[lojban-beginners] Jen nia mondo

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 11/19/2005 4:23:09 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> What does this mean:
> *_Jen_nia_Mondo_* - Hungario, la lando madjara ?
> Anyway, I do not know Esperanto. :-\ How many do? 2,000,000?
> Still not much.
> mi'e xiLI,odor.


The first is a book and tape set.  It means "Here's our world".
The second means "Hungary, the land of the Magyars."

The number of Esperanto speakers is a much debated topic in Esperantoland.  The estimates range from a few hundred thousand by people against the language to several million by people who favor the language.

Many (most?, almost all?) natural languages have far fewer than two million speakers.  By that standard, Esperanto is a major world language.

stevo