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Constructed Languages: Idioma Konstruí

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2022

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This short section only deals with oneconstructed language: Esperanto. A constructedlanguage is a language that, instead of havingdeveloped naturally, is consciously devised orinvented. Constructed languages may also bereferred to as artificial, planned or inventedlanguages.

Keywords: Esperanto, Planlingvo,Language Diaspora, Cultural Identity,Transnational Language

Designed in 1887, Esperanto or its morescientific term, Planlingvoj, (plantlanguages), has evolved from a written languageproject (“Fundamento de Esperanto”) into a livinglanguage whose speakers live in Europe, LatinAmerica, Africa, and East Asia. The term Konstruitalingvo or Konstruitaj lingovj (pl) (en: “Constructedlanguages” is hardly used. In Esperanto one usuallyspeaks of Planlingvoj (plant languages, the morescientific term, certainly also in German =Plansprache). While speakers initially wished tocontribute to international understanding, todaythey are mainly motivated by the aspect of being aplaying field for all languages and cultures. Inaddition to translated world literature, it has itsown original literature written directly inEsperanto (represented by Esperanta PEN within PENInternational) and a dynamic music culture.Esperanto is also used as a family language by someinternationally composed families. Some speakersfeel they belong to a chosen language diaspora thathelps shape their cultural identity. The Esperantoculture is transnational and intercultural in natureand defends also a number of values promoted byUNESCO.

Planlingvo (Esperanto) / Esperanto

Denaska Lingvo

Pli ol 6000 lingvoj

estas en la mondo

‒ la plej multaj de minoritato

sed vin, papiamento,

mi havas plej proksime

ĉe mia koro

Ĝuste en vi

mi povas trovi

la plej subtilajn detalojn

kiuj sonas kiel muziko,

tono kaj melodio, kiuj eble

ne ekzistas en la aliaj lingvoj.

Pli ol 6000 lingvoj

estas en la mondo

sed mia denaska lingvo

kiun miaj panjo kaj paĉjo

instruis al mi infanaĝe

tiun mi plej tenas en mia koro Pli ol 6000 lingvoj

estas en la mondo

sed en papiamento

ni verkas literaturon,

en papiamento ni tradukas

la mondan literaturon,

por tie pli altenlevi

nian denaskan lingvon

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Translingualism, Translation and Caribbean Poetry
Mother Tongue Has Crossed the Ocean
, pp. 137 - 142
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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