The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18


boast of many followers in Russia. Ger
many, England. Norway, Sweden, Italy,
Spain. the United States. and even in
some parts of Africa.
Among the most proficient in the
language is a Frenchman, bearing the
aristocratic name of D'Eyssautier. He
says that Esperanto is by no means a
new language, nor even recent discov-
cry. This international language has
been in existence nearly ten years, and
there are at least ten thousand adher-
ents in different parts of the world.
The author or originator of Esper-
anto is a Russian gentleman, DR.. Ia
menhof, of Warsaw. He calls ii a uni
versal language. He says that one may
learn its grammar in an hour and all
Its vocabulary of words in few days.
Max Muller writes 1t with the great
est ease, and so does Tolstoi, who is
one of the leading contributors TO the
Official organ of the language, the Es-
perantisto, which, by the way, is ut
terly opposed to the Volapuk organ, for
II has literary tendencies.
The fact is, Esperanto hopes to de-
throne Volapuk altogether. Verses
may be written in it, and translations
OF the Had and Hamlet have been pub
llshed. This new language, which
means the person who hopes" is per-
haps better known in Russia than in
any other country. Russia is its birth
place.
Like all artificial universal languages
the roots Of Esperanto are derived from
the best known of modern tongues
English, French and German-these of
fering the least difficulty to students.
AS root indicating the action of low
ing the syllable IAN" has been adopt
ed Now, should one wish to make
a substantive and obtain the word
love" in French amour, one has but
10 add the letter o." thus obtaining the
word "amo." This is an absolute rule
to obtain substantive from a given
root add the letter %" Nothing is
easier.
In similar manner, to obtain an adj
jective from given root, one has but
to add an "a" instead of an 90" and
thus the word "amorous" lin French
"amoureux'0 becomes lama" in Esper-
anto. And this rule for forming adj
jectives has no exceptions. Add the
let "a" to the root and the adjective is
formed.
Verbs are obtained in quite as easy
a fashion. The present tense demands
but the addition of two letters to the
root, "as." The past is formed by plac-
ing the letters 'is' after the root. and
the future by the addition of "os."
These examinations are invariable. The
present, past, future and other lenses
are always obtainable in the same easy
fashion by the addition of a couple of
letters to the root.
The grammar of the new language is
easy and almost as simple as the forma-
ton or the vocabulary. There are very
few rules in the entire book of gram
mar, and what is most important. there
are no exceptions to any of the rules.
The Volapulk language is very SINH
lar to Esperanto. But we do not hear
much of Volapuk nowadays. AS to this
Volapuh authority says.
at should not be imagined that be-
cause the Volapuk propaganda has
ceased, and that because at the present
time there are no more schools and
lectures, that the Volapuk language is
inferred forever. If it were so, one
would have some cause for saying that
1t has become dead language before
ever having been a living one. But
such Is not the case.
MANY French people at the present
day, who know no other language but
their own, are corresponding in Vola-
puk with Americans, Japanese, Rus
slams and Turks. It's practical results
are sufficiently conclusive in the i'm
mense correspondence exchanged inter-
nationally. The partisans of Esperanto
may possibly obtain the same results.