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Hello, everyone! It's Evildea, your god.

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Tonight I want to talk about a subject

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which might annoy some Esperantists

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and even anger others, I don't know.

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Well, the subject of this videoblog is

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whether Esperanto, when it becomes

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the second language of the whole world,

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will destroy the other world languages

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or save them.

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I simply want to say now,

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before I start my speech

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on this subject, that it's not about

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the Esperantists themselves.

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Most of the Esperantists

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who I know

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in fact want to save languages.

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For example, I myself, I work

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with the Sydney Language Festival.

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Most of the board

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of that festival association

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are Esperantists.

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I want to speak now

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about the nature of a second language.

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It really doesn't matter if it's Esperanto

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or if it's another language.

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Of course, Esperanto is

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the main language or almost

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the only language of my channel.

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I sometimes use English.

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Also, it of course

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is important for the future

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of the Esperanto world.

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We all know that in the modern world,

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that little by little English

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is extinguishing other languages,

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simply due to the fact

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that those languages are small

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economically and in military strength

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or potential, I suppose.

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Little by little other languages

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are destroyed by English.

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Not only English destroys other languages.

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Almost all important languages

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and large languages

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destroy other languages.

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For example, Chinese.

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It now-- or not Chinese itself,

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but Mandarin.

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It now is extinguishing the local dialects

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in China.

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I simply want to talk about Esperanto.

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Imagine-- for example, these days

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Esperanto is a small language.

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It in fact is large

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compared to most languages,

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but compared to the primary

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important languages,

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to the top 100 languages,

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by size, I suppose.

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They are so much larger,

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I can't imagine.

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Esperanto still is small,

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but it is rapidly growing.

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Imagine-- for example,

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I simply want to talk about

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an imaginary situation.

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I simply will choose a random situation

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out of my head.

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Imagine there is a city

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between France and Italy.

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There, French and Italian are spoken,

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and imagine that every person

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learns Esperanto in school.

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So, everyone can speak

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either Italian or French

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or maybe both languages,

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but everyone certainly can speak Esperanto

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So in the city, everyone speaks

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their own languages at home,

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and when they go out,

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they speak French

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with French shopkeepers,

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but sometimes they meet

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Italian shopkeepers,

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who don't know French,

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and then they simply use Esperanto.

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The goal of the language, isn't it?

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Imagine that all of these shops

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want to advertise their wares

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to the French and the Italians.

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They of course set up signs

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in two languages-- or three languages.

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So in French, in Italian,

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and in Esperanto.

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A little later, one of the shopkeepers

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decides that he wants to save some money,

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or he simply doesn't see a reason to use

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French, Italian, and Esperanto,

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because he does know

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that everyone speaks Esperanto

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as a second language.

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So, he simply sets up a sign

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which uses only Esperanto.

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Of course, the French see it,

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they can read it,

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because they studied Esperanto in school.

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The Italians can read it;

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it's not a problem.

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Some other shopkeepers see

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that they lack space on the menus,

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and so on.

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They simply decide to use only Esperanto.

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It is the second language

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of the entire community.

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Yes, some speak French,

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and yes, some speak Italian.

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It really doesn't matter.

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Simply use Esperanto.

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So imagine, in this situation,

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that little by little

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almost every sign

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in the town

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only has Esperanto text,

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because they don't need to use three

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languages at the same time.

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Maybe the local government says

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that they have to use it,

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but really imagine

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that in most of the world,

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that will not happen.

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Imagine now, that every sign

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is only in Esperanto,

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but people in the street

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can speak French

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and Italian.

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Imagine then, that there is a marriage

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between a French woman and an Italian man.

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They come together and have a baby

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and then, they think,

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"Well, we both speak Esperanto.

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You speak French;

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I speak Italian.

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We always speak Esperanto together.

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The local second language is Esperanto.

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We'll just teach Esperanto

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to the child."

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Not intentionally!

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Maybe we just speak it,

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because it is the most fitting language.

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Then, the child grows

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and is educated

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and only speaks Esperanto.

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All of their friends

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may speak French

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or Italian,

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but all of them understand Esperanto.

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So little by little,

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the children, when they play together,

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simply use Esperanto,

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and no longer use French or Italian.

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Probably, all of them understand it,

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but they simply choose to use Esperanto.

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When they become adults,

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the main language of that group

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of former children

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now is Esperanto,

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and everyone uses Esperanto together.

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After one or two generations,

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they no longer see a reason to teach

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French in school

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or Italian in school.

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I know that in France

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according to the state constitution

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you must teach French,

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but this is simply

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a made-up situation.

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Imagine then,

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that all of them speak Esperanto,

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some still know French

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or Italian

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but they mainly use it

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with their grandparents.

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Now, the most important language

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no longer is just the second language,

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Epseranto, but it now is

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the primary language of the community.

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Many people still

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know French and Italian,

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but Esperanto now holds the position

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of the language of the community,

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the language of the local economy,

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and probably later,

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of the language of the state.

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Now imagine bigger.

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Little by little--

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for example, here in Australia.

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We all speak English.

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For example, I create a film,

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and I want to sell it

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to the rest of the world.

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Well, I know that in the US,

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some people-- not some.

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Everyone speaks English,

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but I also know that now,

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everyone speaks Esperanto

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as a second language.

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And I know that in China,

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everyone speaks Esperanto

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as a second language,

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but they speak Chinese

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as the primary language.

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Now, many of them can use Esperanto

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and it in fact is the primary language

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of some families.

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But I want to sell my film.

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Do I choose English,

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which is the main language

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in some parts of the world?

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Or do I now use Esperanto,

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which little by little is becoming

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the most important language

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of some parts of the world,

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simply for the fact

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that it little by little

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took that role?

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No, I simply make my films

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in Esperanto.

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So little by little,

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not only the economy

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will use Esperanto as a second language,

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but the film industry will use it.

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Later, many more people

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perhaps will see the other languages

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as languages of the past.

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We no longer need them,

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because we all speak Esperanto now.

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So, you can imagine

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after a hundred, two hundred years,

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I don't know how long,

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I'm just rambling on.

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But imagine, that now the whole world

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uses Esperanto

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as a second language.

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They not only use it

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in international communications,

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they use it in cities, in shops,

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and even as the primary family language

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in various parts of the world.

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Little by little,

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when for example China uses Esperanto

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almost everywhere,

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and the US almost everywhere,

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the rest of the world

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simply follows.

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You can imagine

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that Esperanto little by little

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would become the most important language

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and what would happen to the traditional

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languages, the natural languages?

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They simply little by little

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would be extinguished because the

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later generations no longer see a reason

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to learn them.

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Well, I just want to say now

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due to the fact that the whole world

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is connected by the internet.

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Those languages, yes, might die,

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but we still will have

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records of them.

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You can still listen to

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those languages in every situation

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simply through the internet,

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and through historical copies

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of the language.

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But it would no longer be

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the language of daily communication.

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I simply want to raise this subject,

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because I know that many people say

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"Oh, Esperanto can save

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other languages!"

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I simply want

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to somewhat contradict that idea.

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Yes, it can.

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Not the language itself,

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but the Esperantists,

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because the majority

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of the current Esperantists

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love other languages

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and want to save them.

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In fact, the majority of Esperantists

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are much more protective

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than the general public.

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But imagine, when later generations

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start using Esperanto more and more

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and then, people start to learn it,

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not for idealistic reasons,

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but for economic reasons,

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for various other reasons,

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or simply due to suitability

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of the language.

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We can imagine then

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that the other languages will quickly die,

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simply because

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they are no longer fitting.

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So, I just want to raise this subject

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and also I want to ask you,

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what you think about this idea.

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I think, that really

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this will probably happen

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if Esperanto attains

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the most important position

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of languages, I suppose.

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If it doesn't reach that,

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maybe English will simply take

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that post or that position

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between the languages.

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But I believe, that Esperanto

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can more quickly take it

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than English,

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because English is a really hard language

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but due to the ease of Esperanto and

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due to the ideas of the language itself.

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It in fact can, if we aren't careful,

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kill every other language,

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unintentionally, quickly, much more

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quickly than other, natural languages.

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I just want to raise this subject,

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and see your-- well, not see,

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read your comments about it,

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