What is Esperanto?
Esperanto is an easy-to-learn “planned” language, first published by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof in 1887.

Why Learn Esperanto?
Esperanto doesn’t belong to any nation. All its speakers communicate on equal terms. With any other language - like English - it is always the native speaker who has the advantage.
Esperanto is easy to learn due to its regular grammar and pronunciation.  It can be learned in a fraction of the time needed to learn other languages. It’s fun to learn.
Esperanto is a commonsense and cost effective solution to translation and inequality problems in international organisations.
Esperanto gives you access to numerous countries, their culture, literature and history.  You can make friends all over the world.
It costs very little to learn it, especially compared to the amount many people have to spend to learn English.

A Quick Glance at Esperanto
Esperanto has phonetic spelling, a regular grammar with no exceptions to the rules, an international vocabulary and a word building system making full use of affixes.
A few examples:

- All nouns end in –o: birdo, seĝo, kafo,
- All adjectives end in –a: bela, interesa, stulta
- All adverbs end in –e: rapide, komike, strange
- All verbs are regular. No eat, ate, eaten.

Esperanto Links
sa.esperanto.org.au
Our own site: “Esperanto Sudaŭstralio”.

www.esperanto.org.au
Australian Esperanto Association.

www.uea.org
UEA Universal Esperanto Association.

www.lernu.net
Free Esperanto lessons.

www.esperanto.net
General information in a variety of languages.