:47 AM
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I don’t know much about Esperanto but my understanding is that it was supposed to be a “lingua franca” rather than replace actual languages? And it’s kind of advantageous to have one that’s no one ‘s native language, as opposed to using English which put s Anglophones in such a privileged position.
But obviously a nice idea doomed to fail, it would be hellishly hard to learn and pronounce for most East Asians, for instance.
But obviously a nice idea doomed to fail, it would be hellishly hard to learn and pronounce for most East Asians, for instance.
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Hi Fiammetta !!!
I agree with you!
Esperanto could be a 'lingua franca' and that's great because as you said English puts all the other languages in a lower lever and this is negative, I agree with this fact.
The problem is technical unfortunatelly.
I live in Turin and I see in my uni some newspapers written in Esperanto. But who can speak this language?
A lingua franca could not be a lingua franca if the countries don't axcept it.
And these countries don't axcept it because they still have their own languages full of history.
It is a spiral that will never stop.
I agree with you!
Esperanto could be a 'lingua franca' and that's great because as you said English puts all the other languages in a lower lever and this is negative, I agree with this fact.
The problem is technical unfortunatelly.
I live in Turin and I see in my uni some newspapers written in Esperanto. But who can speak this language?
A lingua franca could not be a lingua franca if the countries don't axcept it.
And these countries don't axcept it because they still have their own languages full of history.
It is a spiral that will never stop.
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I agree about it being naive! But I also appreciate how it was made with good-intentions and the whole philosophy behind it even though it was kind of short-sighted.
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I get this, and I agree with the preservation of languages that may not be spoken by many people, for the basis of their history. I believe that books should be published and conversations held in as many different languages as arise from as many different cultures that want to speak them. But I don't think Esperanto has to be adopted as a worldwide common language to be useful to at least some people.
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I think Esperanto is very cool and I intend to learn it some day. I think some of these names are more usable than others, and I like a few of them.
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