History UsefulNotes / EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage

* In ''Anime/{{RahXephon}}'' the TERRA organization's name is an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] for "Tereno Empireo Rapidmova Reakcii Armeo", which is ''supposed'' to be Esperanto for "Earth Empire Rapid Response Army". [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels Except "Tereno" means "terrain", "Empireo" is nonsense, "Rapidmova" means "rapidly-moving", and "Reakcii" means "to react".]] (They got "Armeo" right, though.) In proper Esperanto, the name should be "Rapid-responda Armeo de la Tera Imperio"...which, unfortunately, kills the acronym.

* In ''WebOriginal/AtlasAltera'', the nation of Silistria has Esperanto as its official language.

Incidentally, "Esperanto" is of course itself an Esperanto word (or name, to be precise; it comes from Zamenhof's pen name, Doktoro Esperanto, and translates literally, ‘one who hopes’), hence is pronounced "ess-pear-AHN-toe", not "ess-per-rant-o".

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto Esperanto]] is a {{Conlang}} made by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 designed to be an easy-to-learn language that would help with communication between countries of different languages and maybe even create world peace. The vast majority of the vocabulary is based on European roots, about 2/3 being Latinate derivations from French and about 1/3 being Germanic derivations from English and German, with only a handful of derivations from other sources; whether this makes it appreciably more difficult for non-Europeans to learn is a topic of much discussion among fluent Esperantists, many of whom have non-European mother tongues. Sadly, it has yet to achieve the full extent of Zamenhof's ambitions, thus spawning occasional mockery in modern media[[note]]and murderous rage on the part of those who oppose movements that attempt to bridge social gaps; [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany the Nazis]] outlawed Esperanto and even sent some of its speakers, including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Zamenhof Zamenhof's daughter Lidia]], to the death camps[[/note]]. Even then, it's still a thriving language within its own media, and there are a few people around the world who have grown up with Esperanto as a first language.[[note]]in addition to a natural language, obviously.[[/note]] Some stories set in TheFuture use Esperanto as if it has become the main language. It's also occasionally used AsLongAsItSoundsForeign.

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto Esperanto]] is a {{Conlang}} made by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 designed to be an easy-to-learn language that would help with communication between countries of different languages and maybe even create world peace. The vast majority of the vocabulary is based on European roots, about 2/3 being Latinate derivations from French and about 1/3 being Germanic derivations from English and German, with only a handful of derivations from other sources; whether this makes it appreciably more difficult for non-Europeans to learn is a topic of much discussion among fluent Esperantists, many of whom have non-European mother tongues. Sadly, it has yet to achieve the full extent of Zamenhof's ambitions, thus spawning occasional mockery in modern media[[note]]and murderous rage on the part of those who oppose movements that attempt to bridge social gaps; [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany the Nazis]] outlawed Esperanto and even sent some of its speakers to the camps[[/note]]. Even then, it's still a thriving language within its own media, and there are a few people around the world who have grown up with Esperanto as a first language.[[note]]in addition to a natural language, obviously.[[/note]] Some stories set in TheFuture use Esperanto as if it has become the main language. It's also occasionally used AsLongAsItSoundsForeign.

*** Also plural isn't marked by an 's' but by a 'j'. So it would be the "Esperantistoj".
** You get the impression the dual-language thing is more political than practical-- as everybody in-universe speaks English all the time, and it's a plot-point that Rimmer doesn't even know esperanto. (Lister seems ok at it, though.)

* The minor smuggler character Cikatro Vizago in "WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels" name is Esperanto for scar face.

* "VisualNovel/DistantMemoraĵo" Distant Memory in English, is the sequel to "VisualNovel/TheExpressionAmrilato" and takes place in the same world and its Esperanto based language.

* The opening track in Creator/MaayaSakamoto's album Kazeyomi, "Vento" ("Wind"), is in Esperanto.

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto Esperanto]] is a {{Conlang}} made by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 designed to be an easy-to-learn language that would help with communication between countries of different languages and maybe even create world peace. The vast majority of the vocabulary is based on European roots, about 2/3 being Latinate derivations from French and about 1/3 being Germanic derivations from English and German, with only a handful of derivations from other sources; whether this makes it appreciably more difficult for non-Europeans to learn is a topic of much discussion among fluent Esperantists, many of whom have non-European mother tongues. Sadly, it has yet to achieve the full extent of Zamenhof's ambitions, thus spawning occasional mockery in modern media[[note]]and murderous rage on the part of those who oppose movements that attempt to bridge social gaps; [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany the Nazis]] outlawed Esperanto and even sent some of its speakers to the camps[[/note]]. Even then, it's still a thriving language within its own media, and there are a few people around the world who have grown up with Esperanto as a first language.[[note]]in addition to a natural language, obviously[[/note]] Some stories set in TheFuture use Esperanto as if it had become the main language. It's also occasionally used AsLongAsItSoundsForeign.

* In Scott Meyer's ''[[Literature/{{Magic20}} Off to Be the Wizard]]'', all [[PowersAsPrograms spells]] used by the "wizards" are activated with phrases in a bastardized version of Esperanto. Basically, they know the words but not the grammar, substituting English grammar instead. When asked by Martin why they don't use Latin, like most stories about magic, Phillip explains that a good number of locals (in 12th century England) understand at least some Latin. The most commonly-used spell is "flugi" ("fly"), which does exactly what you'd expect.
* In ''Literature/TheMoonMazeGame'', the MultinationalTeam of terrorists-for-hire speak Esperanto to obscure their national affiliations.

* The scenes before and after one mission in ''[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy We Love Katamari]]'' have the King of All Cosmos working on his Esperanto.
** Only in the localization, as the original Japanese version had him practicing his English.

* The ingame ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' book ''[[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Easter_Eggs#N.27Gasta.21_Kvata.21_Kvakis.21 N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!]]'' is in Esperanto. (click the above link for a translation).

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. As shown in [[spoiler:Marisa B's]] Good Ending in ''VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'', [[spoiler:some of Patchouli's books]] are written in Esperanto.
* ''VideoGame/BlazingDragons'' contains a throwaway gag by the caretaker for the Cave of Dillema where he offers to teach Flicker Esperanto.
* In ''VideoGame/TidalTribe'', the signs made by the villagers are in Esperanto.
* One of the songs in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Mega Man Zero 4]]'''s soundtrack is literally called "Esperanto".